But will its use expand beyond access control and into other card applications? By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor It wasn’t too long ago that contactless technology was considered the Cadillac of card technologies, but decreasing prices and increasing security concerns...
President Bush signed legislation establishing a federal grant program that provides a new source of financing for colleges and universities to acquire and install electronic physical solutions. The campus security measure attempts to help colleges develop and implement state-of-the-art emergency...
Students and staff at Oakland University, Rochester, Mich., will now receive a text message and a voice mail under a new alert system that has gone into effect. The alerts are part of the school’s comprehensive emergency communications plan to...
But is it a cost efficient, greener alternative or a fad with serious security risks? by Andy Williams, Contributing Editor For some members of the card printing market, it’s hard to justify costs involved in printing rewritable cards, while for...
Hong Kong-based Advanced Card Systems Ltd. provided two days of Smart Card Technology Training to students at the Information Technology Services Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The training took place at the headquarter of ACS, and ACS’...
Access control provider Salto Systems has launched its Advanced Panic Bar Solution, or SAPS, for exit doors with panic bars. It allows users to add the control of exit doors to an access control system without the extra cost of...
Looking for a one-stop campus card solution, CardSmith has chosen Ingersoll Rand as its preferred access control provider, enabling the campus card provider to offer Schlage locking systems to its college clients. According to CardSmith, campuses can now create any...
Colleges have other options for cell phone alerts, of course. They could go off campus and hire a company specializing in text messaging. That’s what Rave Wireless and Mobile Campus are offering to universities. Rave offers what its COO, Raju...
Near field communication is still, technically, in its infancy, but it’s gaining a good head of steam as illustrated by this year’s edition of CardTech / SecurTech event. The show is being held May 15-17 at the Moscone Center in...
Some of the contactless world’s best new products were on display at the HID Partner conference in San Diego in October. On display were at least thirty contactless offerings from companies around the world. HID Connect, the company established to...
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Feb. 1 webinar explores how mobile ordering enhanced campus life, increased sales at UVA and Central Washington @Grubhub @CBORD
