25 May, 2005Birmingham City Schools call On Biometric HandReaders For employee attendance
Using hand readers that automatically take a three-dimensional reading of the hand’s size and shape, Birmingham, Ala.’s schools will be using 159 of them at 61 school districts sites to track time and attendance for the schools’ employees. So far, 133 of the readers have been installed with the goal to have at least two […]
25 May, 2005Should your campus card program be using the 16-digit ISO numbering scheme?
Perhaps the most important feature of any credit or debit card is the 16-digit number unique to that card. It is called an ISO number, and it is the key for linking each transaction conducted with the card to the account and account holder responsible for the transaction. In the early 1990’s, these numbers began […]
24 May, 2005Talking driver licenses and the Read ID Act with Card Scanning Solutions’ Iuval Hatzav
SecureIDNews Editor Chris Corum spoke with Iuval Hatzav, Vice President, Card Scanning Solutions, about the state of America’s driver license technologies and about the recent Real ID legislation. Card Scanning Solutions manufactures readers and provides solutions to enable driver licenses from all fifty states to be read – a feat that is far more difficult […]
24 May, 2005A primer on ‘flip chip’ manufacturing techniques for smart card ICs
Editor’s preface: There is increasing interest in the ‘new’ smart card chip manufacturing technique known as Flip Chip. An alternative to the tradional manufacturing process that attached chips to substrates via tiny wire bonds, flip chip offers a number of benefits and efficiencies. To get a better understanding of the process, SecureIDNews asked one of […]
24 May, 2005RF Ideas enables use of prox and contactless cards for logon, payment, and legacy ID
Do you use prox or contactless cards for access control and wish you could use them for other applications as well? You are not alone – thousands of corporations, campuses, and agencies are in the same boat. But a Chicago-based company, RF Ideas, may have a solution in their line of programmable devices that read […]
If you were among the 1400 individuals in attendance at the recent Blackboard Users Conference, you are already aware of the Blackboard Transaction System – Universal Edition™ – the new edition of the Blackboard Transaction System. The Universal Edition is considered a new edition rather than a new release. According to Ron Dinwiddie, Sr. Director […]
24 May, 2005Arthur Blank & Co. and Infineon team-up in contactless deal
Card provider Arthur Blank has partnered with chip manufacturer Infineon to supply ISO 14443 and 15693 contactless chips for Arthur Blank’s retail, transportation and security-related orders. BOSTON (May 24, 2005) – Arthur Blank & Co., Inc. (www.arthurblank.com), and Infineon Technologies North America Corp. announced a cooperation to provide radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled card services for […]
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