National ID cards will account for 50% of government smart cards in 2017

Adoption and migration to next generation smart national ID cards continues its strong growth, driving government-issued smart card shipments to 765 million in 2017. National ID cards will account for the lion’s share of shipments, jumping from 37% in 2012 to 50% in 2017. This is driven by new adoption and migration to next generation…

Slovakian new national eID program offers greater security and efficiency

The Slovakian government has installed the Datacard® MX6000™ card issuance systems and the Datacard Syntera® customization suite software for its highly secure national eIDs, driver’s licenses, border crossing cards, vehicle registration cards and resident permits.  Approximately 520,000 cards are issued annually.  Working with Hewlett Packard in Slovakia – who is the primary contract holder on…

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