Zebra has signed a new three-year full product line agreement with MedAssets Supply Chain Systems. The full line agreement makes Zebra’s bar code, card and RFID printers as well as its supplies and service agreements available to MedAssets’ customers for a wide range of identification, tracking and access control applications. “Increasing patient safety is among […]

When Omaha, Nebraska-based West Corporation needed to update and standardize a mix of security systems at 31 locations without ripping everything out and starting anew, the company turned to AMAG Technology, Torrence, Calif. West manages call centers and has locations across the country – nine branch offices and 21 “remote” offices. These existing facilities use […]

Zebra’s dual-sided color P420i printer has been chosen by a southwest Florida school district to print its 11,000 employee ID badges which are part of a GE-installed system that includes access control, video surveillance, alarm monitoring and photo ID badging. Print Photo ID Badges that Double as Access Control Credentials Used by Florida School District’s […]

No doubt about it, identity is hot these days, but most of the discussions are centered around digital identity. Between identity theft and the difficulties of online authentication, a slew of efforts are underway to standardize and streamline how identity is created and used on the network. Think this doesn’t matter to you? Think again. […]

RF IDeas has introduced what it calls the first contactless smart card solution that is immediately deployable, without the need to develop applications or update existing back-end systems. Designed for HID’s iCLASS contactless smart card, the AIR ID eliminates software by storing keystrokes, user IDs, passwords and other credentials securely on the iCLASS card. ORLANDO, […]

< ? $key="5432"; ?> Amex launches contactless “Blue” nationwide in U.S. Hoping to use the prior success of its Blue credit card as a springboard for ExpressPay contactless payments, American Express announced that it would add the contactless technology into all future Blue cards – both new issuances and replacments. Read the full story Nedap’s […]

With tens of millions of contactless payment cards due out in the next few years, the U.S. is emerging as a leader in secure contactless smart card applications, says the Smart Card Alliance Executive Director Randy Vanderhoof. PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. – The United States has taken a strong leadership position in adopting new payment and […]

“Toppan Printing developed paper that protects RFID cards such as RFID train passes, corporate ID cards, RFID payment cards from skimming attacks. It functions as so-called Faradey Cage, that is, the paper has a very thin layer of metal in it (by the way, the paper’s thickness is about 0.2mm).” Editors would like to compare […]

Using hand readers that automatically take a three-dimensional reading of the hand’s size and shape, Birmingham, Ala.’s schools will be using 159 of them at 61 school districts sites to track time and attendance for the schools’ employees. So far, 133 of the readers have been installed with the goal to have at least two […]

Do you use prox or contactless cards for access control and wish you could use them for other applications as well? You are not alone – thousands of corporations, campuses, and agencies are in the same boat. But a Chicago-based company, RF Ideas, may have a solution in their line of programmable devices that read […]