February 14, 2002 – Lowell Adkins announces the opening of a consulting practice for higher education. Recognized as one of the pioneers in the development and implementation of card systems for higher education, Lowell was Director of the DukeCard System at Duke University. Under his leadership, the DukeCard program became one of the nation’s leading […]

Pair brings 27 Years of Combined Campus Card Syste Tallahassee, FL, February 11, 2002 – As part of continued expansion, CyberMark recently named Richard Lewis Vice President of Sales and Laura Snyder Director of Marketing. The campus card system veterans will spearhead the company1s new sales and marketing headquarters located in Atlanta, GA. “CyberMark is […]

For Immediate Release New York, NY: February 1, 2002 – TokenWorks Inc. announces the availability of the CardTool™ Magnetic Card Reader Module for the Handspring™ Visor™ line of handheld computers. The CardTool reader transforms the Visor handheld computer into a low cost, portable magnetic card reader transaction platform. The CardTool reader, combined with the Handspring […]

Ithaca, New York—The CBORD Group, Inc., a leading supplier of housing management systems and campus-wide card systems, is pleased to announce a strategic alliance with Best Access Systems of Indianapolis, Indiana. Best Access Systems (formerly Best Lock Corporation), has been a provider of security products for over 75 years, having designed and supplied access control […]

Editors Note: Over the years we have received more requests for this magnetic stripe information than any other, with a mix of technical and application information. However, if you feel yourself glazing-over through some of the technical data, be sure and see the section “What does this mean to my campus?” for your strategic reference […]

The ANSI/ISO BCD Data format is format defines the data in encoding for Track 2. It uses 5-bits of data (zeros and ones) to create the character set. In reality, only 4 bits are used for character creation while the fifth bit is a parity bit that always leaves the character with an odd number […]

In the Fall of 1997, the University of Houston began issuing the Cougar 1 Card to 38,000 students, faculty, and staff. The institution saw a need to better control access to facilities and ease payments on the campus and a decision had been made to eliminate the overlap that occurred with three separate departments issuing […]