Extensive ID System Experience Tapped CORNELIUS, NC – February 13, 2002 – As part of their continued business development and expansion, ColorID, LLC announced today that they have named Nate Jenkins, Manager of Technical Services. Jenkins, who has many years of experience in the identification industry, has significant knowledge of DataCard and Fargo hardware and […]

Editors Note: Over the years we have received more requests for this magnetic stripe information than any other, with a mix of technical and application information. However, if you feel yourself glazing-over through some of the technical data, be sure and see the section “What does this mean to my campus?” for your strategic reference […]

In the Fall of 1997, the University of Houston began issuing the Cougar 1 Card to 38,000 students, faculty, and staff. The institution saw a need to better control access to facilities and ease payments on the campus and a decision had been made to eliminate the overlap that occurred with three separate departments issuing […]

Canadian Resellers to Benefit From Increased Accessibility to Expanding ID Card/Badge Market CAMARILLO, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Zebra Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ZBRA), the worldwide leader in bar code labeling solutions and plastic card printers, today announced that it entered into a distribution agreement with EMJ Data Systems, Ltd. (Toronto: EMJ), a leading Canadian distributor […]

Tallahassee, Florida – Stony Brook University (SBU), part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, will implement a smart card system at Stony Brook University, Health Science Center, Hospital and the Long Island State Veterans Home. ID card production with the new system began October 12, 2001. SBU, the Center, Hospital and Veterans […]

/PRNewswire/ VERNON HILLS, Ill. and EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Jan. 9 – Zebra Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ZBRA) and Fargo Electronics, Inc., (Nasdaq: FRGO) today announced the continued extension of Zebra’s tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock (including associated rights to purchase preferred stock) of Fargo for $7.25 per share in cash. The tender […]

When you open your wallet you likely see a number of plastic cards that are all precisely the same size. Obviously, you say to yourself, ID card sizes have been standardized. Why then need we concern ourselves with this issue? Outside of intellectual curiosity, it is important to understand card sizing in case you are […]

After a relatively brief existence as a provider of smart card systems to university and corporate campus’ in North America, CyberMark ceased operation in June of 2002. A soft market, a difficult value proposition (tactful way of saying the product cost more than many could justify), mounting debt and extensive management departures all contributed to […]