Category: Member News

LEGIC® sets standards for battery powered door locks

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the leading supplier of contactless smart card technologies for personal identification applications, is expanding the functionality of its LEGIC advant product line to battery powered applications, while meeting the FIPS 201 US Federal Government’s Personal Identity Verification specifications. Costly cabling and modifications are generally required to include individual office or hotel door…

Frost & Sullivan Lauds Atmel for Exceptional Growth Strategy Leadership in the World Smart Card IC Market

LONDON, September 28, 2006–The 2006 Frost & Sullivan Growth Strategy Leadership Award is presented to Atmel for its outstanding performance in the world smart card IC market in 2005. In particular, the company is commended for its performance in the microcontroller market where strategies designed around price, technology development, constant product innovations, and marketing enabled…

ASSA ABLOY joins with Cisco Systems to bring network intelligence to the door

Companies Showcase Convergence Technologies in Joint Demonstration at the ASIS show in San Diego September 25, 2006–ASSA ABLOY today announced a collaboration with the worldwide leader in IP networking, Cisco Systems®, to develop compatible technologies allowing the convergence of physical and logical access. On display in the United States for the first time at the…

Datacard Group Announces Enhancements to its Versatile Retransfer Card Printer

Card printer ideal for highly durable and secure government IDs San Diego, CA, September 25, 2006–Datacard Group today introduced the Datacard® RP90 Plus card printer at the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Seminar and Exhibition. An enhanced version of the Datacard® RP90 card printer, this retransfer printer allows government agencies to print on highly…

Datacard Group Introduces Solutions Network

Comprehensive network provides interoperable technologies from Datacard Group and its affiliates San Diego, CA, September 25, 2006–Datacard Group today introduced the Datacard Solutions Network at the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Seminar and Exhibition. Datacard Group formed this network to help its customers easily locate interoperable products and services–including secure identity, access control, network…

Datacard Group Strengthens Commitment to Open Standards With New Datacard® Open Platform Driver

Datacard® Open Platform driver allows card issuers to use all the key features of Datacard® SP Series card printers with the Linux® operating system San Diego, CA, September 25, 2006–Datacard Group today announced that it has developed the Datacard® Open Platform driver as part of its ongoing commitment to open standards. This unique interface, now…

Gemalto to Provide 2.5 Million National ID cards to the Sultanate of Oman

Selected in the second phase of the e-government program, Gemalto will upgrade the cards with e-purse and e-government applications Amsterdam & Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, September 21, 2006–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, today announces that the Sultanate of Oman has selected its technology to implement the second phase of the…

CoreStreet’s PIVMAN System for Secure ID Checking Delivers Critical Application for Government Smart Credentials

First Application to Leverage FIPS 201 Infrastructure to Address Essential Security Need Cambridge, Mass., September 12, 2006–CoreStreet, the leader in infrastructure and applications for smart credential and convergence programs, today announced the availability of its PIVMAN™ System, the first product to deliver on the promise of the newly-issued government smart credentials. The PIVMAN System is…

Athena Smartcard Solutions boosts offering through the acquisition of Aspects Software Java Card activity

Tokyo, September 6, 2006–Athena Smartcard Solutions, smart card technology innovator and developer of the ASECard Crypto family of Enterprise and Government Identity solutions announces today the acquisition of Aspects Software’s smart card OS assets including the Aspects OS755 Java Card and development platforms. The OS755 Java Card product family includes innovative FIPS approved operating systems…

CardLogix Introduces the CREDENTSYS™ Dual Interface Smart Card Famliy for Secure ID

Irvine, Ca., September 6, 2006–CardLogix, a leading provider of secure smart cards, announced today the CREDENTYSYS™ smart card family for secure ID and access. The family consists of smart cards that meet the requirements of the U.S. Government Personal Identity Verification (PIV) program for securing identity, data and facilities. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security…