Holly Sacks, with “a proven track record of increasing market share,” has been named HID’s executive vice president of marketing. Her role now expands to include product planning, life cycle management and program management for the Irvine, Calif.-based contactless access card and reader manufacturer. IRVINE, Calif. – HID Corporation, the premier manufacturer of contactless access […]

PDC’s Clincher Smart Band RFID Wristband System brings a new level of identification and tracking to law enforcement and correctional facilities. RFID wristbands contain a microchip and antenna, which allow information to be written to and retrieved by RFID scanners. The system provides one of today’s most advanced methods of automatic identification, with unmatched tracking […]

The move towards low-cost contactless ticketing in the transport sector is gaining pace with two major vendors upgrading their ticket readers to become compatible with Innovision Research & Technology’s low-cost contactless ticketing chip, Jewel. Innovision R&T showcases two major new Jewel-compatible readers at UITP World Congress The almex.optima high-speed mobile ticket console and reader module […]

HID has licensed its proximity card technology to GE to allow the company to develop, manufacture, and market access control reader products compatible with HID’s contactless applications. The move symbolizes a “bridging effort” that will “accelerate open technology adoption,” says a GE spokesperson. Irvine, Calif. – HID, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards […]

An Internet-based ID-verification and credentialing card management system using electronic and biometric technologies that will eventually badge 20,000 longshoremen, truck drivers, and other employees and visitors, has been deployed at Belgium’s Port of Antwerp by Ingersoll-Rand Maritime Solutions. Records and Verifies Identities of Up to 20,000 Personnel Forestville, CT–Ingersoll-Rand Maritime Solutions, a business group of […]

As part of its strategy to provide its customers more options for access to 13.56 MHz technologies, contactless and contact smart card manufacturer Indala, San Jose, Calif., has become a licensee of LEGIC Identsystems Ltd., a Swiss-based developer of contactless smart card technology for personal ID applications. LEGIC has over 180 partners licensed for applications […]

A partnership between HID, manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers, and video network solutions provider Axis Communications will give Axis’ partners the ability to integrate access control into their current video applications, while HID’s solution partners will be able to integrate video into their access control systems. Axis and Hid to Create First […]

California-based HID is opening new doors for security dealers, who will now be able to supplement alarm and intrusion system services with managed access control. VertX CS provides access control monitoring, reporting, and management that combines physical access control with alarm systems that can also be managed and monitored remotely. VertX CS Delivers Fully-Functional Managed […]

HID Corp., a California contactless access control card and reader manufacturer, has hired former Honeywell International executive Michael L. Davis to a newly-created position within the company: Director of technology, intellectual property. Mr. Davis has some 25 years’ experience with security technologies, including physical security and card manufacturing. IRVINE, Calif. – HID, the premier manufacturer […]

Recognition Systems’ new biometric hand geometry reader is a lower cost unit designed specifically for small business time and attendance applications. The HandPunch 50E is designed for up to 50 employees and uses PINs but no cards to keep the cost and complexity to a minimum. Recognition Systems Introduces New, Low-Cost HandPunch 50E Time & […]