Japanese credit-card giant JCB Co. Ltd. is backing three Asian contactless card projects, convinced consumers will appreciate the quicker throughput and convenience of contactless technology. Two projects are in Japan while a third is in Taiwan. In Taiwan, JCB issuer Taipai Bank already has distributed roughly 3,000 smart cards to employees of First International Computers, […]

The use of biometrics in conjunction with contactless smart cards is certainly high on many lists of security goals–but it has been a goal that is costly, time consuming, and technology-intensive to attain. With the development of the bioCLASS product line, Irvine, California-based HID is taking steps to change all that. “The bioCLASS reader is […]

Elements of an advanced card production system BY JOSEPH DIDIER CONTRIBUTING EDITOR “Across the board, advanced card production systems are more durable, quicker, smaller, more modular in design and can be purchased for less than ever before.” Kevin Gillick, Head of Corporate Marketing, Datacard Group It’s been more than a decade since the “one card” […]

In 1985 Joe Capers was tinkering with vending machines, coin mechanisms, and card readers in his garage in Brentwood, Tennessee. He figured out how to make a card reader speak to a vending machine and immediately saw a need for his product. He found a client in the North Georgia Food Service Company, a group […]

Vision Database Systems (VDS) has the education market for ID software pretty well covered–from kindergarten all the way through college. But while the Jupiter, Florida-based company is well-entrenched in the K-12 market, its roots, and its forte remain in higher ed. VDS has a perfect client retention record for the 2003-04 year but there’s no […]

Visitors to next month’s National Association of College Auxiliary Services Annual Conference will have the chance to see first-hand the truly integrated card system in place at Colorado College. As a preview for attendees and to give a taste for what the rest are missing, the following review of the college’s CBORD campus card system […]

Companies Combine Forces to Offer Unique RFID Solution for Healthcare Market VERNON HILLS, Ill., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Zebra Technologies (Nasdaq: ZBRA), a global leader in delivering on-demand printing solutions for business improvement, today announced its newest integrated product partner agreement with San Fernando, Calif.-based Precision Dynamics Corp. (PDC), a leading manufacturer and supplier of […]

San Diego, CA – ImageWare Systems, Inc. (AMEX:IW) announced that it’s German subsidiary, Digital Imaging International GmbH launched EPICard™, the newest addition to the company’s suite of ID software solutions. EPICard was designed with ease of use and simplicity in mind, resulting in a boxed, ID badging product that enables users to easily design and […]

Any question of the surge in contactless technology interest was answered by the activity at the CARTES exposition in France in early November. More than 10,000 attendees from around the globe descended on Paris’ Parc de Exposition to see the latest in identification technologies. The exhibit floor was packed with more than 300 vendors displaying […]

BY KIMBERLY BRENNER CONTRIBUTING EDITOR In 2000, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) began its long awaited issuance of the new generation military identification card, the Common Access Card (CAC). The initial cards contained a magnetic stripe and an integrated circuit chip. This contact chip was used for secured logon to computer networks while […]