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Identiv, Inc., a global pioneer in RFID- and BLE-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, today announced the expansion of its ID-Tiny product family, a portfolio of ultra-miniaturised HF/NFC inlays and tags designed to bring secure digital intelligence to compact products, small components, and high-value items where space is extremely limited. The expansion opens new possibilities for connecting physical objects that have historically been too small, too design-sensitive, or too irregularly shaped for conventional RFID and HF/NFC deployments. From jewelry and eyewear to surgical instruments, pharmaceutical vials, wireless earbuds, and personal care product caps, ID-Tiny enables brands and manufacturers to add secure digital functionality without changing how a product looks, feels, or functions. Without compromising performance “ID-Tiny is about making digital identity possible in places where it simply wasn’t practical before,” said Dr. Manfred Mueller, CSO of Identiv. “When you can bring secure, smartphone-readable HF/NFC functionality into form factors no larger than a grain of rice, you unlock entirely new use cases – from verifying a luxury ring’s authenticity to tracking the use of a surgical instrument or connecting a patient to dosage instructions from a vial – without compromising performance. That is the power of miniaturisation: it makes the smallest physical objects part of the digital world.” Across use cases, ID-Tiny helps turn compact products into secure, verifiable touchpoints – enabling authenticity checks, usage tracking, tap-to-pair experiences, patient engagement, and lifecycle visibility in applications where conventional RFID has been difficult to deploy. Surgical instrument tracking For luxury goods and fashion brands, ID-Tiny can enable discreet digital certificates of authenticity, Digital Product Passport (DPP) compliance, extended warranty registration, insurance activation, ownership verification, and protection against counterfeiting and gray market diversion. In healthcare, ID-Tiny can support surgical instrument tracking, sterilisation cycle monitoring, medical consumable authentication, pharmaceutical vial tracking, and patient-facing digital instructions. In consumer electronics and smart home applications, ID-Tiny can enable product pairing, accessory verification, replacement part authentication, and lifecycle service support. Designed for real-world deployment For food, beverage, beauty, and personal care brands, ID-Tiny can help protect product integrity while creating new consumer touchpoints – from authenticity checks and anti-refill protection to usage instructions, loyalty experiences, and post-purchase engagement. This can help organisations reduce counterfeit losses, lower warranty and fraud costs, improve operational efficiency, accelerate authentication processes, improve recall management, and ultimately strengthen consumer trust. The expanded ID-Tiny portfolio includes eight distinct tags across multiple form factors – one of the industry’s broadest selections of miniature HF tags – giving customers flexibility to integrate HF functionality into a wide range of compact products, surfaces, and materials. The family supports ISO15693 and is compatible with leading IC technologies including NXP ICODE® 3 and STMicroelectronics ST25TV, with label sizes smaller than a pencil eraser. Ultra-miniaturised RFID design Identiv supports customers from design through deployment with encoding and personalisation services, application testing, rapid prototyping, and scalable manufacturing capacity. This enables customers to move from concept to production while addressing the RF performance, integration, and manufacturing challenges that come with ultra-miniaturised RFID design. “Smaller tags do more than solve a space problem. They make HF functionality possible in places where there was never room for it before,” continued Mueller. “Every connected object starts with a digital identity. By making it practical to add that identity to smaller and often more challenging form factors, ID-Tiny expands what organisations and end users can connect, track, authenticate, and engage with across the physical world.”

