Validating people, not plastic, sounds good on paper and is, in fact, one of the reasons cited by some colleges and universities for controlling building access-primarily dorms, or sororities/fraternities-with biometric hand readers.   Johnson and Wales (JWU), in Denver, Colorado, San Diego State University (SDSU), and, most recently, the University of Central Florida (UCF) in […]

Does your company offer parking access and/or payment solutions? Mark Reinart, Manager Marketing Systems and Development, Diebold Numerous Colleges and Universities use their Diebold CS Gold card system to manage and control campus parking. The flexible access control features of CS Gold tailor nicely to fit the needs of these campuses. Features like anti-pass back, […]

Alliance provides single user interface for access control, intrusion detection and building management TUALATIN, ORE. –  – GE Interlogix Commercial Group (NYSE: GE) today announced it has launched Alliance, an innovative security management platform that provides a single user interface for access control, intrusion detection and building management. Through alarm dealers with central station monitoring […]

LEGIC has carried out its first sports installation in the USA, with Häfele America Co equipping 500 lockers in a premier new fitness centre in Chicago with LEGIC-based LockerLocks. The 5000 member capacity Holmes Place ‘River East’ studio is part of the Holmes Place chain, with headquarters in London (England), who operate fitness centres throughout […]

13.56 MHz Smart Labels Used for Access Control, Attendance, Asset Management and Cashless Purchases NEW ORLEANS, LA (September 15, 2003) – The Enterprise Charter School in Buffalo, New York, founded in 2002 with an innovative interdisciplinary approach to learning, is applying that same philosophy to managing their human resources and physical assets. The public school’s […]

Students at Buffalo, NY’s Enterprise Charter School are using a new 13.56 MHz radio frequency identification (RFID) card for an array of campus services. The public school, with grades K-8, is using technology from Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification (TI-RFID™) Systems. Secure assets such as laptops and library books are tagged with the company’s Smart […]

Today, Smart Centric Technologies International Limited launches a new value added application to SmartCity® allowing smart card enabled logon to Windows 2000 PCs. SmartCity® Logon is a chip based product that to allow card holders to logon to local or domain controlled Windows 2000 based PCs using their SmartCity® Smart Card . It can be […]

The following article was provided by Debra Spitler, Vice President of Marketing, ASSA ABLOY Identification Technology Group (ITG). Ms. Spitler is a longtime leader in the physical access control industry and an active contributor to industry groups and conferences. Her role within HID and its parent company ASSA ABLOY has positioned her at the forefront […]

Handy Way to Enter AS/SDSU’s Aztec Rec Center CAMPBELL, CALIF. – April 30, 2003 – IR Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand’s (IR) Security & Safety Group’s Electronic Access Control Division (EACD), today announced that San Diego State University’s (SDSU) Associated Students has just celebrated using the company’s hand geometry technology for five years […]

“Brigham Young University’s Signature Card is pushing the envelope in many ways and in many areas,” says Diebold’s Manager Marketing Systems and Development, Mark Reinart. “They have the largest campus card system in the world with 2,500 readers on their CS Gold 4.0 system. They have extensive system interfaces and are taking full advantage of […]