The market for smart cards, secure ICs, inlays, (biometric) data capture, card personalization, printing and issuance in government, healthcare, and citizen ID will reach a cumulative value of $72 billion by 2016. The largest proportion of revenues will be from the deployment of national ID cards and e-passports. 

The employment of higher-value applications, in particular [...]

idOnDemand, a business unit of Identive Group and Fuji Xerox Australia have formed an OEM partnership in which Fuji Xerox has incorporated idOnDemand’s highly secure identity readers into their multifunction devices (MFD) for secure copying and printing. idOnDemand’s TouchSecure™ readers enable Fuji Xerox to offer its customers a converged access solution that allows employees to [...]

Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a global provider of biometric identity solutions, announced that Claus Hünting has joined the business to lead the company’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) sales team. A former director of sales with LaserCard Corporation with extensive experience in the ID document industry, Hünting joins Cross Match as vice president, EMEA sales. [...]

Now Consumers, Businesses, Enterprises and Government Officials Can Have the Value of Data Security by Using an Original Concept of Two-Factor Authentication with Smart Card and Keypad, Real Time Hardware Encryption, and Futuristic Design Sense. ROCSTOR announed the launch of Amphibious, an International CES Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree. The Amphibious is a [...]