Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

ColorID has a revamped site

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

ColorID has revamped their website and updated it with new products and services. ColorID’s Marketing Manager, Mark Degan, says “We are extremely pleased to have launched the new website. Our customers should benefit from all the added information and content they will receive.” To visit the site, click here. [end] 

ADR Software was tapped for its Workforce Monitor construction site labor monitoring service at a large scale government facility improvement project in Arlington, Va.

The system logged nearly 2,300 workers from over 181 companies using ADR Software’s advanced RFID-enabled monitoring stations. Workforce Monitor utilizes RFID tags, embedded in stickers affixed to hard hats and ID badges to monitor workforce traffic, while producing daily workforce reports on specific sub-contractor resources and hours throughout time spent on site.

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Using smart phones for online banking and shopping has been promoted as the next big thing, but adoption has been slow, partly due to the fact that smart phones have security issues. Scientific American reports that this might change with the development of quantum cryptography.

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Many organizations are moving over to a Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System. This transition may directly affect ID card printing system. Before an organization makes the switch they need to check to make sure the printer will work with Windows 7.

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SML Group Ltd announced the launch of its new “ViziT” RFID item visibility solutions for the retail apparel and item tracking applications.

The ViziT solutions include a range of RFID/EAS enabled paper and woven labels, as well as tickets and sticker that can be attached to garments and stacked items. Using the SML ViziT IT cloud based data management software also provides for semi automated inventory control, as well as improved loss prevention by triggering alarms and item identification at the store exit.

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Harvard Campus Services - ID Card Services co-hosted with ColorID the New England Campus Identification & Security Seminar.

The one-day event brought together card service managers from eight regional colleges and universities for a discussion about new card technologies and best card practices.

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Proclaiming its entrance into the RFID space, Honeywell introduced part of a new product portfolio designed to bring efficiency to the retail industry, the Optimus 5900 RFID mobile computer.

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