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

WhereNet Expands Marine Product Line

Friday, June 29, 2007

Santa Clara, Calif.-based WhereNet Corp., a Zebra Technologies company, today announced today general availability of the WhereNet(R) Marine Terminal Solution (MTS) version 4.0.

The product is based company’s ISO 24730 standards-based, active RFID real-time locating system (RTLS) with the option to add differential global positioning system (DGPS) technology.

It’s a technology WhereNet calls “the new marine terminal application provides the most comprehensive location tracking in the industry” that lets terminal operators of any size or sophistication to “see” every container – even in the most challenging environments. [end] 

Biometrics firms Morpho and AOptix have formed a partnership to deploy advanced biometric systems targeted to border management and aviation security industries.

Under the terms of the partnership, AOptix products will be integrated into Morpho’s border management product line. This includes InSight Duo, AOptix’s combined face capture and iris recognition system.

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Zebra and the Navis Star Technology Alliance have formed a strategic partnership that looks to bring further enhancements and better solutions to marine terminal markets. The partnership also enables Navis as the exclusive provider of Zebra’s WhereNet hardware solutions.

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NFC payment solutions provider DeviceFidelity has expanded its management team with the hiring of Fabrice Jogand-Coulomb as vice president of Product Management and Philippe Martineau as vice president of Business Development.

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LEGIC Identsystems Ltd expanded its partner network in Southern Europe with the announcement of a joint venture with Spain-based security company Softmachine Systems.

The new affiliation aims to produce contactless access control solutions and installations for multifunctional visitor management including applications for electronic payment and time and attendance.

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Zvetco Biometrics launched ten new biometric readers in its Verifi line of products. These include both biometric-only and biometric/smart card combination devices.

The new models include the Verifi P4600 and P5200 desktop fingerprint readers that are about 1/3 of an inch thick.

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UPM RFID announced the new UPM Web ultra-high frequency (UHF) and UPM Trap near field (NF) UHF inlays based on the Monza RFID chip from Impinj.

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