Biometrics will have the greatest impact on physical and logical access and, secondarily, sometime in the not-too-distant future, perhaps in tactical warfare situations, according to officials from the Department of Defense, whose interviews appear in a new U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) publication. Released last month (August 2004), the 25-page report titled “What DoD Thinks […]

In addition to Secure ID News, AVISIAN Inc. produces three other ID technology publications. Contactless News focuses on the use of radio frequency identification technology in access control, transit, and payment arenas. CR80 News covers the use of all types of identification technologies in closed systems such as college and corporate campuses. And RFID News […]

After successful installations at two of New Delhi’s Metro lines, French-based Thales has contracted to install its third recyclable contactless ticket system for the city’s transit system. Lines 1 and 2 now handle approximately 130,000 passengers using nearly 300 access control gates and more than 130 vending machines. The Thales contactless system is already successfully […]

California-based ActivCard, responding to a U.S. directive for a federal standard for secure and reliable forms of identification, is now offering an open license to the interface specification for its Smart Card ID Applets Suite–what it says are necessary components of an ID solution deployment for large-scale identification and access control systems. Leading Provider of […]

Recognition Source’s WyreLess Access™ group is pioneering wireless communication for door access readers. And the company doesn’t see this as a niche market application. It’s going for something much larger and, so far, it seems to be paying off. With claims of up to 80% reduction in installation time, less customer disruption, and, most importantly, […]

A new card programmer from HID enables customers to manage the total issuance of iClass® contactless cards onsite. Customers such as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln can now stock blank cards and program them with access control numbers, PINs, and custom application data at issuance. With four distinct fields capable of holding 16 characters, the option […]

Identix Inc., a multi-biometric provider of fingerprint, facial, and skin identification technologies, has become one of more than 30 smart, biometric, optical, and proximity card application software developers and manufacturers that make up the Fargo Technology Alliance. Fargo Announces Addition of Identix Incorporated Minneapolis, MN (September 13, 2004) – Fargo Electronics, Inc. announced that Identix […]