Hypercom Corp. recently announced that its T2100 card payment terminal is being offered to banks and retailers throughout Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent states. The EMV compliant POS terminal is being offered by Visa to its member financial institutions months ahead of the deadline for banks to comply with the global EMV standard for […]

A Korean cell phone company has added a fingerprint sensor to its multi-function phone. Besides protecting the data in the phone, the new system will also tell the person’s fortune based on his/her 10 fingerprints and allow the user to speed-dial up to 10 numbers or create 10 different text messages by swiping a different […]

Canon U.S.A. has teamed with a print asset management company that will enable secure authentication, tracking, reporting and optional chargeback for all printing and copying solutions for the higher education and general office markets. Office and Higher Education Print Cost Accounting and Print Security Applications to be Developed for Canon’s MEAP MFP Platform NEW YORK–Canon […]

Allan Griebenow is the President and CEO of AXCESS International. Your company’s decision to license Java was covered by a number of news sources as Sun’s entry into active RFID. Is this the case? We have been working with the people at the Sun RFID Innovations Center for some time prior to this release regarding […]

By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor You’re on the eleventh floor of your hotel and the fire alarm sounds. Everybody freaks out. Is the fire as real as the alarm is loud? How on earth will you find the nearest exit? Why aren’t there little lights to guide you? There is chaos and confusion – not […]

With the increasing demand for security, access control is an increasingly important campus card function in Europe as it is in the rest of the world. One Spanish company is capitalizing on this rising need with a cost-effective and innovative door control system. Salto Systems, located near Bilbao, Spain, focuses on just one area: building […]

At first glance, card system vendors don’t seem to be as much a part of a European campus programs as they do in the U.S. But look a bit deeper and you will find country or region-specific organizations helping campuses build their programs. According to one such vendor – London-based Fortress GB, – card requirements […]