Canada-based SkyRFID Inc., a provider of RFID-enabled automated data collection systems, has announced the release of an Automated Self Serve Library Management system. Patrons of a library deploying the system can access a full range of library services with a swipe of their RFID-enabled library cards. The system offers the standard functions of the increasingly […]

Awarepoint Corp. has announced the selection of its Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) by the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center in San Diego, Calif. This is the third UCSD hospital facility to deploy the Awarepoint system; the Moores Center joins the UCSD system’s Thornton and Hillcrest campuses in deployment of the system, creating an […]

Dates: October 27-28, 2009 Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas URL: http://www.cscmp.org/events/rfid/index.asp Description: Hear Representatives from Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s and Other Major Companies Discuss Their RFID Implementation, Results, and Updates. The conversation continues about Item-Level RFID…RFID’s feasibility, utilization, and ROI. Continued research has been taken to the next level with real-world testing of RFID in apparel/retail stores. There have […]

Oberthur Technologies and Dyetron S.A, a provider of smart card-based technology solutions for the transportation, communications, government and financial sectors, announced a partnership to provide EMV cards in Colombia. Colombia’s Superintendencia Financiera has imposed a January 1, 2010 deadline for issuers and merchants to migrate to EMV payment because of rising fraud rates from standard […]

GlobalPlatform will host a one day card specifications technology training session to educate the U.S. market on the benefits of open and interoperable specifications for smart card deployments. The session is scheduled for July 22 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco. Following the success of GlobalPlatform’s first card training session, which took place […]

De La Rue Identity Systems announced that it has been selected as preferred bidder to design and produce the UK Passport for the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), part of the Home Office. The 10-year contract to deliver the UK biometric passport was awarded following a international tender process conducted by IPS and is subject […]

ZF Electronics Ltd – formerly Cherry Electrical Products Ltd – was awarded a contract for 8,000 of its smart card keyboard products which are being used as part of an ambitious security project being undertaken by the West Midlands Police in the UK. The company’s G83-6644LUAGB-2 smart card keyboard was an part of the tender […]