New programs are expanding its use beyond access into the full array of campus card functions By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications As campuses switch to contactless smart cards for student IDs and move more applications to the chip are the mag stripes’ days numbered? Greater security, increased convenience and reduced wear and tear on […]

Adirondack Solutions Inc., a Bridgewater, N.J. software provider for colleges, is offering a dedicated button on its software configuration panel for PERSONA-powered locksets making it easier to integrate the card reader locking system into a campus run by Adirondack’s housing management software. The PERSONA and Adirondack software are interfaced together, eliminating the need for the […]

TSA considers biometric ACIS program but airports are not convinced By Zack Martin, Editor The Transportation Security Administration wants airports across the country to issue and use an interoperable credential. If a flight attendant at Chicago O’Hare International Airport was on a crew flying in and out of Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport, the ID card and […]

But will its use expand beyond access control and into other card applications? By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor It wasn’t too long ago that contactless technology was considered the Cadillac of card technologies, but decreasing prices and increasing security concerns have placed contactless squarely in the sights of many college campuses. HID Global’s Mark Doi […]

Issuing combined student IDs and bank cards on campus reduces the time it takes to get these multifunction cards into students’ hands, and it enables them to begin using the card the moment they exit the campus card office. But if that card was a branded Visa or MasterCard product, this hasn’t been possible for […]

CBORD’s Off-Campus Advantage, which expands the functionality of the university-issued ID card by enabling local merchants to accept it as a form of payment, has added six more colleges to its roster, including State University of New York and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Off-campus programs increase student satisfaction and purchasing power at universities nationwide Ithaca, […]

CBORD announced today that they are releasing a new campus lock solution that provides campus housing with an easier, quicker, and more secure option for on campus security. The two types of locks, Campus Lock and Computer-Managed Lock, are both offline card readers that are equipped with CBORD’s CS Access Solution. They allow the management […]

Texas A&M selected CBORD’s Foodservice Suite® to power their dining services operation. The institution will also use the company’s NetNutrition® online nutritional analysis programand EventMaster® PLUS! catering and event management solution. Texas A&M has 47,000 students, 10,000 in residence halls, and 8200 on board plans. Texas A&M University selects CBORD’s Foodservice Suite University purchases software […]

The CBORD Group has added North Dakota State University to the list of users of its access control technology. The university selected CBORD’s CS Access™ product to replace an existing system and a phased implementation has begun. The system will eventually manage access to more than 200 doors. Ithaca, NY: The CBORD Group, Inc., is […]

Students using CBORD’s CS Gold cards, which the company inherited when it purchased Diebold’s campus card systems two years ago, will now be able to use their card accounts to pay for printing and copying jobs with GoPrint’s multi-platform pay-for-print service. CBORD’s Odyssey card users already enjoy this benefit. Ithaca, New York–The CBORD Group, Inc., […]