Imaging and biometrics software provider Aware, Inc. will be introducing its new software solution designed to aid developers in complying with the FIPS 201 personal identity verification standards for federal employee ID cards. A demonstration will be held during the Smart Card Alliance’s e-government conference March 9-11. A comprehensive suite of field-tested software tools provides […]

Do you want a card program, but the money just isn’t there? That was the dilemma facing Sweet Briar College, a 600-student, all women’s institution in central Virginia. “The college had studied installing a card system several years ago, but purchasing and maintaining our own system was cost prohibitive,” said Paul Davies, Sweet Briar’s vice […]

< ? $key="0205"; ?> This month RFID News talks with companies at opposite ends of the RFID spectrum: commercial supply chain specialists Manhattan Associates and Phidgets USA, supplier to a burgeoning independent developer market. Market-maker Intermec explains its position in the unfolding second generation EPC specification, DoD suppliers work together to support the American soldier […]

While it’s still called CardTech/SecurTech, the show’s promoter is pushing separate identities for the two sides of the name, more so this year then in the past. In fact, it’s being billed as “one event, two technology sectors.” “The show has been saddled with an EMV reputation. A lot of people think it’s a credit […]

David C. Wyld is the Mayfield Professor of Management and is the Director of Strategic e-Commerce Initiative at Southeastern Louisiana University. Earlier this month in Washington, DC, over 1000 representatives from the military and the contracting community gathered for the third DOD (Department of Defense) RFID Summit for Industry. The U.S. military is undertaking a […]

ASK continues its progress in the provision of low cost RFID labels for library asset management. The company has aligned with Bibliotheca, a European provider of RFID-enabled library solutions, to market a combined system to libraries in the U.S. and Europe. ASK to deliver 4 million RFID smart labels for US and European libraries Bibliotheca […]

The Project Group’s RFID subsidiary, Pro Squared, announced today that it is developing a handheld enabled, RFID based evidence tracking system for use by Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement officials. This system is only available for demonstration to the law enforcement community on a highly restricted basis for confidentiality purposes. The solution is network-based […]

Two companies–Infineon and SPYRUS–have released new personal authentication and security products to support the Department of Defense’s Global Information Grid designed to meet real time information needs for security and military as well as for commercial enterprises. New Era in Cybersecurity Commences SAN JOSE, Calif.– SPYRUS, Inc. and Infineon Technologies today announced the availability of […]

ActivCard, a California provider of identity access solutions, recently reached a joint distribution agreement with Lenel Systems to market physical and logical access products to government and industrial markets. The combined solution offers many benefits, including increased security and lower total cost of operation. Corporations and Governments Increase Security and Convenience, Save Money, and Meet […]

CoreStreet’s certificate validation technology has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for its Common Access Card (CAC) program. The new technology will significantly expedite the use of the deployed PKI for email and document signing. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PKI PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE SELECTS CORESTREET DISTRIBUTED OCSP FOR CERTIFICATE VALIDATION IN WORLD’S […]