ID WORLDNews ID WORLDLargest biometrically enabled, single sign-on solution in the healthcare industry - Wherenet and Symbol expand collaboration - Elatec takes over activities of former AndroDat - Bell ID a MasterCard International Vendor - Datacard completes purchase of Gilles Leroux - Datalogic forms alliance with MCL - Omron expands its card reader facility - Samsys expands relationships with Tunity - Printronix inks alliance with Symbol - Datalogic a privileged Coop partner for self-scanning - Schlumberger selected by Desjardins for POS terminals - Viisage Technology to acquire ZN Vision Technologies - Western European IT and telecom markets showing signs of recovery - WhereNet partners with Siemens - RFID added to Manhattan Associates' X-SCE solutions - G&D reinforces position in Africa - Briyante approves acquisition by Imagis - Oberthur Card Systems returns to profit Focus on Logistics & Supply ChainSecuring global tradelanesby Mark McGlade, Savi Technology
An industry-led initiative creates a foundation from which all supply chain participants can build a security system that will drive collaboration, improve operational efficiencies and ensure that the global supply chain remains an efficient, reliable and secure means by which to conduct global trade. |
Automating fleet managementby Victor March
Vehicle data is often only useful to the fleet manager when vehicle and driver have returned to the facility. Batch wireless communication between vehicles and a base station can therefore represent the most efficient and cost-effective data collection solution |
Real-time fleet and asset trackingby Gaia Steden
By gaining in-depth, real-time data including location, speed, time-of-arrival, time-of-departure, duration of stay, event reporting and so on, companies can gain significant improvements in efficiencies and profitability from their mobile assets |
Superlative sortingby Gaia Steden
A visit to one of the biggest and most modern distribution centers in the world, where omni-directional bar code scanners are used to identify up to half a million articles per day |
Supersonic cateringby Victor March
Pressures in the airline industry are relentless; to maximize the return on assets, it is a competitive necessity to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of a departing aircraft’s catering requirements |
Why the rush to RFID?by Robyn Levine, IBM
Identifying and tracking products at the item level: the use of RFID wireless technology provides organizations with an opportunity to significantly enhance supply chain processes as well as deliver improvements in customer service |
Tags & LabelsNews Tags & LabelsContactless paper-based smart labels - Single workstation version of Prisymedica - Fast set-up, high speed label production - Compact printing of monochrome cards - Low-cost EPC tags for retail applications - Transponders suitable for injection moulding processes - Label printing for the retail pharmacy industry - Ultra small UHF RFID chip - A complete range of card printers Data CollectionNews Data CollectionLow cost, 1D, 2D scanner - Integrated RFID reader for pocket PCs - Hand held terminal with advanced scanning system - Long read range industrial linear imager - Ethernet communications and charging station - Fast, long-range UHF reader - Laser scanner with multiple-interface capability - Plug-in bar code scanner for pocket PCs - Fully-equipped mobile data capture device - Multifunctional gun grip scanner - Stationary terminal for industrial data collection applications - The next style for RFID technology Smart CardsThe smart health cardby Gaia Steden
Information and security technologies will play an expanded role in future health care systems, enabling to lower costs, improve quality and increase transparency for patients. An important component of the system will be the smart card Dreaming of e-governmentby Christian Heizmann
The use of smart national ID cards to provide information and services offers significant benefits for both citizens and governments News Smart CardsSoftware to enhance ID card programs - Government-strength ID management - First data launches "first alert" in Europe - Ultra thin smart card reader - Consolidating credentials for simplified identity management - Benefits of GPRS brought to french merchants - New module for EMV applications - EMV cards featuring secure remote authentication BiometricsFacing the challengeby Gaia Steden
The Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002 was an independent and large-scale evaluation of automatic face recognition technology with the objective of providing performance measures for assessing the ability of automatic face recognition systems to meet real-world requirements: a quick look at the results InterviewBenetton and RFID, the true storyby Sophie Boyer de la Giroday
From flexible production and distribution to smart stores and beyond. An interview with Mauro Benetton, Marketing Director of the Benetton Group and President of Lab ID Tagging TextilesUltra thin tags for garmentsby Victor March
Thinner IC chips enable a broader range of applications for RFID labels, including tracking and anti-counterfeiting in the clothing industry, security paper, implantable medical electronics and many more. A new technique allows the mass production of Silicon wafers of only 100µm thickness and even below Tying the knot with RFIDby Christian Huff, EMS
A textile company’s innovative use of radio frequency identification technology illustrates the growing trend in supply chain industries towards time and money saving RFID data capture solutions The intelligent laundry cycleby Andrea Conradty, Siemens
The logistics of commercial laundry processes can be optimized using RFID-based solutions which enable automatic identification of all pieces of laundry, whether they are dirty, clean, folded, wet, dry or even rolled up all together in a ball SecurityManaging 6,000,000,000 identitiesby Frank Hensler, LaserCardEurope
With an ever higher volume of people traveling across national borders as well as attempting to cross them illegally, the limitations of paper-based ID documents are becoming increasingly apparent. A look at the technology standards available for secure personal identification Don’t just collect it, protect it!by Gaia Steden
The servers of many company IT infrastructures contain a great deal of business critical data. In these cases, fire protection systems conceived to safeguard equipment and data are a fundamental element of a sound and farsighted security policy News SecurityScottish Police to use biometric facial recognition - Open architecture locks simplify installation - Making deleted hard disk data truly unretrievable - 802.1X wireless security for hand held computers - Software suite for IT security - Contactless palm vein pattern biometric authentication - Video surveillance systems for automatic intruder detection - Iris recognition used to identify Afgan refugees Smart MachinesWhen machines start to thinkby Dr. Cheryl Shearer, IBM
Imagine a world where the meter on your furnace "knew" what temperature you prefer and kept your house or apartment ideal all year 'round. Then imagine that meter reading itself and telling your power company to issue the bill and let you know how this year's costs measured against the last few. Then further, what if your furnace sensed when it wasn't running quite right and notified the power company to come out and fix it? Imaginary? No. It's here today. Access ControlGoing contactlessby Victor March
A new complete RFID system has recently been released to support the design of a range of applications,from access control to other person-related service applications,such as time & attendance, cashless payment, parking and ticketing News Access ControlFingerprint technology for intelligent safes - Access control systems managed by handhelds - Hand readers implemented at West Virginia University - Face recognition for border control in Australia - Fingerprint matching at 20,000 prints/second - eToken secures communications between Registration Authority ISPs - Voice autentication for mobile phone access - Locking-down laptops with smart cards EventsID WORLD, rendezvous in Parisby Victor March
The second ID World International Congress, organized by Wise Media with the support of an international Technical Committee of industry experts, will represent again this year the most prestigious international forum on the status and future opportunities offered by auto ID technologies News EventsSupply chain management: technology, trends and strategies - Biometrics 2003 moves to central London - The place to be for smart cards in India - European showcase for labeling and narrow web printing |
