AccessID, a subsidiary of HID Global, has named mid-Atlantic regional manager Dani Brunner to a new position as AccessID’s Western regional manager, signaling the company’s commitment to the identification systems channel. Her responsibilities will include ID Systems channel sales in all states west of the Mississippi. IRVINE, CA.–HID Global, a leading manufacturer in the access […]

The Anaheim, California-based Tiger Woods Learning Center uses ID cards provided by Fargo Electronics’ encoders/printers. The contact smart card, which tracks students as well as ID them, comes with an added benefit: It contains the name of one of the world’s most famous golfers. Minneapolis, MN–At the Tiger Woods Learning Center (TWLC), the focus is […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Even though the Hong Kong ‘territory-wide’ Smart Identity Card project went live three years ago and even though it is issuing some 8,000 cards a day, it’s still going to take until April next year for every eligible citizen to receive the upgraded smart cards. About five million smart cards […]

The Win CE-based handheld reader from TTI now handles iCLASS credentials from HID. The device can read/write to iCLASS and standard issue contact smart cards, read biometric fingerprint data, and enable for secure validation of cards. The built-in Secure Access Module (SAM) handles digital keys and the GSM/GPRS module provides mobile high-speed data transfer and […]

Thailand’s Siam City Bank is deploying EMV cards from G&D using the company’s Universal Production Platform (UPP), an EMV personalization solution that supports multiple chip platforms. Giesecke & Devrient and Chan Wanich Security Printing supply MasterCard and Visa EMV cards personalized with G&D’s Universal Production Platform (UPP) Bangkok, Munich, November 29, 2006 – For the […]

A selection of access control readers from HID’s iCLASS® contactless, multi-technology line have been certified by the GSA for FIPS 201 use. Included on the Approved Products List are the R10, R30, R40, RK40 and RP40 models as well as the OEM 150 module. HID Global Announces FIPS 201 Certification for iCLASS® Readers Multiple Application […]

Acquisition brings personalization to HID to “complete the identity management equation” By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor HID Global’s president and CEO, Denis Hébert, calls it “completing the equation.” That’s one way of looking at the company’s recent purchase of Fargo Electronics because it now gives the company a firmer hold on the complete credential management […]

Dubai International Airport is using a card management and issuing solution with contactless smart cards to expedite passage at electronic gates. The solution uses Zebra printers with Mifare cards with 100,000 cardholders enrolled to date. Dubai Airport Adopts Contactless Smart Card Technology Eastnets, a Dubai-based leading Payments and Security Solutions Provider, and Zebra Card Printer […]

Fargo has released two new ID card products–one designed for the K-12 market or smaller corporations which don’t need a lot of security, and the other, an entry level ID badge software program in multiple languages. Minneapolis, MN–Fargo Electronics, Inc., a global leader in secure technologies for card identity systems, announced the introduction of the […]

It’s a sleek, new tabletop printer and encoder. And its maker calls it an industrial, multi-protocol RFID solution that excels in on-demand smart-label printing and RFID tag encoding. Enter Zebra Technologies’ new R110Xi high frequency printer, built on the Vernon Hills, Ill.-based company’s XiIIIPlus Platform. “The R110Xi HF capitalizes on key areas where the high […]