HID Global recently added a pair of new card readers to its lineup of multiCLASS products. These additions to the multiCLASS line aim to ease the transition from magnetic stripe and 125 kHz technologies to high-security 13.56 MHz smart cards.

HID Global was on hand at this week's IFSEC Global Security Conference showing off the company's latest access control innovations along with a fresh batch of Fargo Direct-to-Card printers. In addition to demonstrating its product portfolio, HID offered up a presentation on the benefits of multi-application smart card technology.

Last week, HID announced a developers edition for the company's Asure ID 2009 badge design software platform. The Asure ID 2009 Developer Edition includes a Software Developer Kit (SDK) that allows customer, integrators, and third-party developers to integrate various Asure ID functions into their own applications.

HID Global is previewing a bevy of new technologies at ISC West. One area of focus is the company's next-generation Edge Evo card reader line. The modular Edge Evo reader offers the flexibility to adapt for a variety of access control applications.

At this week's ISC West conference in Las Vegas, Fargo is showing off a new lineup of direct-to-card printers. This "Advanced Generation" of DTC printers includes the Fargo DTC1000, the Fargo DTC4000, and the Fargo DTC4500. Fargo's tagline: Simplicity Meets Versatility.

At next week's ASIS International Conference in Anaheim, HID Global will announce the launch of the Genuine HID Technology trademark and product line. With Genuine HID, customers benefit from a line of trusted security solutions that include a lifetime warranty.

HID Global, a leader in secure identity products and access control solutions, has expanded its partnership with INSIDE Contactless, a French company that develops contactless chips for smart cards. HID and INSIDE Contactless will work together to create contactless prelaminates based on the company's MicroPass payment platform. The partnership allows INSIDE Contactless to provide card manufacturers with HID prelaminate packages that include the MicroPass contactless payment platform and contactless antenna technology.

HID Global announced today that it has acquired Nectar .NET-based smart card technology. The acquisition falls in line with HID's efforts to provide a full range of smart card offerings and embedded products for high-security applications using leading-edge operating systems.

Murcia University in southeast Spain is the latest school to employ HID iCLASS technology for multifunctional student ID cards. In the case of Murcia, a key component of the cards is their ability to serve as transit passes for buses that transport student around the university, and back and forth between its two campuses. The HID iCLASS system makes it easy for students to ride the bus as many times as they'd like, and have their fare payments handled electronically.

HID Global announced this week that it's expanding its product offerings in the area of logical access control, with new solutions for converging security environments. HID on the Desktop, for instance, enables a single HID card to both open physical doors and also open Microsoft Windows on a PC. In the past, this would require two separate cards. With HID on the Desktop, the user just needs an HID card or token along with an OMNIKEY reader and HID's naviGO software.

This fall, undergrads and faculty at Harvard University will receive new ID cards featuring HID iCLASS technology. These contactless smart cards will not only be used for identification purposes, but also to control access to residential facilities and other campus buildings. The cards are highly secure, and can easily be adapted to new applications as needed.

HID Global has announced that its Fargo HDP5000-LC ID card printer/encoder is now formally certified as FIPS 201 compliant by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). This certification means that organizations and government agencies can use the HDP5000-LC printer to meet the government-wide standard for ID cards for all federal employees and contractors. This standard was mandated by the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12.

ID card accessories aren't the only thing world identification leader HID had up its sleeve this week at ISC west - the worldwide leader in card production also unveiled a new ID card system involving its newest and most advanced printer - the HDP5000. Based around the HDP5000's High Definition Printing (HDP) technology, Fargo's HDP5000 Card Identity System promises to be a comprehensive and secure card printing solution that prints only the highest quality cards.

HID Global, a worldwide leader in ID card printers, announced yesterday at ISC West 2008 that it would be adding a line of ID card accessories to its current offerings.

HID Global announced today that it has joined forces with Dynamic Card Solutions to develop and launch CardWizard FCP 20/20, an instant issuance system for printing financial cards. CardWizard FCP 20/20 works using the same high definition printing technology found in Fargo's line of HDP ID card printers. Fargo's high definition printing process enables users of the system to produce sophisticated, full-color cards on the fly, with sophisticated security features and high definition graphics.

HID Global, a world leader in identification solutions, announced last week that it has merged with ASSA ABLOY Identification Technologies - ASSA ABLOY will now operate as HID Global, and the merger promises many improvements in areas like technology development and identity solution in an age where ID cards and accurate identification is becoming more and more important.

Public offices in Los Angeles aren't concentrated - like the city, municipal office buildings and employees are scattered throughout the Los Angeles Basin. From its three city halls to the utility companies, employees had long used independent security systems - with each building being responsible for producing its own entry and access control cards.