ID WORLDNews ID WORLDIn remembrance: Liese Prokop, austrian minister of interior - Sagem to supply French biometric visa processing system - Alien opens division to serve Asian RFID market - Gemalto to deliver solution for Norwegian driver’s license - Cambodia to role out ePassports - Cognitec opens Hong Kong subsidiary - SmartCode invests $15 million in RFID center in India - vps joins leading German IT association BITKOM - Giesecke & Devrient and Nokia finalize joint venture - VeriChip completes initial public offering - RFID up in space - Bioscrypt to acquire A4 Vision - First commercial deployment of contactless bankcards in Europe - Zebra enters active RFID with purchase of WhereNet - Automated border passage solution for Indonesia - Bahamas signs ePassport contract - Feig Electronic founds subsidiary in US - SAS to install biometric check-in solution at all Swedish airports - EPC Lab opens in Milan - First reader chips certified for contactless POS terminals in China - Sagem provides Kingdom of Bahrain with biometric AFIS - RFID in 2006: strides made but revenues still lag - Iris signs contract with Trijay for supply of mobile smart terminals Focus on Pharma & HealthcareThe ultimate healthcare assistantby Alberto Sanna, San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Enabling citizens to make informed choices about their lifestyles. This is the premise behind a European Commission-funded e-services project that uses connectivity and auto ID technologies to improve consumer awareness and quality of life, and to promote healthier lifestyles |
Streamlining operations on the frontlineby LCDR Corey Cook, NEMSCOM
From RFID and contact memory buttons to 2-D InfoDot barcodes, the growing prominence of auto ID technologies in US Navy field hospitals is key to improving the tracking and monitoring of critical medical assets |
Checking up on eHealth cardsby Kevin Gillick, GlobalPlatform
European healthcare smart card initiatives look set for continued growth over the coming years as the advantages they bring in terms of increased efficiency of health services, financial savings and a reduction in fraud, as well as their possible combination with other applications, propels their popularity |
All kitted out with RFIDby Trevor Peirce, Magellan Technology
How one global medical device manufacturer has successfully utilized high frequency passive RFID to accurately identify and track their orthopedic implant kits |
News Pharma & HealthcareTrack and trace solution for specimen management - German electronic health card pilots begin - Gamma-radiation resistant RFID tag unveiled - Excellent results for UHF Gen2 solution in medical field trial - Asset tracking solution increases HOSPITAL productivity - Security solution to combat counterfeiting of medicines - Pharmaceuticals to pioneer item-level tracking - RFID patient management system implemented in Taiwan |
ID PEOPLE Awards 2006Oscar Night for the auto ID industryOscar Night for the auto ID industry
The 2006 ID People Awards ceremony, held in conjunction with the fifth ID WORLD International Congress in Milan in November, saw the ID Revolution Community pay glowing tribute to its most outstanding achievers over the preceding year with over 2500 votes cast In the world of RFIDChallenging conventional wisdomby Ayman Ashour, Newton International Management
The increasingly mainstream use of active RFID for healthcare, pharmaceuticals, defense and other mission critical applications seems to have given the lie to the many expert predictions that the technology would be limited solely to niche areas News Tags & LabelsLong-lasting textile rental RFID tag released - UHF RFID tags to track industrial paper reels - Significant Chinese orders for EPC Gen2 chip technology - Rugged tag for harsh environments News Data CollectionUHF long-range readers offer dense reader mode - UHF RFID handheld computer unveiled - RFID-based garbage collection monitoring in Greece - RFID network reader for noisy radio frequency environments IT SecurityTowards a global solutionby Vittorio Bertocci, Microsoft Corporation
Identification technologies must offer more than just security to be suitable for Internet usage: consistency and interoperability are cornerstones for the creation of a sustainable global identification system
Special Report on Financial SolutionsThe road to mass adoptionby Rudie Lion, Venture Development Corporation
What is the future of biometrics in transaction processing? A look at some of the trends and the key factors that will drive the increasing prevalence of the technology in the payments industry |
If the CAP fits...by Morten Landrock, Cryptomathic UK
The Chip Authentication Program, a form of two-factor authentication that uses the cryptographic functions already available on an EMV card, is poised to become the financial community’s technology of choice as the fight against online transaction fraud intensifies |
Your money where your mouth isby Richard Molenaar, ABN AMRO
How a Dutch bank’s new biometric voice-based caller authentication solution is enhancing its customers’ telephone banking experience and improving security
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Speeding through with self-service paymentsby Chris Lomax, Verifone
As consumers embrace the convenience of self-service, unattended payment solutions look set to become embedded in the fabric of today’s retail environment |
Signing up for paperless transactionsby Alex Herman, WonderNet
In a bid to reduce paperwork and streamline operations numerous businesses are beginning to look at biometric signature solutions as a means of facilitating the document signing process |
News Financial SolutionsSecure chip management solution for NFC trial - Mobile platform paves way for global deployment of mobile payments - Hong Kong gets first Visa Java EMV cards - First orders received for two payment terminals -Paper-free car rental contracts - Smart card authentication with Bluetooth - Two strong user authentication tokens launched - Indian finance company deploys 2 million client authentication devices |
News Smart Card Web-based ID management solution for 45,000 workers - Contactless reader meets needs of public transport industry - Contactless media shielding range introduced - Inline system offers card production, personalization and delivery - 6000 smart cards personalized an hour - Smart card readers available as reader boards - Thai bank issues personalized EMV cards - Credit cards as you like them |
ePassportsLessons learned statesideby Frank Moss, US Department of State
As the United States, one of the world’s largest issuers of passports, nears complete transition to full ePassport production, what advice and pointers can it provide other nations embarking on similar programs? News BiometricsFingerprint technology chosen for Nigerian Seafarers’ ID Document program - First single finger scanner certified for German ePassport - Iris technology gains foothold in security markets - Dutch police awards contract to digitize biometric data - Government of Estonia awards face recognition software contract - Finger scanners enhanced with MIFARE smart card reader - Iris recognition for camera-equipped mobiles and PDAs - Software development kit for large-scale AFIS EventsID WORLD 2006: bigger and better than everThe ID WORLD International Congress celebrated its fifth anniversary in style in November 2006, welcoming a record 1801 visitors and 479 conference delegates, as well as exploring the hottest adoption areas of automatic ID technology via nine separate conference tracks Citizen ID Forum: summer solstice in IstanbulThe Electronic Passport Forum celebrates its fifth edition on the summer solstice in Istanbul, expanding its scope with the foundation of the Citizen ID Forum. Attend the world’s most comprehensive event on government driven citizen ID programs on June 21st and 22nd News EventsOne smart card event, two technology sectors - Orlando blooms with RFID |
