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Allegion’s aptiQ Alliance Program members highlight aptiQ smart card technology at ISC West 2014

End users will learn to better leverage smart credentials to build increasing number of solutions available Allegion PLC, a leading global provider of security products and solutions, recently announced that, in Booth 20031 at the ISC West Exposition, attendees will see how Allegion and members of the aptiQ Alliance Program have come together to create an ecosystem of applications that support aptiQ smart card technology. The Alliance consists of global companies that are usi...

HID Global announces HID Trusted Tag Services

HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced its HID Trusted Tag™ Services offering. Combining trusted tags with existing secure cloud authentication services, HID Global’s latest solution confers everyday objects with unique and trusted identities that can be read by NFC-enabled mobile devices in a wide variety of IoT applications. With NFC technology, smartphones and tablets can interact with everyday objects in new and exciting ways, rangin...

Gary Kremen joins Board of Directors of Identive Group

Identive intends to be at the heart of moving identities from analogue to digital Internet business pioneer Gary Kremen has joined the Board of Directors of Identive Group, Inc. “Over the past 14 weeks we have substantially simplified the business to create a focused growth platform that leverages our core competencies in delivering unique and patented trust solutions for premises, information and the rapidly growing market of everyday items. The key here is identities m...

TDSi Directors highlight security and access control trends for 2014

With the integration of different security, IT and building services, 2014 looks to be a year of evolution rather than revolution Access Control continues to innovate by embracing new technology in 2014 - by John Davies, Managing Director & Mike Sussman, Engineering and Operations Director at TDSi. Last year saw a big rise in integrated systems in the security sector and 2014 looks set to follow this pattern with a number of technologies and trends coming to the fore. With...

HID Global announces latest trends on the secure identity industry in 2014

The predictions encompass a range of solutions including anticipated advances in physical access control HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently released its projections for top trends the company believes will have the greatest impact on the secure identity industry in 2014. The predictions encompass a diverse range of solutions and technologies, including anticipated advances in physical and logical access control, secure issuance, identity assu...

BSIA’s Export Council members to demonstrate security innovations at INTERSEC Dubai 2014

The BSIA continues to play a pivotal role forging productive links between UK security companies and overseas buyers Members of the British Security Industry Association's Export Council are planning to demonstrate their latest state-of-the-art security innovations to visitors at the forthcoming Intersec 2014 show in Dubai (January 19-21). This year the high profile exhibition is playing host to a multitude of BSIA member companies, with many concentrated on the BSIA-organ...

AirLive to showcase its latest networking products and solutions at Intersec Dubai 2014

AirLive's Smart Tracking software automatically detects a moving person or vehicle AirLive, one of the most advanced international IP Surveillance Networking products and solutions provider has announced its participation at INTERSEC Dubai 2014. AirLive will prepare the exhibition of its latest Surveillance Networking Solutions such as: Speed Dome Smart Tracking, Face Detection by IVS IPCam, FishEye IPCam , 5 and 3 Megapixels IPCam, 802.3at PoE Switches, and Network Video Reco...

Identive welcomes Brian Nelson as its new chief financial officer and secretary

Nelson has more than 20 years of practical experience in accounting and finance Identive will move its corporate finance activities from its Europe hub in Ismaning, Germany to its corporate headquarters in California as part of its continuing efforts to simplify its business operations. Along with this move, Brian Nelson has been appointed chief financial officer and secretary of the company, effective December 20, 2013. Nelson is based in California and replaces David Wear, w...

COMPRION’s new NFC Robot extends its UT³ Platform to automated solution for RF analogue testing

This is a time where a whole industry is on the verge of changing the day-to-day lives of us all by introducing NFC technology. It is anticipated that NFC will serve much more use cases, especially in the consumer electronics realm, than just enabling mobile payments. COMPRION eases the verification process of this rather complex technology with its new NFC Robot and thus helps the industry to grow faster. NFC Forum standards harmonise quite a few related specifications to form a universal NFC...

Comprion’s SIMfony and UT³ Platform test solutions to be utilised in China Mobile’s test programme

All NFC-enabled mobiles distributed by China Mobile must pass the high quality test solutions from Germany With the goal in mind to offer the best user experience to their customers, China Mobile has started their own comprehensive testing programme before launching NFC services. From now on, all mobile handsets, no matter from which manufacturer, will be checked thoroughly in China Mobile’s own labs. Handsets will only get approved once it is guaranteed that the com...

