DigitalPersona, a developer of fingerprint-based biometric solutions, has announced they have been chosen by Bentley University to deploy a software solution to the faculty and students. Bentley officials are hopeful the new software will enable increased security on the computers and networks while also relieving issues related to forgotten or stolen passwords. The change comes […]

An incident involving an alleged gunman at St. Paul College in Minnesota has turned into a lesson in identity vetting for campus card program managers everywhere. On Sept. 23 the technical school went on lockdown when a female student reported seeing a man with a gun in a campus elevator upset over his financial aid. […]

At the Illinois Institute of Technology an integrated system combining the campus card, physical access and video surveillance technology is improving safety and efficiency for the 7,400 students. The Odyssey PCS card system and the CS Access system from CBORD have been integrated with video solutions from NICE Systems campus wide. When a new residential […]

The Fort Crawford Elementary School, located in the Pittsburgh area, has implemented a pilot program allowing its students to utilize biometrics to pay for their lunch instead of money or an access code, according to a Pittsburgh Trib Total Media article. The new system, developed by School-Link Technologies, enables children to scan a finger that […]

AMAG Technology, a security management and digital video solutions provider, has partnered with Allied Fire & Security, a security system integrator in the Pacific Northwest, and DAP Technologies, a rugged handheld computer manufacturer, to provide an integrated security solution to Lane Community College in Eugene, Ore. The community college has installed AMAG’s Symmetry Enterprise Security […]

Contactless smart cards have found a home on college campuses for physical access control. But Santa Clara university in California is taking it a step further by using the cards for payments as well. Nirmal Palliyaguru, director of ACCESS and conferences at the university, spoke with Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin about the system and […]

The schedule for the 2010 National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) Annual Conference is out and there are some significant changes from year’s past. April in the desert is a great time and the Hilton Tapatio Cliffs is a great resort so the time and place should be right, but how about the schedule? […]

Merchants around Westfield State College (Westfield, Ma.) seem to have taken to the campus card Owl Bucks program in a very positive way. The program launched two years ago enabling spending at both on campus at places like Subway, Dunkin’ Donuts and the campus bookstore as well as off campus at about 20 retailers including […]

Digital Identification Solutions announced the integration of the ThingMagic USB RFID reader/encoder with the EDIsecure XID Retransfer Printer. By attaching the Gen2 UHF USB encoder to the side of the XID printer, ID badges are printed and encoded in one step. The capabilities of the ThingMagic USB reader include tag reads at ranges up to […]

With most states slashing budgets, cash-strapped institutions have had to make tough choices. Some have chosen to freeze salaries, others have laid-off people and many have put construction and other campus projects on hold. Operating a campus card program is a significant expense so CR80News sought the assistance of campus card providers to build a […]