The City of Asheville, N.C., has signed a contract with Matrix Systems to install its Frontier Universe access control system in several municipal facilities. The initial phase, expected to last two months, will see installations on dozens of doors and areas in the city’s William F. Wolcott Jr. Public Works Building, City Hall, Asheville Police […]

NC State University is in the process of issuing students an updated campus card, which would minimize the number of cards students need to carry, according to a NC State newspaper. The AllCampus card will still provide all of the services it did before, including access to AllCampus accounts, Board Bucks and meal plans. New […]

The April meeting of the Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a list […]

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that the smart card management systems (SCMS) market earned more than $105 million in 2009, and is expected to pull in $218.7 million by 2015. These systems bridge the divide between hardware and application, providing a higher level of integration for card management. According to Frost & Sullivan, […]

A southern California skate park called Poway Skate Park is hoping the introduction of biometric turnstiles for entry into the park will help reduce vandalism, bullying and other unwanted activities, according to a Sign On Sand Diego article. A scan of a guest’s thumb will be required for entry after the skater has already registered […]

L-1 Identity Solutions, a developer of biometric and identity technology, has announced it has acquired nearly all the tangible and intangible assets of fellow biometrics developer Retica Systems. Among the assets acquired include Retica’s iris-on-the-move and iris-at-a-distance iris recognition systems inventory, software, intellectual property and exiting customer contracts. The two systems from Retica will help […]

Westminster Kingsway College has selected and installed a SALTO Systems XS4 solution as part of a security access control package at its five centers across the city of London. The college now utilizes a one card solution with the combination of 21 online wall reader units and 272 offline, standalone wire free format electronic locks, […]

Dan DeBlasio, director of business development for identity and access management at HID Global, talks about the company’s risk-appropriate authentication product and how it works with HID’s logical access solutions. Corporations want to know what they can do with their existing badge without having to re-card, including adding logical access features as well. DeBlasio also […]

ZK Software, a developer of biometric solutions, has introduced what it is touting as the world’s first dualiometric reader at the ISC West conference in Las Vegas. The device, called iFace, can utilize either fingerprint recognition or facial recognition either separate or together as well as require a PIN or RFID chip for authentication. In […]

An independent Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) recently evaluated CBORD’s Squadron access control technology and found it to comply with industry electrical and operational safety standards for access control systems. Squadron powers CBORD’s CS Access, an IP-based door access control solution used by colleges and university security systems around the world. The Squadron hardware is […]