--- title: "sca, Author at Secure Technology Alliance - Page 231 of 235" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/author/sca/page/231/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/author/sca/page/231/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)Articles by: sca # Author: sca ### MasterCard M/Chip, Version 4, Designed to Address Range of Industry Needs Purchase, NY, and Waterloo, Belgium, October 3, 2002–Responding to feedback received from its member financial institutions around the world, MasterCard today announced the release of MasterCard M/Chip, version 4 (M/Chip 4), a highly flexible smart card application for credit and debit cards. The new… ### Strategic Partnership Promotes Smart Card-Based e-Payments BRAINTREE, Mass. and SEVRES, France, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/–Caradas, Inc., a leading provider of smart card authentication technology, and XIRING, a global provider of smart card based-security solutions, today announced a strategic partnership to further increase consumer and merchant confidence in e-commerce payments through the use of smart cards. As… ### SAN DIEGO, (BUSINESS WIRE), Oct. 15, 2002–The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) today launches a new fare collection system, developed by Cubic Transportation Systems Inc., a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (AMEX:CUB). “The rollout of this equipment will mean added convenience to our customers and will improve our station management,” said… ### FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–ActivCard® (Nasdaq: ACTI; Nasdaq Europe: ACTI), the leader in IDentity Management (IDM) software, today announced that the ActivCard Corporate Access Card™ (CAC) solution–based upon proven technology developed initially for the U.S. Department of Defense–is now available for the enterprise. The Corporate Access Card solution is a modular suite of software products… ### Sponsored by the U.S. General Services Administration NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Thomson Media, publishers of Card Technology and ID Newswire, announce CardTech/SecurTech ID Conference & Exhibition to be held November 18-20, 2002 at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel in Washington, D.C. Since 1990, over 75,000 people have attended CardTech/SecurTech conferences to learn how to tamper-proof… ### L.A. County Metropolitan Transporation Authority EZpass September ‘Regional EZpass’ Goes on Sale August 25 LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/–The MTA and municipal bus operators today took a huge step toward providing bus and rail riders with seamless transit service throughout Los Angeles County with the launch of the Regional EZpass, the county’s first regional transit… ### IRVINE, Calif., (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 13, 2002–SSP-Litronic, the Government Enterprise Division of information assurance provider SSP Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq:SSPX), today announced an estimated $9,990,000 multiple award from the Department of Defense (DoD) for a firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of Common Access Card (CAC) Middleware, to include software licenses, media and maintenance,… ### BELLEVUE, Wash., (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 12, 2002–The Leading Smart Card Technology Solutions Provider Plans Global, Phased Implementation To Provide Holistic View of Customer and Improve Customer Service Onyx® Software Corp. (Nasdaq:ONXS), worldwide leader in successful CRM, today announced that Gemplus Support Technology Labs has successfully gone live with the first phase of its Onyx implementation… ### MINNEAPOLIS, (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 13, 2002–Fargo Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRGO), Sony Chemicals Corporation Japan (SCC), and Sony Chemicals Corporation of America (SCCA) today announced the creation of a global technology and business alliance, as well as the amicable settlement of all pending litigation between the companies. “The new alliance between Sony Chemicals and Fargo will link… ### Concord EFS, Inc, a leading electronic commerce provider, has awarded Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) a contract valued at an estimated $13 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Concord will deploy tens of thousands of Hypercom® card payment terminals and peripherals, including the ICE™ 5700 with integrated motorized check reader, along with Hypercom’s value-added electronic… [ ** ](#)