INSIDE Contactless has closed its most recent strategic funding round with new participants Motorola Ventures and HID Global. They join existing investors which include: Sofinnova Partners, Vertex Management, Vertex Ventures, Siparex, GIMV, EuroUS Venture, Granite Global Ventures, Visa Ventures, and recently announced Nokia Ventures. “This investment will allow INSIDE to expand and accelerate the development […]

“It’s no longer simply about putting a photo on a white piece of plastic,” says Ryan Park, Fargo Electronics’ director of product marketing for secure printers/encoders. “It’s just not secure. Unfortunately, that represents a lot of the ID vehicles out there today. There are very few applications in the ID card world that don’t have […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor A few years ago, demand among smaller organizations was limited for low cost ID card printers that could print quality images on IDs with embedded technologies (e.g. smart cards, contactless cards, prox cards). But a lot has changed in just a few years with new regulations and growing demands for […]

Arthur Blank & Co., part of the American Banknote Group, has received MasterCard and VISA certifications for its 50,000 square foot production facility in Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. The newly-certified operation, with an annual production capacity of more than 100 million cards, will now add secure bank cards to its roster of pre-paid, private label and […]

Debra Spitler, Vice President, HID Connect The widespread proliferation of credential-based identity and access management systems is helping enterprises take a new view of secure credentials’ role in cost-effectively and conveniently solving a variety of business problems. Going forward, we will see common credentials continue to help organizations leverage existing infrastructure investments while addressing business […]

Jolly Technologies and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) announced a formal partnership to provide a tailored printing solution to support DNP’s CX-330 printer line. According to both companies involved, the combination of Jolly’s ID Flow and DNP’s CX-330 solution provides several added benefits such as ultraviolet (UV) printing, smart chip & contactless encoding, magnetic […]

Zebra Technologies has announced its newest budget printer that will produce a single-sided full color or monochrome card with some high-end features, including ethernet connectivity and smart card encoding. The P100i can print and/or encode cards for a variety of applications at remote and branch locations. Zebra Technologies, a worldwide leader in card printing and […]

Face Technologies, with the assistance of QiSQi, has successfully tested the Innovatrics ExpressID AFIS matcher software based on its hybrid minutiae and pattern fingerprint algorithm. The integration of the AFIS fingerprint algorithm is for the Republic of Malawi for the specific use in the Transport Information System (Driver’s License Application and Card Production). Face Technologies, […]

Kurt Bell, VP Sales & Marketing, Jolly Technologies The most meaningful trend I see in ID is that of convergence. The ID card is increasingly becoming an integral component of a larger integrated security environment. At one time, an identification card existed on its unique little island. It was produced by a stand-alone system and […]

Seventy million voter ID cards in just eight weeks? Those bragging rights belong to the Nigerian government and project integrator Chams Nigeria, which had a lot of help from 700 Datacard printers. Datacard, which assisted in staff training,was also the recent recipient of the “Best Business Partner” award issued by Chams Nigeria at its 2007 […]