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Browse Our Online CatalogHID Global Expands multiCLASS™ Product Line to Offer Most Complete Multi-technology Migration Solution (2007-09-25)
Ultimate Migration Tool now includes keypad reader and solutions for simplified upgrade from mullion mounted MiniProx® to 13.56 MHz contactless smart cards
IRVINE, Calif., September 10, 2007 – HID Global, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today announced the launch of new additions to the company’s versatile multiCLASS™ reader line. By increasing HID’s market-leading, multi-technology GSA-approved multiCLASS product line to include a keypad reader (for dual-factor authentication) and a mullion-mount reader (for MiniProx retrofit replacement), HID Global has once again clearly asserted its commitment to support 13.56 MHz technologies. The company’s offerings encompass the industry’s broadest range of open standard contactless smart card products, available from over 40,000 resellers worldwide.
New additions to the expanded multiCLASS line include:
RP15: A new reader designed to simplify MiniProx retrofit replacement, providing a simple installation solution for customers upgrading from the widely used MiniProx readers to high performance contactless smart cards capabilities; and RPK40: A multi-technology keypad reader that combines contactless card presentation with a personal identification number (PIN) to support dual-factor identity authentication.
The enhancements combine 125 kHz proximity and 13.56 MHz contactless smart card and reader technologies into a single reader, providing additional support for users upgrading from the most popular proximity cards to the most popular contactless smart cards. The multiCLASS line, which also includes the RP40 reader, provides a clear multi-technology migration path for the large installed bases of HID, Indala and AWID customers.
With multiCLASS, the customer has the ability to transition to contactless smart cards over time while incorporating the use of multiple card technologies within a single building or across multiple facilities. Additionally, customers can transition from disparate proximity technologies to a unified contactless smart card solution from HID, a leading manufacturer in the access control industry and in the delivery of secure identity solutions.
"With further product line enhancements, the multiCLASS™ reader line is the ultimate migration tool. With our unique card technology read selection feature, customers have endless card management flexibility, with security and simplicity," said Damon Dageenakis, HID’s Product Manager, Reader Products.
multiCLASS readers are available in multiple compatibility configurations, classified as ordering configurations. The readers are capable of reading some of the most popular 13.56 MHz contactless access control technologies including: iCLASS®, ISO 14443B, ISO 14443A CSN (MIFARE®, DESFire®), ISO 15693 CSN and US Government PIV II credentials. Additionally, the reader supports HID Prox, Indala Proximity or AWID formats, with additional 125 kHz card technology compatibilities available later this year.
Recognized and honored by Access Control & Security Systems magazine as one of the Top 20 new products for 2006, the multiCLASS card reader line reflects the highest level technology innovation in the security industry. multiCLASS comes with a lifetime warranty and is now available from HID’s network of distributors, OEMs, and system integrators worldwide. Only the multiCLASS line provides true iCLASS security, the ease of Prox (HID Prox, Indala Proximity or AWID), the power of smart cards and the confidence of choosing HID, the worldwide leader in access control.
The readers are scheduled for shipment in early Q4 2007. For more information about multiCLASS solutions, please visit www.hidcorp.com.
About HID Global
HID Global is the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, serving customers worldwide with proximity and contactless smart card technologies; IP-based networked access solutions; secure and custom card solutions; photo ID and ID card application control software; high definition printer/encoders and secure card issuance solutions. Headquartered in Irvine, California, HID Global operates international offices that support more than 100 countries and is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand. To learn more, please visit www.hidcorp.com.
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Inspector Badge-It at ASIS Las Vegas (2007-09-20)
The Annual American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Convention starts next week in Las Vegas Nevada.
Be on the look out for "Inspector Badge-It". "Inspector Badge It" will be walking the convention floor. When you see "Inspector Badge-It", introduce yourself, and you could win a valuable prize.
Thinking PROX? THINK AGAIN! (2007-06-20)
Security managers have never had more options for access control cards and other badging and credential applications. Magnetic stripe, Wiegand and proximity technology all remain popular and effective.
Badge Express, in conjunction with HID, is proud to introduce a new technology many security and IT managers are evaluating. The iClass contactless smart card is sweeping the security and IT Industry. Just as proximity technology brought advantages over Wiegand card technology 20 years ago, contactless smart card technology today is bringing new advantages over proximity for physical access control as well as other applications.
1. Contactless smart cards achieve a higher security level of the credential and the overall access control system.
2. Contactless smart card technology is optimized to provide highly-secure devices by using cryptography, encryption and the internal computing power of the smart chip.
3. Contactless physical access control credentials can carry secure IT applications such as secure logon to networks, digital signature, and encryption
4. Contactless smart cards provide more storage and the secure reading and writing of data. Contactless smart card memory capacity ranges from 64 to 64k Bytes while proximity card memory ranges from eight to 256 Bytes (2k bit).
