A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2005. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. by David Dressen, Product Development Manager, Atmel Corporation In 2005 the cost of 13.56 Mhz RF readers will continue to drop as semiconductor manufacturers bring more low cost reader chips into […]

Traditional proximity projects as well as combined logical and physical access control projects for clients including Microsoft and Procter & Gamble propelled Indala to a second consecutive year of record growth. Indala Does It Again… Second Straight Year of Record Growth at Silicon Valley-based Access-Control Company San Jose, CA (December 20, 2004) Indala Corporation, an […]

“Digital Angel Corporation has received an order from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its proprietary RFID traceability system to help the US government’s ongoing effort to eradicate Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in captive cervids (deer and elk). The initial order, valued at over US$200,000, covers the purchase of the electronic tags and scanners […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2005. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. by Denny Jensen, senior vice president, Chip Implementation and Readiness, Visa International A key feature of migration to EMV chip cards over the next 12 months will be the adoption of […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2005. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. by Bruno Charrat, Chief Technical Officer, Inside Contactless Today there is a growing trend amongst the major smart card players and market leaders, in the perception of RF 13.56MHz contactless technology […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2005. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. by Ann E. Johnson, Marketing Manager, Indala Corporation Private-sector corporations and government institutions alike will continue to realize the advantages of improved convenience and security for employees and authorized visitors upon […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2005. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. by Michael Richardson, Chief Technology Officer, SMART System Technologies, Inc. SMART System Technologies, Inc. (SST) predicts that the next year will be the first of a 10-15 year trend in the […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2005. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. by Manuel Albers, Director Business Development Identification Americas, Philips Semiconductors North America will realize a long awaited vision of contactless technology in 2005. This hot technology will surface in many ways […]

“The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun a program that uses RFID technology to track tag captive deer and elk in the U.S. By tagging individual deer and elk, the USDA will be able to research the movement of the animals and determine how they are contracting chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal […]

The focus at Fargo Electronics is squarely on desktop ID card printers and consumables but some might be surprised to know that it is the consumables that make up the larger share of the company’s revenue. In a market where unit sales growth is relatively gradual, new revenue streams and ways to provide more to […]