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Athena Smartcard Solutions launches new logical access product

Monday, November 3, 2008

Athena Smartcard Solutions newsest addition to its growing range of smart card products is the ASEDrive IIIe CL smart card reader.

Packaged in a black enclosure, the ASEDrive IIIe CL utilizes a 13.56MHz RFID interface conforming to ISO 14443 A & B standards. The reader was designed to support desktop applications such as Smart Card Logon, Digital Signature, Web Authentication, loyalty/payment and other applications that utilize contactless smart cards.

Combined with Athena’s contactless and dual interface smart cards and contactless smart cards, the ASEDrive IIIe CL provides read/write performance and flash upgradeability.

All ASEDrive readers are supported by device drivers for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003/8, Mac OSX, and Linux. The ASEDrive IIIe CL is available for delivery in November 2008. [end] 

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