ActivCard(r) (NASDAQ: ACTI), a leading global provider of Secure Digital Identity and Authentication solutions for secure remote access, secure sign-on and digital ID cards, today announced the appointment of Frank Bishop as senior vice president of Product Strategy, Management and Marketing; and Glenn Cross as senior vice president of Global Sales and Customer Services. “With […]

Yahoo! News – Consumer Goods: Merchandise Moves With RFID “Many consumer packaged-goods companies, including Colgate-Palmolive and Gillette, are motivated in large part by the power of retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which is requiring that its 100 largest suppliers support RFID transmissions from product pallets within five years. While few functional deployments are expected […]

Airports have been avid and progressive users of security and identification technologies for many years. Some of the early implementations of smart card, biometric, and RFID technologies have occurred at these hubs of modern global enterprise. By their nature, airports attract a diverse group of visitors from around the world–people with the best of intentions […]

TORONTO, ON/VAN NUYS, CA, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Bioscrypt Inc., a leading provider of advanced fingerprint technology, announced today that Martin State Airport in Baltimore, Maryland, has installed Bioscrypt(TM) V-Smart(TM) fingerprint readers to control personnel access at the facility. Selected for ease-of-use, varied interface protocols and the ability to store fingerprint templates on a smart […]

At the University of Michigan (UM), intramural athletics require major league administration. During the 2001-02 school year, the Intramural Sports Program served 21,676 participants and 2,077 teams. There were 100,000 games and events in 44 separate activities. Ensuring that only currently enrolled, fee paying students participate takes an enormous amount of coordination. This summer, UM […]

The following article was provided by Debra Spitler, Vice President of Marketing, ASSA ABLOY Identification Technology Group (ITG). Ms. Spitler is a longtime leader in the physical access control industry and an active contributor to industry groups and conferences. Her role within HID and its parent company ASSA ABLOY has positioned her at the forefront […]

CardTech/SecurTech, Orlando, May 13, 2003 – The Smart Card Alliance, a multi-industry organization working to accelerate the acceptance of smart card technology, today announced that 26 new organizations have recently joined the growing ranks of the organization. “This is an exciting time for our industry,” stated Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance, […]

Biometrics and contactless technologies are the main ingredients of a border control system that is part of the U.S. “roadmap to peace” plan between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The consortium developing the project is headed by EDS, a U.S-based company, but also includes OTI America (OTI), responsible for the contactless smart cards and readers; […]

In addition to the use of RFID technology to track wounded at a Navy hospital in Iraq, it is being used for a variety of other U.S. government needs related to national security. The U.S. Department of Defense has, for the past 36 months, been issuing a mandatory ID card across all branches of the […]

ViVOtech has recently completed a pilot project at Santa Clara University, allowing PalmOS-driven PDAs and cellphones to wirelessly send campus debit card account information to a point of sale terminal. The pilot group paid for products at on-campus locations as if they were using their campus debit card, but instead of swiping the card, they […]