Although integrated smart cards and biometrics technology is only at an early growth phase, the stage is being set for its exceptional growth. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan APAC Integrated Smart Cards and Biometrics Markets, finds that the market earned $249.1 million in 2007 and is expected to reach $822.2 million by 2013.
HID Global recently announced that it has joined forces with the ASSA ABLOY Identification Technologies (ITG).
As countless counterfeiting successes have demonstrated, depending on a visual inspection for document verification isn't enough.
- By Rick Outland
- Feb 01, 2008
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Feb 01, 2008
Chase Farms in Walkerville, Mich., is leading the way in new technology for processing vegetables and fruits.
- By Courtney Pedersen
- Jan 03, 2008
Towering high-rises, sprawling college campuses and mass transit hubs can all have hundreds or thousands of people occupying them at any given moment. When a crisis emerges, it’s critical to protect lives, and that job becomes difficult when people are spread throughout a facility or across a wide area.
- By David George
- Jan 03, 2008
Video analytics promises to revolutionize the use of security cameras worldwide. For instance, intelligent video solutions are being developed to identify a face from millions of possibilities, pick out a suspect in a crowded stadium, detect a group of potential terrorists or spot suspicious behavior on city streets or in airports.
- By John Monti
- Jan 03, 2008
The digital revolution is transforming the nation’s culture and clearly altering the way people communicate with each other. Nowhere is technology’s power more visibly demonstrated than with training. Factor in digital training that educates, empowers and connects the vital security officer sector, and you have a game plan for success.
- By Rich Cordivari
- Dec 01, 2007