By Kurt Bell, vice president Sales & Marketing, Jolly Technologies Without a doubt we have seen an increased interest in applications and requests from customers that would benefit from RFID, contactless and ultra high frequency technologies. We have also seen many specialty entry/exit tracking markets where the implementation of these technologies provides a faster way […]

The police department of Collin College near Dallas, Tex., has installed mobile fingerprint readers in its vehicles to quickly enable officers to provide ID verification during traffic stops. The MobileCop from BIO-key International, Wall, N.J., provides a wireless query and messaging solution. “Campus law enforcement faces the same challenges that any police department does,” said […]

By Andy Matko, Magicard Leader As users search for greater security from credentialing, the focus has been on implementing biometrics and smart cards. However, with so many different technologies around, the sheer choice of which smart card technology to use and what biometric methods to choose has held back implementation. For 2009, we are seeing […]

By Maxine Most, Principal, Founder, Acuity Market Intelligence Biometrics has been considered on the verge of a significant breakthrough for more than ten years. In spite of relatively uninspiring industry results, recent developments – larger and wider scale adoption, significant capability and performance advancements, standards development, and consumer acceptance–indicate looming and substantial market expansion. How […]

Taiwan has begun issuing Republic of China electronic passports, making it the 60th country to produce the secure passports. The new passports comply with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization. However, the country’s current machine readable passports can still be used until they expire. The new passport contains a contactless chip and antenna […]

By Steve Owen, vice president of sales and marketing, Identification Business, NXP Semiconductors Everywhere you look, the impact of the economy has put a major strain on our industry. We are facing many challenges in the drive to grow, or even just maintain, our business models in automatic fare collection, access management, ticketing, e-government, NFC […]

Utilizing its Smartair locks and Update On Card readers, Abloy UK, a member of the ASSA ABLOY Group, is providing an intelligent access control system at Royal Holloway, University of London. The integrated package controls and monitors staff, student and visitor access through interior and perimeter doors at the university’s Huntersdale administration building. Forty nine […]

By Tony Ball, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Identity and Access Management, HID Global Over the years, companies and organizations have been using multiple methods to provide people with secure access to their facilities and computer networks. Historically, building access and network access have been separate, requiring employees to carry multiple cards to enter […]

Futronic Technology Company Limited, a Hong Kong provider of fingerprint recognition software and hardware products, has released its latest fingerprint reader/writer for Mifare cards, giving the company support for both contact and contactless smart cards. The company’s new FS25 combines fingerprint match on device and ISO14443A Mifare card reader and writer into one device. It […]