--- title: "sca, Author at Secure Technology Alliance - Page 140 of 235" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/author/sca/page/140/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/author/sca/page/140/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)Articles by: sca # Author: sca ### 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… ### 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,… ### 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… ### 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… ### 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… ### Fort Wayne, IN June 18, 2008–TrustBearer Labs, an Internet security and authentication solutions company, has been selected by Microsoft Corp. as an OpenID provider for the Microsoft® HealthVault™ online consumer health platform. TrustBearer Labs’ OpenID service will allow HealthVault users to login securely to their account using multi-factor hardware authentication devices, such as smart cards,… ### Provides convenient identity solution for ensuring secure access to universities premises, data and services European Campus Card Association Conference, Lodz, Poland, June 16, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces it has delivered one million electronic student cards that act as an identity credential in Polish universities. The company provided… ### Card issuers praise Datacard® system for modular capabilities, efficiency and seamless integration Seoul, South Korea, June 12, 2008–Datacard Group today announced the company sold its twenty-second Datacard® Maxsys® card issuance system in the Republic of Korea. This represents an unprecedented level of success in the region, and includes several multiple orders and repeat buyers, including… ### Sophia-Antipolis, June 10, 2008–ASK a pioneer of contactless cards for the mass transit market since 1997, today announced that the company joined the UK-based Integrated Transport Smartcard Organization (ITSO) and successfully passed the ITSO certification. This certificate strengthens ASK market presence in the United Kingdom and confirms the company’s strategy to offer clients and partners… ### Beijing, June 11, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces the successful completion of over 53 million over-the-air (OTA) updates¹ of GSM and CDMA mobile customers representing 6.3 billion short messages across 8 provinces in China. This demonstrates how useful and also how efficient OTA campaigns have become as a… [ ** ](#)