COMPRION leads GSMA Handset Testbook activities

COMPRION has been active in the Terminal Steering Groups on UICC with the aim of contributing to the consistent roll-out of new NFC NFC is on everyone’s lips. Terminal and card vendors, network operators, financial institutions, and many others have been discussing the benefits and limits of con-tactless communication for quite some time. The number of people who have to contribute something to the topic of NFC seems to be growing almost every day. Experience has shown...

IDTechEx conducts interviews and research for its new "Near Field Communication (NFC) 2014-2024" report

Cubic pointed out to IDTechEx that Mifare for Mobile from NXP gives speed same as transportation card ticketing In the many interviews and research carried out for the new IDTechEx report "Near Field Communication (NFC) 2014-2024", considerable disagreement was commonplace. IDTechEx first issued a major report on this subject five years ago when there were concerns about deployment which is much less an issue today given the huge deployment of NFC-enabled mobile phones and tab...

NFC - opening the door to the future

Near Field Communication (NFC) has become the newest technology to open a wealth of possibilities for a number of different applications; from enabling users to pay for coffee to opening a door, the sky is the limit. SourceSecurity.com spoke to Klaus Klosa, Managing Director of LEGIC, one of the leading companies taking this exciting technology to the next stage for a number of security applications. New innovations in NFC from LEGIC At the SICHERHEIT trade fair in Swi...

INSIDE Secure introduces next generation dual-interface VaultIC 150/150D authentication chips

INSIDE Secure, the worldwide leader in complete solutions for embedded security, recently announces the next generation of its innovative dual-interface VaultIC 150/150D security modules. These have been redesigned to provide enhanced functionality, including a new privacy mode, providing a more cost-effective solution that will have broad appeal to new, higher-volume markets. The VaultIC 150/150D may be used by brands as an NFC Forum Type 4 tag to provide an effective protection solution to gua...

HID Global to demonstrate latest additions to its secure identity solutions at CARTES & IDentification 2013 in Paris

HID will unveil the latest additions to its secure card issuance portfolio that include entry level printers and solutions HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, continues to drive innovation at next week’s CARTES & IDentification event in Paris. During the show, the company will unveil the latest additions to its secure issuance portfolio that include new, entry level printers and card personalisation solutions with enhanced features and c...

Identive announces revenue increase by 14% year over year in Q3-2013 results

Identive’s improved performance in Q3 is a positive backdrop to its transition Identive reported its financial results for the third quarter (Q3) ended September 30, 2013. Highlights of the quarter included: New management team begins simplification and focus of business 14% revenue growth year over year Achievement of $0.6 million adjusted EBITDA Gross proceeds from private placement of $7.1 million Strong demand for our cloud-based SaaS and NFC consumer product...

LEGIC and Kaba to join Swisscom for NFC-based ID services in Switzerland

Swisscom and LEGIC are currently working together in order to create a mobile ecosystem for the Swiss ID market Three Swiss market leaders have started to close a big gap in the NFC world. Thanks to the cooperation between Swisscom, LEGIC and Kaba, it will soon be possible in Switzerland to safely and easily integrate time and attendance recording and access control into the daily business processes using Near Field Communication. As the biggest Swiss mobile service provider,...

LEGIC to exhibit its latest developments at SICHERHEIT 2013 in Zurich

LEGIC to present its innovations such as Trusted Service Management, Peer-to-Peer and multi-application From 12 to 15 November 2013, LEGIC shows its latest developments at the SICHERHEIT 2013 in Zurich. If it is TSM or Peer-to-Peer, LEGIC live NFC. Whether innovations as Peer-to-Peer or classics as multi-application, the name LEGIC stands for security and individuality. They offer license partners and end users the base for individual solutions in a wide range of fields,...

LEGIC to present its latest evolutions at Cartes France 2013 in Paris

LEGIC’s booth will showcase how a smartphone becomes a badge or a multifunctional credit card Learn more about LEGIC`s latest developments at the Cartes in Paris. From 19 to 21 November 2013, we show you our latest evolutions. Be it a credit card, a smart card or a NFC mobile phone, LEGIC makes multi-application on the credential of your choice possible. We offer our license partners and end users the base for individual solutions in a wide range of fields, such as a...

Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies receives approval as Silver partner in Samsung Enterprise Alliance Program

SEAP was created as an ecosystem for Samsung to provide better support to its various partners Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies recently announced that it has been approved as a Silver partner in the Samsung Enterprise Alliance Program (SEAP). SEAP was created as an ecosystem for Samsungto provide better support to its various partners. Enterprise solutions, such as Ingersoll Rand’s aptiQmobile™ web-based credential management system, are an integral part...

