Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

University of Ottawa Implements Smart Card

Monday, January 14, 2002

TORONTO, Ontario (December 10, 2001) - The University of Ottawa (U of O) campus has become a smart campus in more ways than one. This fall, ITC Systems (ITC), a leading supplier of Cash Card Systems technology in North America, took their smart card program campus wide across U of O’s sprawling mid town campus making them one of the most technologically advanced campuses around. 

Blackboard Announces New General Manager

Monday, January 14, 2002

excerpt from BlackBoard Trans@ction, 12/18/01

In an ongoing effort to expand and enhance all aspects of our operations, we are pleased to introduce Blackboard’s new General Manager of Commerce & Access Solutions and newest member of the Executive Management Team - Jim Hermens. Jim replaces Lowell Adkins, who has stepped down from his position as head of Phoenix operations to pursue opportunities outside of Blackboard. Lowell remains attached to Blackboard in an advisory capacity, where he will continue to offer his extensive industry expertise to our efforts. 

U-Pass program speeding along

Monday, January 14, 2002

CHRIS HAVENS

Discussion of the U-Pass program that allows free rides on local mass transit for any student or employee at University of Minnesota Duluth, the College of St. Scholastica or Lake Superior College. They just need to show a valid college ID card. 

Out with the new, in with the old at Michigan

Monday, January 14, 2002

CR80News staff

It began as the largest smart card deployment in the U.S., but in July of 2001 the University of Michigan announced that it would discontinue support for the chip element of its ID card. Originally issued in 1995, the chip-based Mcard was one of the first programs to integrate a magnetic stripe and chip on the same card. 

Company cafeterias change with the times

Monday, January 14, 2002

Robin Wood

Soup, salad, pizza, and maybe a hot dog with all the fixings. That’s what’s on the menu every day at local company cafeterias. And then there are the surprises: butternut squash soup, scallops and rice, Szechuan chicken wraps. 

National ID cards would be ripe for abuse

Monday, January 14, 2002

Philip Terzian

In the next two years, about 4 million identification cards will be issued to soldiers, sailors and airmen on active duty, selected reserves, civilian Pentagon employees and military contractors. The cards, which feature two photographs, two bar codes, a magnetic stripe and computer chip embedded in the plastic, will be nothing like old military ID cards or dog tags. They will plug in to multiple agencies and databases, authorize access to secure rooms, encrypt the holder’s e-mail, and enable him to purchase food and supplies. If a private first class should check into her base hospital, the card will summon all available medical records. 

Zebra Technologies Extends Fargo Acquisition Offer

Monday, January 14, 2002

/PRNewswire/

VERNON HILLS, Ill. and EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Jan. 9 – Zebra Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ZBRA) and Fargo Electronics, Inc.,