15 Mar, 2007HID buys reader manufacuture Integrated Engineering
Integrated Engineering, one of the industry’s leading manufacturers of 13.56 MHz contactless readers, will be acquired by access control leader HID. The Dutch company, with a specialty in Mifare and DESFire products, will bring a range of PIV-compliant and e-Passport ready readers to the HID product line. ASSA ABLOY’s HID Global to Acquire Integrated Engineering […]
15 Mar, 2007Students at Philadelphia’s sixty high schools issued contactless campus ID cards
15 Mar, 2007German health card offering to include getID solution from Muhlbauer
German card manufacturer, WINTER AG, has added another Muhlbauer component to its offering for the German electronic health card market. Muhlbauer’s getID solution enables photo and data capture and editing functions. Mühlbauer getID data capturing solution successfully installed at the WINTER AG Roding, 15th March 2007 − The Muehlbauer technology group, international and independent consultant […]
14 Mar, 2007Mexican McDonalds use Verifone POS for contactless payment
Mexico’s first PayPass contactless launch in Monterrey now includes McDonald’s locations. The restaurants are using Verifone’s MX870 terminals for payment and advanced features such as presenting video on menu items and information patron orders. McDonald’s Mexico Selects VeriFone’s MX870 for Contactless Payment Banamex Citibank Calls on VeriFone for First Contactless Payment System Deployed in Latin […]
14 Mar, 2007European Citizen Card shown by Bundesdruckerei at CeBIT
German ePassport producer, the Bundesdruckerei, is demonstrating a European Citizen Card at CeBIT this week. The hybrid contactless and contact chip card will show “how citizens can register their new home using the ECC or how they can access their pension account … (and) digital, legally binding and appropriately secured signing of insurance agreements.” Bundesdruckerei […]
14 Mar, 2007The Securion printer from Evolis heightens issuance security
The newest printer from Evolis, the Securion, offers a series of new features to aid in secure ID issuance. Password protection to avoid unauthorized printing, physical locking of the feeder to deter theft of cards and ribbons, as well as full-card lamination for durability and holograph application. Evolis Introduces Securion its new printer for highly […]
09 Mar, 2007States prepare for Real ID in advance of pending driver license mandates
Central and distributed issuance options, facial recognition, and secure ID management has led 32 states to solutions from Digimarc Andy Williams, Contributing Editor With Real ID Act regulations lurking somewhere around the corner, secure ID management provider, Digimarc, is well-positioned to help states comply with the new requirements. The fact that the Oregon-based company is […]
28 Feb, 2007The Death of the ‘Six Months Rule’ for Retail RFID Strategy
Rapid progress of early-adopting retailers is stretching their headstart beyond the often cited six-month comfort zone By David Wyld, Contributing Editor In Line56 Magazine, Tamina Vahidy recently observed that the Wal-Mart mandate has already effectively “changed the face of retail … making what had been a niche technology into a mainstream application.” Since 2004, Wal-Mart’s […]
28 Feb, 2007Sesames Award winners honored as year’s best in smart card and ID technology
In its eleventh year, the Sesames Awards has become a key part of the industry’s leading event, the annual CARTES smart card and identification conference. Sesames honors innovations and application achievements within the chip card industry. As 2006 was coming to a close, an international panel of judges active in the industry selected the individual […]
28 Feb, 2007Major security certification for MaskTech ePassport operating system
German developer of smart card operating systems, MaskTech, received the Common Criteria EAL4+ security certification for its ePassport and eID offering. The MTCOS has been ported to many of the latest state of the art chips from NXP (SmartMX), Infineon (SLE66), ATMEL (AT90RCFT), ST Microelectronics (ST19NR), and SST (Theseus flash-based solutions). MaskTech Receives Common Criteria […]
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