Program Prepares Leaders to Evaluate Critical Business Issues for the Application of Smart Cards to their Markets Princeton Junction, NJ, September 3, 2002 – The Educational Institute of the Smart Card Alliance kicks-off the 2002-2003 course schedule on October 9th headlined by its new advanced course designed for executives and managers. The program, which includes […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced the successful deployment of Java Card(TM) technology and Sun network solutions by the Bureau of National Health Insurance of Taiwan (BNHI). The BNHI has started to roll out 22 million Java Card technology-powered IC (Integrated Circuit) health cards to Taiwan citizens in July, […]

The typical on-campus card program begins as an acorn of sorts, humbly starting with little to show but promise. But in time things began to click, successive years of orientation classes produced cardholders that embraced the ease of use and ubiquitous acceptance of the card. Average balances grew as the program hit its stride as […]

If one member from the Ohio House of Representatives has his way, the business in many of the state’s campus card offices could change radically. House Bill Number 626 was filed last month with the purpose of amending the Ohio Code to, “require that if a state university provides students with a financial transaction device […]

Private meal plan provider targets 18 college towns On-campus dining operations are seeing some new competitors in town. The beginning of this fall semester marked the introduction of the Campus Dining Network, a privately held company that has fostered 18 local meal plans across the country. The initial sites include Gainesville, Florida and Chapel Hill, […]

If you utilize your campus card for access control, there is a good chance that you have heard the term Weigand (pronounced wee-gand). Typically, it is used in the context of “Weigand output,” “Weigand standard,” “Weigand encoding,” or “Weigand numbering scheme.” And more than likely, it has made the people on your campus responsible for […]

Since the mid-1990s, the use of new technology has altered the way colleges and universities conduct purchasing. Card technology played a major role in an early phase of this revolution and seems likely to gain an important position in the next phase of this process re-engineering as well. The early phase mentioned above involves the […]