5. The capability to add other applications to the card is one of the most important advantages of contactless smart cards over proximity technology.
Depending on the amount of memory available and the number of memory areas, contactless smart cards can serve as multi-application credentials that are used for many purposes. Since the memory can securely store any kind of information, physical access control credentials based on contactless technology can be used for just about anything. These application examples may include:
- Biometrics Time and Attendance
- Secure Authentication Guard Tour Information
- Health Records Equipment and Material Check-out
- Transit Passes Loyalty and Membership Programs
- Digital Cash Lighting and HVAC Control and Billing
- Information Access Authorized Access to Office Equipment
6. Organizations considering biometrics for either physical access or IT security applications can use contactless smart cards as a secure carrier of the biometric template.
Smart cards are an ideal complement to a biometrics implementation, and are particularly well-suited for installations spanning multiple sites. Storing the template on the card simplifies system start-up and enables the support of unlimited populations. It also eliminates the redundant wiring requirement for biometric template management, lowering implementation costs significantly.
7. Users can define and control their access keys.
In many cases, organizations consider control of their own keys for physical access control and other applications an essential element to security. Contactless technology makes it possible to do this.
8. Future-proofing - the desire to embark on a path offering greater expandability in the years to come.
9. Contactless smart card technology is affordable.
10. Multiple Technology CardsMultiple Technology Cards
Since contactless smart cards are generally delivered on ISO/IEC 7810 compliant card bodies, other features normally associated with plastic cards can be used in conjunction with contactless technology, including:
- Magnetic Stripes Pre-printed Graphics
- Bar Codes Photo Personalization via dye sublimation printing
- Contact Chips Image Customization via dye sublimation printing
- Holograms Signature panels
- Corporate Logos Punched slots for lanyards
In addition to these typical features, different technologies can be successfully combined on a single card.
Please contact Phil Bomeisl for more information: 800-251-1752 ext 300
HID Announces Availability of New iCLASS OEM 13.56 MHz Contactless Smart Card Read/Write Module (2005-12-22)
IRVINE, Calif., December 22, 2005 – HID Corporation, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, today announced the expansion of its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) product family with the iCLASS OEM150 module. The OEM150 is a fully-functional Wiegand/serial, low-power, 13.56 MHz contactless smart card read/write module with a remote antenna designed for embedding into small-format products to enable iCLASS contactless smart card technology.
The compact module can be embedded into OEM equipment as a component in upper-level assemblies for products used in cashless vending, biometrics, time and attendance, alarm system control, HVAC control, process control, computer peripherals, and point-of-sale terminal applications. Integration is as simple as connecting power, data, and control lines. The OEM150 offers the added functionality of RS232, RS485 or USB interfaces by including a plug-n-play expansion module into the provided socket.
“New applications for contactless smartcards are appearing in a surprisingly large variety of vertical markets,” said Nathan Cummings, HID’s director of Product Line Management, Reader Technologies. “The introduction of our OEM150 increasingly strengthens our product offering and further validates our commitment to providing the right tools for the OEM community.”
The OEM150 joins the previously announced OEM50, OEM100 and OEM300 that are fully functional, multi-technology 13.56 MHz interface devices that meet ISO 14443A (MIFARE®), 14443B, and 15693 standards. The OEM150 is designed to operate in a wide variety of antenna configurations. It is offered with two standard configurations and for OEM developers requiring greater size constraints may use the antenna design guide to develop their own custom antenna. When the OEM150 module is used with iCLASS cards, the OEM150 offers security features such as RF data encryption and mutual authentication using 64-bit keys for each application area, and optional data encryption standard (DES) or Triple DES for the HID application area. HID provides key management for access control and other data stored in the HID application area.
For access control applications, the OEM150 can read either iCLASS credentials transmitting the Wiegand formatted encoded data, MIFARE Standard, Ultralight, or DESFire credentials transmitting Wiegand data based on the card serial numbers.
The iCLASS OEM150 module will be available in the first quarter of next year from HID’s network of distributors, OEMs, and system integrators worldwide.
HID Introduces New iCLASS Contactless Smart Card Application Solutions At IFSEC (2005-04-21)
HID Showcases iCLASS Application Solutions for ID Badge Issuance, Biometric, Logical Access, Mobile ID Verification, Parking Control, Industrial Applications, Time & Attendance, and Cashless Payment
HAVERHILL, UK, April 21, 2005 – HID Corporation, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, today announced new 13.56 MHz iCLASS contactless smart card technology application solutions to be demonstrated with HID iCLASS development partners Panasonic, SMI, VMC, Synercard, Bodet, OMNIKEY, Consultance, Morley, Sonax, Betronic, BearBox, IR HandKey, TagMaster, NEDAP, RTC and TimeLink from 16 -19 May, 2005 at IFSEC 2005 at the NEC, Birmingham, UK.
