Smart card and ID management software developer Intercede has entered into a collaboration with Hirsch Electronics and Magicard to provide a single end-to-end solution for identity management and HSPD 12/FIPS 201 solutions that enable the use of smart cards for physical and logical access. Lutterworth, United Kingdom – Intercede, a leading developer of powerful smart […]

Digital Identification Solutions, maker of the EDISecure line of card printers and ID solutions, is expanding to serve the Latin American market. “A fully-equipped sales, customer service and logistics centre” in Mexico will be led by newly appointed General Manager Ismael Almada. Look for the company’s new team at upcoming events including Cards 07 in […]

With the HSPD-12 compliance deadline just five months old, the Smart Card Alliance is featuring the federal mandate’s impact on ID management systems and physical access control. At ISC West March 28-30, the alliance will feature demonstrations on dual-interface FIPS 201 PIV cards and participate in a panel discussion on the migration to physical access […]

Embedded RFID provider SkyeTek, Inc. is expanding its presence in Europe. The vendor just annouced new relationships with three VARS serving the United Kingdom and Ireland: TDC, AVE, and IAData. The European RFID market has been thriving in business applications such as transport and logistics, access control, medicine and supply chain management,” stated Rob Balgley, […]

With the USB port as much a part of the computer today as the floppy disk drive used to be yesterday, more uses are being found for devices that plug into the port. The latest: An all-in-one “digital companion” from Gemalto and Utimaco that not only manages network IDs, but also provides users with more […]

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 […]

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 […]