--- title: "sca, Author at Secure Technology Alliance - Page 214 of 235" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/author/sca/page/214/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/author/sca/page/214/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)Articles by: sca # Author: sca ### February 3, 2004–Joseph J. Grillo, president and chief executive officer of the ASSA ABLOY Identification Technology Group (ITG), has been promoted to executive vice president of parent company ASSA ABLOY AB. As a member of the company’s Stockholm-based executive team, Mr. Grillo will report to Mr. Bo Dankis, chief executive officer of ASSA ABLOY AB…. ### Company accelerates shipments to meet strong demand for new Datacard SP55 card printer Minnetonka, Minn., January 26, 2004–Datacard Group today began shipping their new, technologically advanced desktop card printer that offers a variety of enhanced features, including 180 card-per-hour print speed, with edge-to-edge imaging as well as optional duplex printing, magnetic stripe encoding and smart… ### San Jose, Calif., January 26, 2004–Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and IBM today announced a major initiative to jointly develop customer systems for radio frequency identification (RFID) and smart card applications. Working together, Philips and IBM will combine their industry expertise to address the growing need for advanced high-security smart cards and RFID… ### Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 22, 2004, (JCN Newswire)–JCB Co., Ltd., the international payment brand, is offering a trial service for Mobile Offica™, a contactless chip and mobile solution that offers corporations cashless payment and office access control functions through ‘NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode® FeliCa Preview Service’ for mobile phones. The trial service, available until July 2004, marks… ### Key features include single-click capture, auto-cropping and live video Minneapolis, Minn., January 22, 2004–Datacard Group today introduced two image capture solutions that offer smooth, seamless integration with the company’s best-selling digital photo ID systems. The new Datacard® Tru™ photo solutions greatly improve speed, simplicity and user control in the photo ID production process. The new… ### The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently awarded a $93 million task order to Maximus, Inc, Reston, Va., to assist NASA in developing a state-of-the-art smart card for agency employees and contractors to access facilities and information systems. NASA is spearheading this government pilot program, which has been in the planning stages for two years… ### Cupertino, CA, January 20, 2004–On Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV; Prime Standard [Frankfurt]: OT5), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card systems, today reported today record volume growth in its fuel management system, which is branded as FuelMaster by BP (Beyond Petroleum, formerly British Petroleum) at designated Fuel Retail outlets in Southern Africa…. ### Ernie Berger appointed President of Gemplus North America; brings successful track records from American Express and First USA Luxembourg, Horsham, PA, January 20, 2004–Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 – GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card based solutions, announces the appointment of Ernie Berger as President of its North American business…. ### MasterCard International has announced initial results of its MasterCard PayPass™ contactless payment market trials taking place in Orlando, Florida and Dallas, Texas. Key learnings from these trials will allow MasterCard to better focus deployment efforts, leading to broader availability of MasterCard PayPass in other U.S. markets and around the world. More than 16,000 cardholders and… ### Demonstration Planned for RSA Conference, Booth 201 IRVINE, CA, (MARKET WIRE), 01/15/2004–SSP Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSPX), a leading provider of identity and information assurance products and services, today announced a strategic partnership with HID Corporation, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control readers and cards for the security industry. SSP will become an official partner… [ ** ](#)