Atmel & Guard ID To Deliver Online Security 05:17PM, 15-Mar-2009 Atmel and Guard ID Systems announced that the 2 companies are collaborating to bring to market revolutionary products that can efficiently protect consumers against online identity theft and fraud. As a 1st step in their collaboration, Guard ID is using the Atmel AT98SC secure microcontroller in ID Vault, its consumer online security product.

Aconite Announces South American Expansion 05:02PM, 15-Mar-2009 Aconite announced a partnership with Ipsgroup in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay and also with Tecnocomputación 3000 in Venezuela and its sister company, Identificación Plástica in Colombia to supply Aconite’s award-winning portfolio of EMV migration and prepaid card solutions in their respective markets.

Neowave Offers Smart Object Technology To SIMply U 05:02PM, 15-Mar-2009 Neowave is offering its Smart Object technology to the SIMply U range of Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) empowered dongle from Sagem Orga to create innovative solutions of convergence within communication services. At the Berlin SIMposium, Sagem Orga demonstrated SIMply U devices based on the state-of-the-art smart object technology from Neowave.

Innova Card Signs New VAR Agreement In China 05:01PM, 15-Mar-2009 Innova Card announced that it has signed a Value Added Reseller (VAR) agreement with ViewAt, a Chinese provider of POS solutions. Under this agreement, ViewAt will promote Innova Card’s product line in the Chinese market.

Castles Unveils USIP-Powered VEGA7000 Terminal 05:01PM, 15-Mar-2009 Innova Card announced that the new EFTPOS VEGA7000 developed by Castles Technology has received the full PCI-PED accreditation.

Passlogix To Resell HID Crescendo Cards 05:01PM, 15-Mar-2009 Passlogix announced that it has added HID Global’s Crescendo - combined physical and logical access control cards - and Omnikey card readers to the third-party strong authentication devices it resells to customers of its v-GO Sign-On Platform, its solution suite for enterprise single sign-on. The agreement will simplify product sourcing for v-GO users who want to deploy Crescendo cards as part of their access control programme.

Sagem Orga & MAT Partner For Perso Solutions 05:01PM, 15-Mar-2009 Sagem Orga and Maine Avenue Technologies (MAT) announced a strategic partnership to provide advanced USIM card personalisation solutions for mobile operators’ retail outlets.

PNA Selects HBNet For Loyalty Programme 05:01PM, 15-Mar-2009 Hypercom announced that its HBNet subsidiary will provide high-speed transaction transport services for Pacific Network Access (PNA), a company that is building an innovative host-based customer loyalty programme for retail stores.

ISTS & MagTek Announce Technology Partnership 05:00PM, 15-Mar-2009 MagTek announced its collaboration with ISTS to provide custom integrated web applications for security-conscious merchants who use its MagneSafe secure card readers, its newest PCI-2.0-compliant iPad and Express Card 1000. ISTS will work directly with MagTek to help customers build and integrate applications for secure distributed gift card personalisation and highly-fortified POS applications, where data is encrypted at the point of swipe and where the card itself, as well as the cardholder data, the device and the website can be authenticated.

HID Global & DSI For Financial Card Solution 05:00PM, 15-Mar-2009 HID Global announced that it has signed an agreement with DemoTeller Systems Inc. (DSI) who will distribute a bundled system to FIs for instant issuance of non-embossed cards.