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

Databac launches UHF product line

Monday, March 9, 2009

Databac Group, a European firm specializing in identity solutions, has announced the roll out of a line of UHF RFID tags and cards. The devices are designed for a range of contactless ID and tracking solutions, and include a polyester CR80-sized UHF card suitable for printing using dye-sublimation and retransfer card printers.


Databac’s UHF cards and tags feature a long-read range, suitable for use in asset tagging, baggage tracking and warehousing and supply chain management solutions. Databac developers also have an eye on the people-tracking market, including visitor tracking at events, staff monitoring in offices, and automated timing solutions for races.

The UHF series is available in a variety of formats, including CR80 cards, pallet tags and luggage tags, made from a variety of materials. Pre-printing is available, or the cards can be supplied in plain white formats. The cards and tags can also be protected by a number of optional security features. [end] 

Identity protection provider Yubico reported a successful 2011, with increased customer growth and revenue across geographical regions.

Yubico increased its customer base by 90% to 18,000 and won new clients, including government contractors, e-governments and cloud service providers. By the end of 2011, it had more than one million users in 100 countries. Additionally, customer and revenue growth increased across Yubico’s geographical segments, with 50% of its revenue now coming from the U.S.

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GlobalPlatform has launched the first in a series of online guides that will explain in simple terms the association’s current projects and technologies.

Up now on the GlobalPlatform Web site, the first guide covers Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), or the hardware and software on a mobile device that ensures that sensitive data is stored, processed and protected.

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HID Global announced an expanded portfolio of RFID asset tracking solutions designed to meet the demands of industries including logistics, automation and manufacturing, medical and health care, returnable transport items and waste management.

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CloudPassage has launched Halo NetSec, a firewall, two-factor authentication product that enables access to virtual servers in the public cloud.

As reported by TechWorld, Halo NetSec covers security needs for services from infrastructure providers, such as Amazon Web Services or Rackspace. Administrators can set up defense parameters without having access to an actual network.

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Hong-Kong’s Advanced Card Systems (ACS) has announced the latest addition to its line of LCD-equipped NFC readers for payments and loyalty, the ACR1222L.

Successor to the ACR122L, the new reader is based on 13.56 MHz RFID technology and ISO 18092 NFC standard, and supports ISO 14443 Type A and B Mifare cards in addition to FeliCa and all 4 types of NFC tags, according to ACS.

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Identive Group Inc. has formed a new product group within its business structure to provide services for integrated access control. This Converged Access group will build on technology designed for Identity as a Service/SaaS products like idOnDemand, as well as work with Identive’s products in the network access smart reader technology field.

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