According to the International Card Manufacturing Association’s Global Card Survey, nearly 9 billion plastic cards were produced in 2000. There is an entire industry devoted to the science of plastics–from creating the ingredients and recipes to producing usable components. While a thorough understanding of the science is unnecessary for most of us, it is important […]

Stonehill College, a competitive Catholic institution located just south of Boston, serves 2,100 undergraduate students. More than 85% of these students reside in campus housing and nearly all participate in the campus meal plan. This makes food service a “big business” on the campus. In 1995 administrators made the decision to make the dining card […]

VANCOUVER, CANADA, July 24, 2002 – Imagis Technologies, Inc. (“Imagis”) (OTCBB: IGSTF; TSX: NAB; Germany: IGY), a leading developer of facial recognition systems and other advanced biometrics-based solutions, announced today that it has signed an authorized reseller agreement with Datacard Group, the global leader in card issuance systems and secure identity solutions. Under the agreement, […]

June 28, 2002. Jupiter, FL. Vision Database Systems [VDS], Inc., manufacturers of the RapIDcard – IDMS Photo ID card production software for the higher education market announces the addition of two new staff people to support the IDMS program. Carl Painter, formerly of CyberMark, has been appointed Software Support Engineer. Carl will be primarily engaged […]

Press Release Sponsored By: CORNELIUS, NC – June 24, 2002 – ColorID, LLC announced today that they have expanded their Service Bureau program to include a revolutionary FREE photo ID software package that allows small businesses to easily design their own photo ID cards and have them securely sent via the Internet to ColorID’s service […]

June 5, 2002 – ASSA ABLOY’S Identification Technology Group (ITG) announced the formation of a new company, Access ID, based in Seattle, WA. Access ID will develop and supply custom technology cards – focusing primarily on contactless technology. Access ID will specialize in full graphic customization of cards, including high resolution four-color lithography and embedded […]

Man vs. Machine in access control systems BY LOWELL ADKINS, DUVALL GROUP CONSULTING This is the third in a series of articles reviewing the basic concepts of access control and security on campuses. In the earlier articles, I focused first on the card itself – and primarily on the issues surrounding the issuance of a […]

Press Release Sponsored By: CAMARILLO, Calif., May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Zebra Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ZBRA), a worldwide leader in bar code labeling solutions and card printers, today announced that Viisage Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: VISG) will enable the State of Mississippi to issue tamper-resistant, secure driver’s licenses and authorized state IDs at the point of issuance […]

LUXEMBOURG, May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –Gemplus (Euronext: Sicovam 5768) (Nasdaq: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, today announced that industry analysts have confirmed the company’s market-leading position for the fourth year running. This news reflects a year when the company delivered such technology breakthroughs as Target Corporation’s Target smart Visa(TM) card, China Unicom’s […]

CORNELIUS, NC – May 24, 2002 – ColorID, LLC announced today that they have established a new direct relationship with HID Corporation. This new relationship will enable ColorID to better serve its customer’s proximity and smart card requirements. Gary Smith of ColorID commented, “We have continuously tried to expand our product offerings to better serve […]