Nokia’s venture capital organization has invested US$38 million (EUR$25 million) in INSIDE Contactless. The move is another major endorsement of NFC’s potential from Nokia and the VC markets (Nokia previously invested in ViVOtech’s Series B and C rounds). The money is earmarked for accelerating international presence and broadening the company’s product portfolio. Nokia Growth Partners […]

Dean Hatton President and CEO Higher One It has become increasingly clear that competition from the private sector will require institutions of higher education to continue to improve how they compete for students while also increasing operating efficiency. In order to accomplish this, colleges and universities have partnered with companies that can help the school […]

Patrick Rodwell, Product Marketing Manager, Identity Solutions, Lenel Systems International Inc. (A UTC Fire & Security Company) As the Smart Card industry continues to consolidate, and falling aggregate costs of raw materials continue to support the decline in chip and card prices, the physical access and asset management industries are beginning to consider the smart […]

Lester LaPierre, Marketing Business Development Manager, Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, Schlage electronic security Wireless access solutions are now protecting tens of thousands of doorways, from government agencies to university residence halls, and their use will continue to expand. Open architecture designs means wireless solutions seamlessly integrate with existing access control system and provide limitless choices […]

Kieran Timmins, President and CEO, SmartCentric Technologies International In 2007, smart card use and acceptance in the U.S. was on the rise. Using contactless smart card technology for payments and physical and logical access became a solution that many campus institutions, both academic and corporate, embraced. With the continued demand and deployment of multi-application smart […]

Kurt Bell, VP Sales & Marketing, Jolly Technologies The most meaningful trend I see in ID is that of convergence. The ID card is increasingly becoming an integral component of a larger integrated security environment. At one time, an identification card existed on its unique little island. It was produced by a stand-alone system and […]

A video report from NBC4 examines the proposed combination of the WMATA Smartrip contactless transit card and the official driver license. While it is only a concept under consideration at this point, officials and privacy advocates voice the inevitable convenience vs. intrusiveness debate. Check out the video segment online at: http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=180072   

Joseph Pearson, Marketing Manager (Government ID), Texas Instruments The government electronic identification market is gaining momentum as traditional ID documents are being replaced with more secure cards containing smart chips. More than 50 countries have electronic passport (e-passport) programs and many more are implementing secure electronic identification programs for citizens, visitors and government employees. The […]

NASA will continue its ten-year relationship with Entrust increasing its utilization of the company’s PKI solutions. Via the One NASA initiative, each of the agencies facilities are standardizing on the Entrust Shared Service Provider offering through the Department of Treasury. The certificates empower NASA’s FIPS 201 PIV cards to secure e-mail, digitally sign agency forms […]

By Jerry Banks and Les G. Thompson, co-authors of RFID Applied Under ideal conditions, the popular Alien Squiggle RFID tag can be read at a distance of approximately 20 meters. But what happens if it is placed behind a glass of water? What about placing it to the side, but adjacent to the glass of […]