CBORD added a series of new capital investors to help the company take advantage of what it sees as “growing market opportunities.” A venture investment firm with deep roots in the technology industry, Oak Investment Partners, as well as Sterling Investment Partners were named in the announcement though, according to CBORD EVP Bruce Lane, other […]

Sequiam Corp.’s web-based print job submission solutions will soon be interfacing with the Blackboard Transaction System to oversee the printing and document management needs for universities and school systems. This new interface will also allow students to use their debit cards to pay for their printing needs. ORLANDO, Fla./PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Sequiam Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: […]

The new Pebble ID card printer from the French manufacturer, Evolis, is available with print drivers for Mac OS X. Traditionally, ID card printing has been a PC affair with Macintosh computers–for the most part–left on the sidelines. This has always seemed a bit ironic as many of the card designers and service bureaus have, […]

3,500 Digital Cameras, 220 DVMRe’s Keep Eye on 98,000-plus Students AUSTIN, TEXAS. – July 15, 2004 – The Security business of GE Infrastructure (NYSE:GE) today announced that DeKalb County Schools in metropolitan Atlanta has installed 3,500 GE cameras and 220 GE digital video multiplexer recorders with Ethernet connection capabilities at 140 schools and centers district-wide […]

Gemplus International says its five-year EMV drive has led to expansion of its customer base in the Asian Pacific, South American, and European markets, making it one of the fastest-growing providers of smart card-based solutions to the financial services industry. Luxembourg, July 12, 2004 – Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 – GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), […]

On Track Innovations has licensed its contactless medical card, Medismart, to J4 Technologies, Atlanta, Ga., which will integrate the smart card-based medical card program in J4 offerings to the U.S. health care industry. The first installations are expected next month and follows a successful MediSmart implementation in South Africa. CUPERTINO, Calif. and ATLANTA, July 7 […]

At its facility in Quantico, Virginia, the U.S. Marine Corps is conducting a biometric test that could be a precursor to the use of biometrics on the Department of Defense’s Common Access Card. Bioscrypt’s V-Smart iClass access control reader will be used to tighten access in high-secure areas and to examine the benefits of implementing […]

Infineon announced two new contactless chip card controllers with 64k storage capacity designed specifically for use in electronic passports and travel documents. The chips are designed to meet both the ISO 14443 Type A and B interfaces and comply with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s 9303-1 Standard for globally valid travel documents. Munich, Germany / […]

Taiwan’s national electronic ID card, its Citizen Digital Certificate, aims to provide 16 million eligible citizens the ability to make secure e-transactions via government web sites. Helping drive this project are the more than 400 Zebra P420 printers installed in Taiwan’s 374 household registration offices. Taiwan’s Certificate Authority has launched the Citizen Digital Certificate, an […]

Organizations using Datakey Axis technology and its two-factor authentication were able to protect their passwords from falling prey to the recently discovered “Scob virus” that, on infected computers, is able to record those passwords as they’re keyed into web sites when users log on. MINNEAPOLIS, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Datakey, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DKEY […]