Eurosmart confirmed that the industry will pass the 5 billion microcontroller based Smart Secure Devices this year. Some 4.5 billion units of Smart Secure Devices were shipped in 2009, and the group anticipate that number to grow by 18% in 2010 to exceed 5.3 billion units. More than 4 billion SIM cards have been shipped […]

The organizers of the CARTES & IDentification trade show announced the winners of the SESAMES Awards. The awards are given to global players in the sector: manufacturers, users, integrators and developers. Selected by an international panel of experts, the 10 winners have been revealed in Paris SESAMES HARDWARE: The winner is MORPHO E-DOCUMENTS with ConnectSIM. […]

Dates: April 4-6, 2011 Location: Washington, DC URL: http://www.worldcongress.com/events/HR11000/ Description: The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress (WHCC) is World Congress’ flagship event in which over 1,800 health care, government and corporate leaders formulate solutions to the challenges of health care cost, quality and delivery. In response to demands from the nation’s largest providers, payers […]

Dates: November 1-4, 2011 Location: Washington, DC Description: The Smart Card Alliance’s Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference continued its growth trend, reflecting the rapid expansion of government identity and security initiatives. These initiatives have lead to the current and growing interest in the strategies and technologies that help speed the adoption of homeland security […]

Dates: September 27-29, 2011 Location: Tampa, Florida Venue: Tampa Convention Center URL: URL: http://events.jspargo.com/biometrics11/ or http://www.biometrics.org/ Description: Supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA), the Biometrics Consortium Conference is focused on Biometric Technologies for Defense, Homeland Security, Identity Management, Border Crossing and Electronic Commerce. The Conference […]

Dates: April 5-8, 2011 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Venue: Sands Expo and Convention Center URL: http://www.iscwest.com/en/ISC-West/ Description: The newest products from leading manufacturers, training tailored specifically to your needs, and unlimited networking opportunities. Join the industry’s leading and largest event encompassing all of security with the most informative and competitive resources. When it comes to […]

Versus was recently selected to support the Bethesda Hospital’s Emergency Preparedness Partnership real-time locating system initiative, in which the Versus Advantages system was utilized during the organizations disaster preparedness drill. During the drill, as victims arrived at triage areas, they were decontaminated, triaged and assigned Versus ID badges, which communicated the patient’s location and triage […]