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

DVTel provides unified video and access control to Transportes Aguila de Oro

Friday, December 28, 2007

Transportes Aguila de Oro has begun utilizing the DVTel intelligent Security Operations Center (iSOC) to provide unified video and access control at it offices and shipping terminals located in Monterey, Santa Rosa, and Laredo. GBS, headquartered in Monterrey, oversaw system planning and installation. The system is a unified access control and video solution, comprised of 100 cameras and approximately 75 access points distributed in several buildings in the three cities. HID Global supplied key components of the IP-based access control system, including 45 iCLASS® readers, 25 VertXTM V2000 readers, 4 bioCLASSTM readers for the office and one EdgePlus™ reader.

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GAO RFID has released a Wiegand-to-Ethernet RFID controller designed specifically for door access applications.

The network access controller, model 491018, is able to connect to any type of Wiegand reader such as magnetic stripe reader, RFID reader or fingerprint reader. It also offers a master card for adding or deleting access privileges directly from the external reader, thus acting independently without connection to a network or PC.

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BadgePass and Digital Identification Solutions have integrated BadgePass’s Identity Manager credentialing software with Digital’s EDIsecure XID 8300 Retransfer Printer for single step smart card encoding and card issuance.

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Idesco announced that it has updated and enhanced its DESCoder software package, offering security providers and end users alike more control over their contactless access control systems.

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Codebench Inc. and Hirsch Identive announced the integration of Codebench’s PIVCheck Plus software with Hirsch Identive’s Velocity Management Software, which aims to provide federal government and commercial customers with a solution for identity validation, authentication and PACS registration using mobile handheld devices.

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HP partnered with Anakam to offer a cloud-based system for identity vetting and credentials. Bryan Maybee, a solutions architect at HP, says the system can be used by the public or private sector for registering individuals to online services.

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Florida-based Codebench has released IDSync, a software development kit that enables automated provisioning and deprovisioning of users and credentials into a supported physical access control system.

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