Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, a Maryland-based pediatric hospital, has chosen PerfectTIME biometric time and attendance software as a means to streamlining workforce management processes of the hospital’s 600 employees as well as easing various aspects of operations. According to hospital officials, PerfectTime will eliminate buddy punching and other errors in employee through biometric terminals for […]

CoreStreet, a provider of credential validation solutions, announced that its CoreStreet PIVMAN Solution has been chosen by the Staten Island Ferry for its Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) reader pilot program. Under terms of the agreement, the solution will be used by the ferry to validate TWIC cards at facility access control points. Providing 20 […]

Integri, a provider test tools for payment, ticketing and mobile applications, and MicroPross, a supplier of test hardware, announced a partnership to offer a test solution to conform with the NFC Forum specifications for Near Field Communication technology. Before launching an NFC project, cards and readers need to be verified and debugged to ensure accuracy […]

The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) has announced plans to begin production of RFID tags in Russia. The planned production business will be a partnership with the Italian firm Galileo Vacuum Systems. Under the terms of the partnership, RUSNANO and Galileo will create a jointly-owned business based in Russia, with production facilities in Russia, Italy […]

RFID solutions provider Savi Technology Inc. has reached a settlement agreement with its competitor AeroScout Inc., over an alleged patent infringement by AeroScout. The patents in question cover Savi’s “Low-Frequency Wake-Up” RFID technology. The patents involved in the case – U.S. Patent Nos. 6,542,114, 6,765,484, and 6,940,392 – are for a technology which provides extended […]

RFMicron, a developer of RFID microchips for item-level tracking applications, has received an infusion of capital from the state of Texas’s Emerging Technology Fund (ETF). The Austin-based firm will receive a $675,000 investment from the fund this year. The ETF was begun in 2005 to support Texas companies working on innovative technologies in a range […]

RFID solution provider ODIN Technologies has created a pricing guide for RFID tags. The guide is intended to help end users of RFID technology make well-informed decisions about tag purchases by offering an independent source for standard tag pricing and highlighting the key variables which drive tag costs. In addition to providing a current listing […]