NFC has thus far been met with skepticism and reluctance in the UK, leading some to contemplate ways to facilitate adoption of the technology. A UK-based Mobile News report suggests that enormous funds have been dumped into marketing campaigns in an attempt to pump up the tech with citizens of the UK. However, the concept […]

Eurofresh Farms has teamed up with workforce and human resources (HR) solutions provider Empower Software Solutions to improve employee productivity and to better account and manage pay for piece rate work. The Arizona-based greenhouse grower employs more than 1,100 people and initiated piece rate pay incentives to improve employee productivity. Piece rate work rewards employees […]

Novetta Solutions has announced the acquisition of biometric solutions and services specialist International Biometric Group. Providing technology solutions to the national security sector Novetta is known for working with massive quantities of data. The acquisition of IBG is expected to bolster Novetta’s identity intelligence, biometrics and virtual identity management efforts. IBG’s reputation as a provider […]

Jeremy Grant, senior executive advisor for identity management and head of the National Program Office for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, talks about the pilots awarded and some of the common themes linking the awardees. Grant also talks about the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group and what else the national program office is […]

Visa has released its London 2012 Olympics NFC and contactless usage statistics, where the company offered the unique opportunity to showcase the potential of contactless payments to its partners and members from all around the globe, according to NFC World. Visa staff, partners, Visa-sponsored athletes and journalists all issued with their Samsung Galaxy S III […]

BLACKSOCKS, a European sock subscription (sockscription) service, has launched an interactive RFID-based iPhone app that makes sorting socks child’s play. Sewn into each sock is a unique communication button in the form of an RFID chip that can share all sorts of details about the individual socks, like which socks belong together, how many times […]

NXP, Gemalto and Ingenico are the three highest ranked vendors to sit atop ABI Research’s latest payment and banking card and contactless technologies Competitive Assessment. The Competitive Assessment comprised a total of 18 companies, all evaluated against 11 different criteria under the categories of implementation and innovation, in addition to a market share analysis for […]

Oberthur Technologies and Zvetco Biometrics are collaborating on a biometric authentication device designed for government and company computing environments. The companies will combine the Oberthur ID-One PIV smart card with Zvetco Biometrics Verifi fingerprint readers. The smart card complies with HSPD-12 and is FIPS-201 compliant for physical and logical access control. Its applications include authentication, […]

HID Global and Interlogix have teamed up to provide integrated security products for residential and commercial use. The companies have combined Interlogix’s Security Commander system hardware with HID’s EasyLobby Secure Visitor Management (SVM) software for security and visitor management. Security Commander can support up to 128 Challenger panels, over 6,000 intelligent doors and 32,000 alarm […]

Identive Group has rolled out a new family of multi-protocol Legic card readers to meet the demand in corporate, campus and other environments for readers to handle multi-function ID cards. Based on the advant 4000 reader IC technology from Legic Identsystems, Identive’s new readers work with a variety of smart card formats to support multiple […]