Identiv, Inc., a global pioneer in digital security and identification in the Internet of Things (IoT), introduces its expanded Velocity Vision Ecosystem, the industry’s most robust, enterprise-level solution delivered by a single solutions provider. The new ecosystem merges the powerful features of Identiv’s Velocity access control and video platforms with best-in-class cloud storage, hyper-converged infrastructure, and analytics into a single point of contact, facilitating integrator deployments in any industry. All-in-one Velocity Vision Ecosystem The all-in-one Velocity Vision Ecosystem integrates the most cutting-edge digital technology into any physical security operation. It combines into a single solution the power of Hirsch Velocity and Velocity Vision VMS with new partnership technologies: Vision AI video analytics, Vision Cloud, and Identiv Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI). Visibility and control With this solution, you can protect your assets, secure any environment, and transform security operations" “With our expanded Velocity Vision Ecosystem, you can see it, secure it, and prevent it. You get complete visibility and control of your physical security operations,” said Mark Allen, General Manager of Premises, Identiv. He adds, “With the end-to-end solution, you can protect your assets, secure any environment, and transform security operations.” Enterprise-level integrated video solution “The all-in-one ecosystem provides our partners with the leading edge technology expected of an enterprise-level solution with complete integration delivered by Identiv,” said Mike Taylor, VP of Global Sales, Identiv. He adds, “By deploying a best-in-class integrated video solution from a single point of contact that ensures product interoperability, integrators can save time and resources. We’re providing the easiest system to deploy and manage, with the most advanced security technology, to secure any size campus and keep operations running smoothly." System inclusions The Velocity Vision Ecosystem includes: Velocity Vision: The unified, open-platform VMS was built to provide a real-time intelligent security solution in a single-pane-of-glass view. An optional Boring Toolbox add-on from the Boring Lab simplifies enterprise management with additional features. Hirsch Velocity Software: Identiv’s flagship, fully integrated security management system manages access control and security operations in hundreds of different facilities, from single high-security rooms to multi-building, multi-location campuses. Vision AI: Available for both cloud and on-premises environments, this video analytics solution delivers the highest accuracy levels in the most challenging environments. Vision AI powered by Irisity supports installations of all sizes and can be applied to any number of cameras, delivering the most attractive TCO in the video analytics market. High availability and full redundancy limit system downtime and data loss. Vision Cloud: Scale on demand while reducing both CAPEX and OPEX with Vision Cloud powered by Wasabi. The technology instantly enables on-premises VMS with unlimited scalability, security, and disaster recovery. Offload video surveillance data to this simple, first-of-its-kind hybrid cloud storage solution without affecting existing operations. Identiv Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) powered by Scale Computing: This platform brings simplicity, high availability, and scalability together, allowing customers to experience the convergence of hardware and software with centralised management in one simple interface. It combines virtualisation, servers, storage, and backup/disaster recovery into a single, turnkey solution. Physical access control and video intelligence solutions The Velocity Vision Ecosystem is available worldwide exclusively through the Identiv Channel Alliance Network partner programme. Identiv’s physical access control and video intelligence solutions provide the highest security at the lowest cost. Robust, feature-rich systems, hardware, and software verify frictionless access managed from anywhere.

FIME launches its new Smartspy+ solution to support the adoption of contact and contactless transaction technologies for payments, transport and access control. Enhanced portability and performance allow product developers and system integrators to check, debug and validate their products wherever they are. This accelerates time to market for smart cards, NFC tags, ePassports, mobile devices and readers by identifying interoperability issues quickly and easily. “Smartspy+ is the best contact and contactless spy solution ever conceived by FIME,” comments Raphaël Guilley, VP Solutions at FIME. Its new hardware - the FIME Probe+ - is smaller, lighter and more portable. Enhanced user experience It features a longer battery life and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication to avoid restricting wires. The Smartspy+ Analyzer software combines enhanced user experience with new features to fully meet the latest mobility needs of product developers. Quick and simple debug testing is essential to fast-track the product development process" “The world is going contactless. Everyone’s aware of contactless cards and mobile payments, but this technology has far wider applications. Many top automotive manufacturers are working on mobile digital car key pilots and access control is increasingly adopting contactless cards and smartphones. These products need to communicate swiftly, precisely and in an interoperable way,” adds Raphaël. “Quick and simple debug testing is essential to fast-track the product development process. This upgrade gives our customers the tool they need to ensure their product is ready to succeed.” Product development process “Identiv has been using FIME’s Smartspy Contact and Contactless tools for a number of years, and with the new Smartspy+ our product development process just got considerably more efficient,” says Stephane Ardiley, Identiv, Director Product Management. "The device makes it much easier to develop and test the protocol communication between our smart card readers and cards. In highly competitive markets where compliance with ISO/IEC standards is a must, the advanced Smartspy+ reduces our development process, as well as qualification cycles, for any new product we launch to the market.”

Air travel is returning to pre-pandemic levels. COVID and its aftermath have added new compliance and operational concerns for airport security, and social and political volatility around the world emphasises the need for constant vigilance. A range of new technologies are enhancing airport security, not to mention providing new tools to simplify processes throughout the airport. We asked our Expert Panel Roundtable: Which technologies are transforming airport security?