What tips to cope with the downturn can you share? We know the recession is affecting everyone and is causing budget cuts, some of them massive, at colleges and universities across the country. CR80News would like to know how such budget cutbacks have affected your campus card office. Have there been layoffs? Shortened hours of […]

CARTES & IDentification will be held from November 17 to 19 in Paris-Nord Villepinte. This year the show’s focus will be on authentication technology and the country in the spotlight will be Russia. The use of plastic cards in Russia has become widespread over recent years and the deployment of equipment at point of sale […]

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. was awarded a contract by the Michigan Department of State to centrally produce secure digital driver’s licenses and ID cards. All cards manufactured by the L-1 system will meet federal credentialing security standards. L-1 will also produce Enhanced Driver Licenses issued under the new contract will satisfy federal border crossing requirements […]

I have to admit, if you would have asked me about Twitter a couple of months ago I wouldn’t have been able to tell you what it was. But then I started reading more about the micro-blogging site and decided to investigate. I started twittering on March 26 (First tweet: Writing the summer cover story […]

CPI Card Group received two Élan awards and five finalist positions at the 2009 ICMA Annual EXPO. The awards recognize the latest advancements and achievements in card design throughout the industry. Entries were judged on the card’s features and were not identified by company. Delegates attending the Expo selected the People’s Choice Award winners. CPI’s […]

Espanola General Hospital in Ontario, Canada has selected SALTO to upgrade its security and replace its master keyed mechanical locks with the XS4 electronic proximity access control system. The XS4 locks are replacing existing locks in offices, health records, the finance department, stores, maintenance areas, laboratories, physiotherapy, diagnostic imaging, clinic operations, acute care, the teleconference […]

As government agencies and corporations embrace Macs, software lets CAC, FIPS 201 and .NET cards secure login via Active Directory Making Mac computers work in a Windows world has never been easy. But as more private-sector companies and U.S. government agencies add Macs into their environment, there’s a growing need for tools that enable them […]

SCM Microsystems Inc. and Bluehill ID announced a technology and distribution agreement that targets contactless smart card, RFID and NFC markets worldwide. The partnership marks another step in SCM’s strategy to expand into the growing contactless market, and also further extends Bluehill ID’s distribution channels and technology portfolio for identity management and electronic security. Under […]

Former Home Office Sec. David Blunkett says the UK should scrap the plans for a mandatory ID card and instead use electronic passports, according to a BBC news report. Blunkett, who first came up with the idea for the cards, says mandatory e-passports could do the same job as the ID cards. The UK ID […]

CardLogix, a smart card manufacturer for secure ID and transactions, announced that it has expanded its partnership with SCM Microsystems, Inc., a provider of smart card readers and chips. CardLogix Smart Toolz, M.O.S.T. Toolz, Embedded Toolz and middleware, including Winplex, Printplex and Trakplex, have incorporated SCM’s readers, which enables a range of security applications. By […]