Bill Norwood resigns as company Vice Chairman On Friday, March 8 CyberMark distributed a press release announcing a corporate restructuring that included the resignation of Bill Norwood, longtime card industry veteran and CyberMark Vice Chairman. CyberMark established itself as the campus market’s premiere provider of smart card systems and is responsible for the vast majority […]

Times when one card may not be enough Who among campus administrators hasn’t adopted or at least strongly considered the value of the “One Card” concept. It is hard to argue with the idea that a single card issued by the institution should perform all card-controlled functions across the campus. It only makes sense. There […]

A KEY component to campus access control? If you stay in a hotel that still issues a traditional metal key you are likely to be staying in either a quaint bed-and-breakfast or a decrepit motor lodge. Card-based door entry systems have become the norm for hotels and motels across the country. It was only a […]

A two phased approach to card marketing So you have finally installed your new ID card system. The contract has been signed, the technical infrastructure has been laid, the equipment has been delivered, and the personnel have been hired. What took months and possibly years to complete has come to fruition. It’s time to sit […]

Irvine, CA: Concordia University has partnered with Smart Vend Corp. to deploy a smart card solution. A smart chip has been added to the Eagle Card for use in vending, laundry, copiers and printers on campus. Read the Article

February 26, 2002, Washington, D.C. – VingCard PERSONA, the commercial division of the VingCard Group, the world’s leading provider of electromechanical locking solutions, and Blackboard Inc., the leading software infrastructure company for e-Education, have signed a partnership agreement that will make the companies’ systems interoperable through Blackboard’s Building Blocks Program. Under the agreement, VingCard PERSONA […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) – In my flights since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, I have been impressed by the careful pre-boarding inspection of passengers’ identification documents. For more than 80 percent airline passengers, the document of choice is either a state driver’s license or state non-driver photo ID, which has effectively made the driver’s […]