MIT’s Information Services and Technology division is piloting several printers with a hold-and-release system that requires students to swipe their MIT card to complete the print job. Assuming a successful pilot,a campus-wide roll out is planned for summer. The initiative was recommended by the an institute-wide task force seeking to make campus printing environments greener […]

CBORD announced that the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, has implemented the AD-Series electronic locking system from CBORD partner Ingersoll Rand. Fully integrated with CBORD’s CS Gold campus card system, already in place at the school, AD-400 door access readers have been installed in the university’s residence halls to control access via card swipe and PIN […]

ASSA ABLOY’s door locking system, which enable access to educational institutions, will be on display at London’s Building Schools Exhibition and Conference Feb. 23-24. The company’s smart locking system is part of a wide range of integrated security solutions for schools. Visitors to stand 20434 will be able to see live demonstrations of Aperio as […]

New Haven, Conn.-based Higher One says it is now featuring a podcast series of the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) called Money Smart on Higher One’s student financial education destination One For Your Money (formerly Game Time.) The FDIC Money Smart program is part of the FDIC’s national financial education curriculum designed to help young […]

Seattle University is in the middle of rolling out new campus cards thanks to a new contract with U.S. Bank. To make it easier for students to get the new cards, the university is allowing them to pick up the cards at several locations around campus. The current cards will cease to function by Jan. […]

Need a new ID card printer, particularly one that could apply a hologram or provide lamination? There’s a blog discusses some of the intricacies of a few of the printers out there manufactured by well-known companies such as Evolis, Fargo and Magicard. The article discusses clear overlaminates that provide an additional layer of security coupled […]

The European Payments Council and the Global System for Mobile communications Association issued a while paper on mobile contactless payments, describing the life cycle management, such as distribution, configuration, activation and maintenance, of a bank’s contactless payment application when integrated with a mobile phone. The paper also discusses the role of the trusted service manager, […]

Despite a flagging economy, Gemalto has reported a revenue increase of nearly $140 million for the third quarter of 2010. The company reported $700 million in revenue as compared to $561 million for the same 2009 period. Year-to-date (9-month) revenue stands at nearly $1.9 billion, compared with $1.7 billion for the same 2009 period. “This […]

ITSO Ltd, the organization that maintains England’s smart ticketing specification, will be conducting sessions at the bus industry exposition, Euro Bus Expo 2010, Nov. 2-4 in Birmingham. One topic will look at the “Benefits of ITSO and Implementation of ITSO-Compliant Smart Ticketing.” Participants will also be able to learn about the progress of the smart […]

Unions representing transit workers are urging TransLink to discard its plan to install turnstiles on Vancouver’s SkyTrain lines in an effort to reduce fare evasion. Instead, the unions say, TransLink should concentrate on improving transit service. “The ongoing costs – the operating and maintenance costs – will be higher than anything that could possibly be […]