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 […]
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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