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

Toshiba America partners with Ringdale to offer secure output management solution

Friday, March 21, 2008

Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) has formed a strategic alliance with Georgetown, Texas-based Ringdale®, offering the all-in-one secure document output management solution, FollowMe®, to Toshiba’s e-STUDIO™ family of products. FollowMe gives companies the ability to restrict access to documents by requiring users to authenticate themselves prior to retrieving their print jobs. Users can release sensitive print jobs directly at the output device through biometric fingerprint, proximity card, magnetic swipe card, smart card, PIN codes or barcodes. The Ringdale FollowMe secure document output management solution is currently available through Toshiba’s nationwide network of dealers. [end] 

AOptix Technologies announced that SITA, a specialist in air transport communications and information technology, has joined the AOptix Value Added Reseller program.

Under the partnership, SITA, who has customers in more than 200 countries which includes 300 airport locations, would be able to offer its customers AOptix solutions. These offerings include the InSight iris and face recognition product as an automated solution for airports to quickly and securely identify passengers at security checkpoints with documents such as biometric-enabled passports.

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Swedish mobile operators Telia, Tele2, Telenor and 3 have formed a joint venture to offer a unified mobile wallet service. Operating under the name “4T,” the partners plan to deliver a mobile payments service that can be used on all handsets regardless of the cellular network.

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Datacard Group, a provider of secure ID and card personalization solutions, has announced an equity investment and strategic partnership with DeviceFidelity, makers of the In2Pay mobile payments solution.

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NEC Corporation has developed a new cloud security service that implements advanced authentication capabilities from CA Technologies.

NEC combined the CA ArcotID software credential with its NC7000-3A ID utilization infrastructure and NEC Mobile Security security countermeasure product to offer authentication services in the cloud through identity links found on multiple NEC websites. The CA ArcotID product offers integrated two-factor authentication and can be used on smart phones and tablets.

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Proxama has announced a partnership with semiconductor supplier ARM Holdings to create secure payment mechanisms for mobile handsets.

The UK-based partners say they will combine ARM’s TrustZone technology with Proxama’s Mobile Wallet to develop a “highly secure” environment for NFC-enabled mobile contactless payments and mobile internet payments.

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OpenWays has announced the launch of its “Mobile Key Dual with Pure NFC” hotel check-in and room access solution at Nordic Choice Hotels in Stockholm, Sweden.

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