Smartcard briefs February 2005 Strong growth predicted for 2005
Smartcard vendors predict another good year in 2005, led by healthy demand in the mobile phone and banking sectors and new demand in government identity projects. SIM ...
Security, or a deterrent? February 2005, WSP Group Africa There are various approaches to security within the confines of an office park. Often the security is left in the hands of the landlord, who pays for a security guard to man the gate and that is the sum ...
Making waves in microwave detection February 2005, Security Equipment Centre Microwave detection in security applications has been around for over 20 years as an extremely effective form of motion detection. Its main advantage is that it is able to detect over large areas and ...
GSC Systems releases fingerprint reader for ProxNet February 2005 GSC Systems is pleased to announce that a fingerprint reader for the ProxNet System has been released.
The 647-40 Biometric Reader is easily integrated with both new and existing ProxNet installations ...
ADT Security voted tops in KZN and SA December 2004, Security Services & Risk Management ADT Security has made a clean sweep of several leading awards ceremonies - particularly in KwaZulu-Natal.
The awards include the Daily News 'reader's choice' which voted ADT Security as the region's ...
Smartcard Briefs December 2004 Portable biometric/smartcard reader
The SmartPrint Mobile Checker is a wireless, handheld authentication unit used to read data from contactless, secure personal identification (smart) cards. The Mobile ...
Smartcard market explodes December 2004 The smartcard industry is poised for an unprecedented explosion in South Africa, with three large-scale rollouts set to begin in 2005 and several more waiting in the wings.
More than 50 million smartcards ...
Biometrics integration with card-based systems December 2004 Although the primary function of any biometric device is to verify the identify of an individual, access control requires the ability to identify the person plus unlock a door, grant or deny access based ...
FAQs - smartcards and biometrics December 2004, Security Services & Risk Management 1. What is a smartcard ID?
A smartcard includes an embedded computer chip that can be either a microprocessor with internal memory or a memory chip alone. The card connects to a reader with direct physical ...
Diamonds are forever December 2004 Since its creation in 2001, Ideco Technologies has been distributing Sagem biometric technology throughout South Africa and in the southern African region. Sagem fingerprint technology serves the international ...
Major Botswana orders for Bitcon December 2004, Integrated Solutions Bitcon Industries has supplied almost 200 fire door and frame assemblies for the Ministry of Health headquarters in Gaborone - one of several recent major orders from Botswana for the company's range ...
Chemical indicator for first responders December 2004, Fire & Safety A new product for first responders and other special teams has just been introduced to South Africa. Called the HazMat Smart-Strip, it is a disposable reagent strip card featuring a number of reagent ...
ABB reports steady improvement in profitability December 2004, ABB South Africa, News ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, reports a steady improvement in orders and revenues, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) as well as cash flow from operations in the third quarter ...
Telemetry system for harsh environments December 2004, Spero Sensors & Instrumentation, Data Acquisition & Telemetry One of the successes for the Spero Group has been its development, and continued enhancement of the SL2000 harsh environment telemetry system. Originally developed for fire detection its versatility has ...
GPS receiver gets aiding functionality 17 November 2004, RF Design, Electronics Technology, Information Security An innovative 'aiding' functionality was added to the Antaris GPS technology, jointly developed by u-blox and Atmel, which now makes 'time to first fix' within four seconds a reality. The aiding parameters ...
Miniaturised quad protection 3 November 2004, Electrocomp, Circuit & System Protection As a result of progressive miniaturisation of components, Epcos has been offering a multilayer varistor as a quad array with nickel barrier termination (three-layer silver/nickel/tin metallisation) in ...
Understanding an access control system November 2004 Access control systems are made up of four basic components; cards, readers, controllers and software
BoomGate's Traffic Barrier November 2004 BoomGate Systems has recently launched its new Traffic Barrier. The new barrier comes standard with a boom breakaway system. This ensures that the boom arm stays attached to the barrier and swings away ...
