Printing high-quality color images on ID cards has become a straightforward, basic function for card program staff. This is a testament to the high quality printers, supplies, and plastic cards available today. But what happens when a new identification technology is added to the mix? Must our comfortable printing processes change if a proximity, contactless, […]

Optical memory cards, with their large data storage, strong security, and solid durability, are starting to gain the recognition one manufacturer of the cards feels the technology deserves. LaserCard Corporation (LCC), headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., says its optical memory card is being widely used in biometric and secure ID applications in North America and […]

Card provider Arthur Blank has partnered with chip manufacturer Infineon to supply ISO 14443 and 15693 contactless chips for Arthur Blank’s retail, transportation and security-related orders. BOSTON (May 24, 2005) – Arthur Blank & Co., Inc. (www.arthurblank.com), and Infineon Technologies North America Corp. announced a cooperation to provide radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled card services for […]

Holly Sacks, with “a proven track record of increasing market share,” has been named HID’s executive vice president of marketing. Her role now expands to include product planning, life cycle management and program management for the Irvine, Calif.-based contactless access card and reader manufacturer. IRVINE, Calif. – HID Corporation, the premier manufacturer of contactless access […]

J.P. Morgan Chase has announced the planned roll-out of a contactless consumer credit card this summer. “Chase credit cards with blink” will be rolled-out market-by-market with early acceptance locations including 170 7-Eleven stores, followed by fast food restaurants, drug stores and others. The convenience store chain Sheetz will reportedly be the first Chase partner to […]

Zebra printers were the behind-the-scenes heroes of the successful CardTech/SecurTech show held recently in Las Vegas. The printers spit out more than 4,000 contactless smart card badges that tracked attendees throughout the conference. Their badges were scanned when they entered conference sessions, and even when they showed up to eat (to determine if they were […]

How secure is your ID card system? Fargo Electronics wants to help you find out. They have developed a series of self-assessment questions that will help card managers determine the gaps in their ‘supposedly’ secure ID cards. This non-proprietary interactive website tool was launched in April. “We felt there was an awareness that needed to […]

FDA-approved SurgiChip™ supports JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals by helping to eliminate wrong-site, wrong-patient, wrong-procedure surgeries AMTSystems announced today several new pilot programs for SurgiChip™ – the market’s first FDA-approved RFID verification system to help prevent wrong-patient, wrong-procedure and wrong-site surgeries. “With The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) reporting five to eight […]

What: Contactless/RFID Technology TechPavilion When: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:00 – 1:30 P.M. Where: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada It is sure to draw quite a crowd! If you will be attending the Cardtech Securtech (CTST) event in Las Vegas on April 12-14, be sure to check out the first-ever Contactless and RFID TechPavilion. The […]

< ? $key="4433"; ?> The SecureIDNews team is heading to Vegas for two of the year’s most important conferences – the ISC West security event (April 6-8) and Cardtech Securtech (April 12-14). Look for us on the ISC show floor, at the CTST Contactless Pavilion (April 13, 12:00-1:30), or stop by our booth (AVISIAN Publications) […]