By Dirk Melzer, Melzer maschinenbau. For more than 60 years, MELZER maschinenbau has been successfully producing customised machines and production equipment, including processing systems for smart products such as smart labels, plastic cards, e-Government solutions, and special products and labels, as well as ID cards, contactless cards, and RFID inlays. Users benefit from patented machine…
Category: Identification
Harmonisation of the Identity Ecosystem: a pragmatic view
By Dr. Joseph J. Atick, Executive Chairman, ID4Africa Harmonization is the theme of this year’s ID4Africa Annual Meeting. It is a term that has received a lot of attention recently because of the current fragmentation in the African identity ecosystems. But what does it really mean? And how can a country achieve it? An ecosystem…
Telefónica Deutschland selects Gemalto solution to deliver identity verification service
Gemalto is supplying Telefónica Deutschland, Germany's leading mobile communication provider, with an identity verification service. It will complement the existing verification solutions and enable prepaid customers to easily confirm their identity through all sales channels, including in-store, online and via their mobile. Gemalto's service confirms the authenticity of a vast range of identity documents in real-time, these…
Gemalto enables swift and secure creation of Trusted Digital Identities
Gemalto at this years Mobile World Congress has showcased its ability to enable Trusted Digital Identities that will unlock a new generation of secure and convenient digital services. Leveraging the company's unrivalled experience across fields such as identity verification, biometrics and mobile services, Gemalto integrates all the technologies needed to seamlessly capture biometrics and verify user identities, and then…
Upgrading the Identity Ecosystems in Africa
By Dr. Joseph J. Atick, Executive Chairman, ID4Africa In developed nations, people routinely assert their identities dozens of times a day. They do it effortlessly through many different means and for many different purposes; they do it so much so, that asserting one’s identity has blended into the fabric of habitual actions that people do…
New partner for identification platform Verimi
The new European identification, registration and data platform Verimi welcomes further support: Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), world market leader for the validation of payment transactions, identification, connectivity and data becomes a new shareholder. Donata Hopfen, CEO of Verimi, said: “With Giesecke+Devrient we are happy to welcome a new partner on board that brings a high level of expertise in the areas of…
Elyctis introduces ID TAB Suite; makes development of ID control applications easy for all developers
Elyctis, an expert in ID card and ePassport readers, has introduced ID TAB Suite, a full software environment that transforms the life of application developers. ID TAB Suite includes a fully-fledged software development kit (SDK) including a Java API for Android, a web integration model, documentation and demonstrations. For instance, ID TAB Suite libraries already…
HID Global Names Top Identification and Sensing Technology Drivers
HID Global®, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, has been at the forefront of helping organizations around the world to streamline processes by securely connecting equipment, devices, inventory, and many other assets to local and web-based business applications. The company draws upon its market insights from deploying identification and sensing technologies to identify today’s…