On booth # K100 in Hall 6, HID will also present its full line of iCLASS contactless smart card and reader products including their new U.S. FIPS 201–compliant readers, as well as their proximity card readers, and bioCLASS biometric readers, and full array of HID credential technologies.
“IFSEC 2005 is Europe’s principal security tradeshow in 2005 and is the first choice venue for showcasing our products to a very wide audience,” said Greg Spray, HID’s EMEA marketing services manager. “We are very excited by the potential new business coming from IFSEC and we look forward to meeting new and existing customers on our booth.”
UTC to Acquire Lenel (2005-04-01)
United Technologies Corp. (UTC), Hartford, Conn., has announced plans to acquire Lenel Systems International Inc., Rochester, N.Y., a high-end security systems and software developer, for approximately $400 million. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory clearance, is expected to close in the second quarter.
“It’s a lot of money, but it’s a brand,” conceded Sandra Jones of Sandra Jones & Co., Chardon, Ohio. “The brand has equity, and those companies who aren’t leveraging brand need to start doing that because it adds value.
“Is it going to help them with their Chubb business?” she asked. “In real estate, it’s location. In the security industry, it’s implementation.
Lenel develops and delivers scalable, integrated security software systems and business solutions for the commercial and government security market. The privately held company employs approximately 150 people and has customers in 75 countries. It will report as an independent entity to Olivier Robert, president of UTC’s fire and security business, Chubb.
Robert said the acquisition of Lenel will provide access to innovative technology and market development capability in homeland security and other high-end integrated segments.
“Lenel has a large end-user customer base and a b distribution network of value-added resellers (VARs) to deliver state-of-the-art integrated solutions,” Robert stated. “This is a highly effective market channel that will continue to serve Lenel well.”
Lenel’s flagship product is its OnGuard suite of security software products, which includes access control, smart cards, alarm monitoring, digital video, biometrics, intrusion detection and employee and visitor management capabilities.
“We are impressed with the vision and strategy demonstrated by UTC, and we believe that as part of this organization, Lenel will continue to deliver even greater value to our employees, customers and partners,” declared Elena Prokupets, president of Lenel.
Lenel was founded in 1991 by Elena and Rudy Prokupets. More than 8,000 Lenel security systems have been installed for clients that include more than half the Fortune 100, according to a UTC press release.
United Technologies is a $37 billion company whose products include Carrier heating and cooling (HVAC), Chubb security systems, Otis elevators and escalators, and aerospace, aviation and industrial products.
Indala Does It Again... (2005-01-09)
Second Straight Year of Record Growth at Silicon Valley-based Access-Control Company.
San Jose, CA (December 20, 2004) Indala Corporation, an industry leading manufacturer of contact and contactless cards, tags, readers, and core electronics modules for physical and logical access control announced that it has achieved record growth in 2004 for the second consecutive year. Joe Grillo, chief executive officer of Indala parent company, Identification Technology Group (ITG), and Marc Freundlich, Indala president, made the announcement during a “town-hall” employee meeting at the Company’s San Jose headquarters.
Mr. Grillo credited Indala’s impressive growth to a number of factors. “First and foremost, Indala’s experienced staff is truly dedicated to customer needs and is backed by an innovative management team. This year Indala launched several successful products in the traditional proximity product line and developed unique identification solutions to support the growing demand for logical access-control solutions for companies such as Microsoft and Procter & Gamble,” he added.
“Our performance in 2004 clearly demonstrates increased customer demand for high quality identification products and services, fast delivery, and exceptional customer support,” said Mr. Freundlich. “With customized ID solutions available in both low and high frequency RFID product lines, Indala can advise, deliver, and manage enterprise ID securely and quickly. And with the recent acquisition of MR Access, (now Indala Ltd.) which increases our product range, customer portfolio, and production capacity, we fully expect 2005 to be another b year for Indala.”
About INDALA
Indala Corporation is a leading security technology company that develops and distributes 125KHz proximity; 13.56MHz contactless and contact smart cards; and associated readers for physical and network access-control applications. Indala manufactures the highest quality RFID product lines including FlexPass® Series, CX Series CASI®-compatible cards, Cotag® long range RFID, and MIFARE®/DESFire® high frequency products. Indala is renowned for delivering highly secure customized card access solutions for government and commercial applications around the world. Founded in 1985, Indala's installed customer base exceeds 100 million cards and two million readers. Indala was acquired by ASSA ABLOY in November of 2001. The Company's headquarters is located in San Jose, California . For more information, call 408-361-4700 or visit the Indala website at www.indala.com.
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