--- title: "sca, Author at Secure Technology Alliance - Page 106 of 235" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/author/sca/page/106/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/author/sca/page/106/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)Articles by: sca # Author: sca ### December is always a good time to reflect on the events of the past year and to look at where we began and ended the year. To find some perspective, I pulled out my December 2008 newsletter interview to see how my predictions for 2009 turned out. This time last year we were dealing with… ### Zurich, December 17, 2009–The “German House” at the Olympic Winter Games is the meeting point for athletes, advisers, officials, journalists and visitors from the worlds of business and politics around the German Olympic team. Secure and convenient access to the buildings is being provided by an access control system based on the contactless LEGIC advant… ### Zurich, December 17, 2009–LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, a leading manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification, strengthens its market position in the USA announcing a new partnership with Detroit based system integrator SBD Companies. The partnership will result in new security solutions based on the multifunctional identification technology LEGIC advant. Through the agreement, SBD… ### With around 65,000 staff worldwide, Austrian Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) is now one of the 100 largest banks in the world. Zurich, December 17, 2009–Despite the company’s huge success and fast growth, RZB makes efforts not to lose sight of the original idea behind the company–striking a balance between a market-economy approach and exercising social and… ### Zurich, December 17, 2009–Securitas Group Switzerland–represented by Securiton AG–is a new LEGIC licence partner. Securiton thus meets growing demand for LEGIC based access control systems and widens its offer to include secure, contactless solutions in the field of personal identification. Alongside Securiton AG, the Group’s companies, Schrack-Seconet, BIXI Systems and Securiton GmbH, are also partners… ### Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Suresnes, France, Dec 16, 2009–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 – GTO), the world leader in digital security and XIRING, a security solutions provider for remote transactions, today announced that they have completed their exclusive negotiations and signed a binding contract related to the acquisition by Gemalto of the XIRING banking activity for 20… ### Torrance, CA, December 15, 2009–AMAG Technology is happy to announce that the full line of Symmetry™ M2150 Intelligent Controllers has received the UL 294 certification indicating full compliance with applicable UL Standards and requirements by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. UL Standards for Safety are recognized and accepted across the United States and Canada; and they are… ### Citrus Heights, CA–SMART Association, Inc., (“SMART”) announced today that its newest client, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center of Brooklyn, New York, will implement the nation’s largest healthcare smart card program. The program, slated to issue over 110,000 smart cards to Wyckoff’s patients, will begin implementation by first quarter of 2010. Wyckoff’s CEO, Rajiv Garg is a… ### The project “touch’n pay” demonstrates the usage of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology for Self Service Shopping. Zurich, December 15, 2009–By the joint project touch’n pay, operated by NEXPERTS, e24 and other industrial partners plus the University of Applied Science from Northwest Switzerland, from December 2009 customers can shop for goods and services by a… ### December 13–15, Cairo, Egypt Mountain View, Calif., Dec. 11, 2009–LaserCard Corporation (Nasdaq: LCRD) is one of four international companies selected to present to senior Egyptian officials at The Digital Identity CEO Forum, to be held in conjunction with Cardex 2009 Digital Identity Assurance Conference and Expo, Middle East and Africa. Cardex 2009 will take place… [ ** ](#)