ASIS 2013 to highlight successful implementation of NFC aptiQmobile deployments

The educational session, “The Future of NFC Enabled Mobile Devices,” will be held on September 24 Attendees to the ASIS Exhibition September 24-26 will be able to learn how both corporate and university campuses have implemented successful Near Field Communications (NFC) aptiQmobile deployments. The newest pilot, Heartland Payment Systems, the fifth largest payments processor in the United States, is now deploying employee owned Android smart phones as an access cr...

Trüb and Sequent Software enter technology partnership to provide over-the-air card provisioning and lifecycle-management services

Trüb will use Sequent’s mobile payments platform to provide OTA provisioning and lifecycle-management services Sequent Software and Trüb AG recently announced to have entered a technology partnership in which Trüb will use Sequent’s mobile payments platform to provide over-the-air provisioning and lifecycle-management services for EMV compliant bank cards, customer loyalty cards, access cards and transit cards on secure elements used in NFC mobile de...

LEGIC’s new NFC badges allow employees to use several contactless applications on a daily basis

LEGIC employees are already using NFC-based badges with several applications on a daily basis. Visitors are also impressed with the mobile phone, which opens doors, orders photocopies or pays for drinks in automatic vending machines. Since 13th August 2013, LEGIC has been using badges based on Near Field Communication (NFC) – alias smartphones – in addition to card-based badges to open doors or print documents by laying the mobile phone on a reader at the photocopier. LEGIC employee...

Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies Vice President to present at the Every Building Conference and Expo

Rick White, vice president at Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies is a featured lecturer at the conference Attendees at the Building Owners and Manufacturers Association’s (BOMA) Every Building Conference and Expo taking place at the San Diego Conference Center June 23-25 will gain insight in wireless and mobile technology and platforms. Rick White, vice president and products business leader of electronics at Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies is a featured lecturer...

HID Global’s networked access control solution creates intelligent facility management system

Performance Buildings will create a facility management system for access to shared and temporary offices HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced that its EdgeReader ERP40 networked access control solution and iCLASS SE® platform readers have been selected by systems integrator Performance Buildings to create an intelligent facility management system for “on demand” access to shared and temporary offices. Performance Buil...

HID Global provides Oberthur Technologies the ability to support of Seos digital keys on NFC-enabled smartphones

The partnership enables Seos digital keys applet to be embedded in Oberthur Technologies NFC SIM cards Oberthur Technologies, one of the world’s largest providers of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, recently announced its partnership with HID Global that provides Oberthur Technologies the ability to support the use of Seos digital keys on NFC-enabled smartphones. The partnership enables the Seos digital keys applet to b...

SALTO launches two new versions of its GEO electronic cylinders

Specially designed to be compatible with European and Swiss locks and lock cases that use a cog wheel locking mechanism, the new models can be installed almost anywhere and with any type of door. Two different types of cog wheel cams are available for EU profile mortise locks: cog wheel cam 10 teeth and cog wheel cam 13 teeth. Both offer a choice of RFID carrier including: iButton, Legic Prime, Legic Advant, Mifare, DESfire , Mifare Ultralight C. Contactless versions are also NFC compatible. T...

CIVINTEC demonstrates its Intelligent Access Control Solution at IFSEC 2013

The solution also offers a broad portfolio of access readers and terminals CIVINTEC exhibited at IFSEC 2013 from May 13-16, 2013 at the NEC Birmingham earlier last week. It gave live demonstrations on its unique Intelligent Access Control Solution combined RFID Mifare DESFire with NFC smart phone and Biometric technology for a variety of security and safety applications such as time attendance, visitor management, including membership to track and auto control staff’s wo...

HID Global presents secure access control solutions with ASSA ABLOY at IFSEC 2013

HID Global highlighted its latest iCLASS SE platform solution for credential encoding HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, presented its solutions for secure access control together with parent company ASSA ABLOY, under the Motto “Access your world” at IFSEC Birmingham. Jointly presenting their solutions for the third consecutive year, this presence incorporated the combined power of award-winning technology from HID Global, ASSA ABLOY,...

Spica to demonstrate its new access control architecture at IFSEC 2013

Spica also announces plans to launch in the UK market and build network of partners and installers across the country Spica International, a leader in workforce management solutions, including access control and time and attendance (T&A) software and hardware, has announced plans to launch in the UK market. The Solvenian technology pioneer, which integrated NFC (Near Field Communication) technology into its systems as early as 2007, plans to build an impressive network of...