The UK airport operator, BAA, is to introduce a new taxi management system from IT services provider, Steria, for London’s Heathrow Airport. The solution aims to improve BAA’s ability to monitor and manage taxis and is based on wireless RFID technology with mobile devices, replacing an existing PC-based system. Tailored to meet BAA’s specific needs, […]

It is not uncommon for a college campus to have less than one parking space for every ten students. Add faculty and staff, visitors, and vendors to that equation and it is easy to see why a parking is among the top complaints and concerns on campus today. Multimillion dollar parking garages, land grabs, and […]

Does your company offer parking access and/or payment solutions? Mark Reinart, Manager Marketing Systems and Development, Diebold Numerous Colleges and Universities use their Diebold CS Gold card system to manage and control campus parking. The flexible access control features of CS Gold tailor nicely to fit the needs of these campuses. Features like anti-pass back, […]

How can campus card administrators make a difference in the crucial campus service issue of parking? Mark Reinart, Manager Marketing Systems and Development, Diebold Providing comprehensive systems with a full suite of integrated applications provides end users the growth path and long system life cycle they should expect from their investment. Reducing the need to […]

The US Navy is testing a new contactless access control system called SmartGate to more accurately, securely, and easily track and control access to Navy bases. Under the new system, security personnel at entrance points use hand held readers to identify incoming vehicles and cardholders based on their contactless ID. They validate both the vehicle […]

Aix-en-Provence, June 23rd 2003- INSIDE Contactless, pioneer in Contactless technology and its market development team, today announced it has been chosen by Beacon Technologies, a leading system integrator, to supply the US Navy a select number of Contactless cards (PicoPass™ ) and readers (HandIT™ , Accesso™ ) in order to increase security while reducing manpower […]

HID and NEDAP, a leading Dutch RFID technology manufacturer and systems developer, announce the introduction of proximity card-enabled Automatic Vehicle Identification Reader (AVI) technology. This new dual ID, long distance, high speed AVI system integrates HID proximity cards with an in-vehicle mounted “Combi-Booster.” The 2.45 GHz transmitter securely transmits both the driver’s proximity serial ID […]

HID proximity cards can be read at distances up to 10 meters (33 feet) when combined with a signal booster from the Dutch RFID technology company, NEDAP. The new device called the Combi-Booster is designed for use in vehicles as a means to transmit both a vehicle identification number (stored in the Combi-Booster) and the […]