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LEGIC Identsystems announces Licensing Agreement with RF IDeas, Inc.

Leading Reader Solutions Provider to Develop PC Login for LEGIC’s Contactless Access Control and Security Smart Card Credentials Chicago, IL, July 7, 2008 – LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the worldwide developer and manufacturer of secure, contactless smart card technologies for personal identification applications, announces it has partnered with United States based RF IDeas, Inc. The leading…

Lockheed Martin Enhances Farnborough-Based Swift Laboratory

Upgrades Focused on Nation Security, Joint Operations and Fighter Aircraft Simulators Farnborough, Hampshire, UK, July 16, 2008–Lockheed Martin UK [NYSE: LMT] unveiled an enhanced Swift Laboratory during this year’s Farnborough Air Show. The Swift, located in the Farnborough Aerospace Centre, is an innovative and interactive research and development laboratory. Recent upgrades include new assets focused…

U.S. Accounting Firm Virchow Krause Selects Gemalto to Protect Client Data

Austin, Texas – July 16, 2008–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced the first deployment of Protiva .NET Dual tokens at Virchow Krause & Company LLP (VK), the 15th largest accounting firm in the United States. Gemalto partner CDW, a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education, deployed the new…

Major Health Insurance Fund Awards Contract for Electronic Healthcare Cards to Giesecke & Devrient

Munich, July 16, 2008–Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has won a contract from the German health insurer Kaufmännische Krankenkasse (KKH) and 28 corporate health insurance funds to manufacture and supply around ten million electronic healthcare cards. The delivery scope includes optical and electronic personalization of the smart cards with individual data relating to the insured persons…

Over One Million Barclays Customers Bank Online with Gemalto’s Solution in the UK

Barclays observed that customer acceptance was higher than anticipated by 30% Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 9, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces it has surpassed the one million mark for Barclays customers using its convenient cryptographic smart card reader, called PINsentry™ by Barclays, that offers stronger authentication for online…

ASK e-Passport inlays successfully pass PIRA’s ICAO tests

Sophia-Antipolis, July 07, 2008–ASK announces today that the SPID inlay, product of its Identity Business Unit, has successfully passed the ICAO PIRA International tests. PIRA’s well-known independent laboratories have built up a very broad range of chemical, physical and security testing services and in 2005 and expanded these into testing of electronic identification devices. ASK…

Walt Disney Japan and JCB Announce Marketing Alliance and Co-branded Credit Card Agreements

Tokyo, Japan, July 7, 2008–The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd. and JCB Co., Ltd. today announced agreements for a marketing alliance and a co-branded credit card. The marketing alliance will allow JCB to leverage Disney content in a broad range of activities to market its payments business in Japan. Under the co-branded credit card agreement,…

Contactless Mobile Payment: Five Major French Banks Use Gemalto’s Secure Services for the “Payez Mobile” Program

Pegasus renews its contract with Gemalto as part of NFC mobile payment Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 2, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces that five banks currently use its Allynis service offer as part of the “Payez Mobile” trial for contactless mobile payment: the BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole-LCL, Crédit…

SCM Microsystems Breaks New Ground With New CHIPDRIVE Contactless Time Recording Solution

ISMANING, Germany, July 1, 2008–SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, now offers a contactless version of its popular CHIPDRIVE® time recording solution for small and medium sized businesses (SMEs). CHIPDRIVE Time Recording Touch & Go allows employees to clock-in, clock-out and record time…

INSIDE Contactless Receives Additional Funding from Samsung Ventures America

Top Three Handset Makers Endorse INSIDE’s Leadership in Nascent NFC Market AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, June 30th, 2008–Extending its previously announced series C funding round, INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced contactless microprocessor platforms, today added Samsung Ventures America to its active investor community, which now includes the world’s top three handset manufacturers. Samsung Ventures’ participation…