Secure identity provider HID Global has rolled out its latest card personalization software, Asure ID 2009, that features an intuitive user interface and incorporates user-tested tools that make ID card design, data entry and data management easy for any type of user. In addition, Asure ID 2009 comes with an underlying software architecture built on […]

HID Global announced that it has been selected to supply its Fargo HDP5000-LC printer/encoders to the U.S. Department of Defense Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). As part of the DMDC’s migration to the next generation of ID card printers, the HDP5000-LC units will be utilized throughout the DMDC. The primary use of the Fargo HDP5000-LC […]

GlobalPlatform, the international smart card specifications association, has released figures showing an estimated annual increase of 15% in the total number of smart cards that use the GlobalPlatform Card Specification as the basis for card infrastructure. The organization estimates that since October 2007, the number of deployed GlobalPlatform based smart cards has risen from 265 […]

IdentiSys Inc., an Eden Prairie, Minn.-based sales and service integrator of identification, tracking and security products, announced the acquisition of CardSmart Systems Inc., a Lisle, Ill.-based ID system provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. With the acquisition, IdentiSys expands its local sales and service operation throughout the Midwest. IdentiSys specializes in identification technologies […]

The first phase of the United Kingdom biometric ID card system was unveiled to some citizens and politicians upset over the program, according to a ZDNet article. This first phase requires foreign nationals to get new ID cards with fingerprint data on them. The data will be stored indefinitely on a UK Identity and Passport […]

Thirty five finalists are in the running for 10 Sesames awards that will be presented during the 2008 edition of the CARTES & IDentification show Nov. 4-6 in Paris. At first there were 233 entrants, but the field has been cut to 35. It’s a field which features some of the top names in the […]

The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee has withheld funding for the US VISIT Exit program. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which runs the US VISIT program, wanted to have airlines collect the biometrics of foreigners exiting the country. But the airlines didn’t want to pay for it and the House is withholding DHS […]

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), one of the world’s leading providers of smart-card solutions, is opening a new development center in Pune, India. The center’s approximately 80 employees are developing products based on smart card technology for applications in mobile communication, electronic payment and public administration. Over the next few years, the center intends to double […]

SCM Microsystems Inc. announced that its eHealth200 BCS terminal has been approved by the Gematik – the German health care organization overseeing the implementation of Germany’s eHealth card program. Starting in October, SCM’s eHealth terminals will be available in significant volumes for general practitioners, pharmacists, hospitals and other health care providers for the start of […]

Looking for an identity card application without all the bells and whistles? INSIDE Contactless may have just the thing. Anticipating the need for faster, lighter-weight versions of so-called ICAO-compliant identity chips, microprocessor producer INSIDE has announced what it calls “ICAO-Lite” applications. With faster read times and lighter memory options than standard ICAO solutions, such as […]