The Annual Conference of the National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) was a great event and a great opportunity to spot trends and changes in the campus card industry. In the following paragraphs, a number of these developments and...
A key concept of, and major difference between, biometric systems involves the storage of the enrolled template. To function, the enrolled biometric template must be available for comparison against the newly presented fingerprint and resultant template. But where will the...
In locations where laptops or wireless technology just won’t cut it, many college campuses are turning to personal digital assistants (PDA), combined with add-on card swipe devices, to verify student eligibility for certain events. A handful of companies have such...
No one begins a career path with the idea that he or she will someday manage a campus card program. The National Association of Campus Card Users’ new executive director would like to change that. Consultant Lowell Earl Adkins, who...
What solutions do you provide to campus clients seeking to improve service delivery in student activities such as athletics, intramurals, recreation facilities, etc.? Tom Bell, VP Industry Relations, Blackboard What a great question. Campus athletic and recreation facilities have become...
Do you offer any handheld computer or PDA technology and how are your campus clients using these devices? Tom Bell, VP Industry Relations, Blackboard Blackboard offers clients the Wireless Activity Reader as a solution for a variety needs. As an...
Biometrics are defined as "automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Among the features measured are; face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retinal, vein, and voice. Biometric technologies are becoming the foundation of an...
Validating people, not plastic, sounds good on paper and is, in fact, one of the reasons cited by some colleges and universities for controlling building access-primarily dorms, or sororities/fraternities-with biometric hand readers. Johnson and Wales (JWU), in Denver, Colorado,...
Four-State Wiegand Interface Card Supports Multi-Credential Formats BOCA RATON, FLA. – November 19, 2003 – GE Interlogix Access/Integration Group (NYSE:GE) today announced that its new Wiegand Interface Unit-Four State Card (WIU-4), when combined with any conventional proximity, Mifare® and ISO...
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Great inverview on the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) standard with ELATEC's Jason Ouellette, Chairman of the Board for the @PSIAlliance.
Attn: friends in the biometrics space. Nominations close Friday for the annual Women in Biometrics Awards. Take five minutes to recognize a colleague or even yourself. http://WomenInBiometrics.com
