MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD), a company known by most colleges and universities for its CS Gold(TM) single card identification system that allows students to use their cards for a variety of activities from access control to meal plans and stored value, just announced another innovative service that will be […]

November 18, 2002 – CIM USA, Inc. today announced the inception of a new Card Printer Systems Division Re-Seller program as part of its corporate wide expansion into the Americas. The Card Printer Systems product line is composed of desktop thermal card printers that start at only $895 MSRP–making them the lowest priced units available […]

IDenticard utilizes smart card technology to create identification credentials crucial to higher education for network security, physical access control, electronic cash and financial transactions, and inventory management. Continuous advancements and collaborating efforts made by Identicard offer more solutions to the higher education market. Recently, IDenticard has announced teaming up with ITC Systems, Horizon, and Bioscrypt […]

Lancaster, Pa. (Dec. 6, 2002) – IDenticard, a leading producer of biometric security identification, asset tracking and access control systems, and Horizon Software International, Inc., a leading food services management software provider, have formed an alliance to make IDenticard’s top-line access control and imaging systems compatible with Horizon’s comprehensive food service management solutions. “We’re excited […]

CANTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 7, 2003–International Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IEIB), announced its new BioRead(TM) Secured Series Fingerprint Access Control System. President of IEI, John Waldstein, commented, “We are very pleased to be able to offer our new biometric fingerprint system to our dealers. The biometric segment of the access control market is considered to be the […]

Lancaster, PA (December 17, 2002)— IDenticard , a leading producer of biometric security identification, asset tracking and access control systems, and ITC Systems, an international company specializing in integrated transaction control systems, have formed an alliance to make IDenticard’s top-line access control and imaging systems compatible with ITC Systems’ cash card systems for college and […]

BY JANE ADAMS CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Traditionally, contactless technology has been used primarily for mass transit. However, during 2002 both Visa and MasterCard announced contactless payments specifications based on standardized contactless technology. Its use has also been growing in the access control and network security, and authentication markets. While contact cards need physical contact to communicate, […]

HID proximity cards can be read at distances up to 10 meters (33 feet) when combined with a signal booster from the Dutch RFID technology company, NEDAP. The new device called the Combi-Booster is designed for use in vehicles as a means to transmit both a vehicle identification number (stored in the Combi-Booster) and the […]

The use of biometrics in conjunction with contactless smart cards is certainly high on many lists of security goals–but it has been a goal that is costly, time consuming, and technology-intensive to attain. With the development of the bioCLASS product line, Irvine, California-based HID is taking steps to change all that. “The bioCLASS reader is […]

TI has teamed up with TSSI and Third Millennium to provide RFID and fingerprint biometrics to manufactures and integrators of access control. This technology uses the latest generation of 13.56 MHz contactless ISO 15693 smart proximity cards from TI-RFid.  Combining the products has produced a practical and cost effective solution to integrating RFID with biometric […]