Encentuate has partnered with Marion General Hospital, in Marion, Indiana to improve user productivity and enhance security through multi-factor authentication, session management, single sign-on and logoff. Encentuate has deployed its IAM suite, leveraging the hospital’s new physical security system, and integrating physical and network access with employee HID badges. Marion employees can access multiple workstations […]

Arthur Blank & Co., part of the American Banknote Group, has received MasterCard and VISA certifications for its 50,000 square foot production facility in Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. The newly-certified operation, with an annual production capacity of more than 100 million cards, will now add secure bank cards to its roster of pre-paid, private label and […]

We hear Columbia River Resources has finalized the purchase of Traxxec Ltd., a UK company that specializes in the development of RFID products and their supportive systems and applications. In October 2005 they made a patent application for a RFID enabled pharmaceutical bottle and have secured early commercial sales in both Europe and U.S., according […]

With the new year on the horizon, we’re still asking the question: HF or UHF RFID … or bar codes? Speaking on pharmaceutical RFID market scenarios, Bill Colleran, Impinj’s president and CEO, addressed the topic in an interview with RFID Journal’s Mark Roberti. Here’s an excerpt of Mr. Colleran’s comments: “The California legislation [requiring drug […]

In-building wireless solution provider InnerWireless, Inc., today announced that it will deploy its PanGo location-management platform in the University of Michigan Health System’s medical campus. This platform will enable the pharmacy department to track and monitor hundreds of boxes containing emergency drug supplies throughout its 913-bed medical campus. The Department of Pharmacy Services selected InnerWireless’ […]

Key Benefit Administrators (KBA) will be implementing BioPassword Internet Edition to help secure access to the sensitive health insurance and benefits records of more than 3,000 clients covering 500,000 insured members. SecureWebManager, a centralized Web portal, depends on BioPassword’s authentication platform to verify users based on their unique typing rhythms, even if they are accessing […]

Sony has developed a bioplastic version of its FeliCa contactless smart card that can be used for photo ID cards and other applications that involve printing. Smart cards made from plant-derived plastics do not take printing well, so applications to date have been limited to uses like health insurance cards. Instead, Sony uses a proprietary […]