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Nov-14-03
INSIDE Contactless (leading supplier of contactless chips and couplers) today announces the result of a strong and productive partnership with HID Corporation (the world's largest manufacturer of contactless readers and cards for the access control industry). iCLASS, HID's new read/write contactless smart card optimized for multiple applications based on INSIDE Contactless' technology, will be displayed at Cartes 2003 on INSIDE's booth 3J041.
In the development of this new product line, INSIDE licensed their contactless smart card technology to HID, which provided its savoir faire in both the design and integration to provide a best-of-class, high security, contactless solution for the Access Control world. The result of this teamwork was the development of iCLASS contactless smart cards and readers, making access control solutions open, more powerful, more versatile, and most importantly, offering enhanced security through encryption and mutual authentication. At the same time, iCLASS is user-friendly, delivering the convenience, affordability and reliability of proximity technology for which HID is known worldwide.
INSIDE has provided HID over 2 million PicoPass(TM) chips for the manufacture of the iCLASS cards. The 16Kbit version of these iCLASS smart cards is compliant with several ISO standards (ISO 14443 A/B and ISO 15693). The standards enable many developers to work with proximity applications as well as applications needing longer range.
This product line has several unique features going a step beyond the traditional RFID technology, it includes encrypted data storage, mutual authentication, secure reading and writing of data, and user definable access keys.
Didier Serra, Sales Director Worldwide stated: "INSIDE continues to prove itself to be a valued partner for supporting both our ambitious technological challenges while offering significant industrial support. "
The iCLASS product family was designed to provide a true multi-application, open solution for access control, as well as time and attendance, authorization access to office equipment, digital cash, IT secure authentication (logical access), lighting and HVAC control and billing, transit passes, guard tour patrol, equipment and material check-out, and loyalty and membership programs.
About INSIDE Contactless:
INSIDE Contactless is a pioneering semiconductor provider dedicated on the development of products and technologies for contactless markets. The company is a leading supplier of contactless chips and readers, offering a range of technological solutions for markets like transport, access control, payment, identity, and electronic identification. INSIDE Contactless acts as a one-stop shop for its customers by providing a complete contactless technological platform. With its headquarters in Aix-en-Provence, France, and offices in Shanghai, China and Wilmington (Delaware, USA) INSIDE Contactless works with a worldwide customer base such as system integrators, VARs and application developers. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.insidecontactless.com.
About HID:
As the largest manufacturer of contactless access control readers and cards for the security industry, HID has shipped over 150 million credentials to customers worldwide. HID pioneered the development of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for physical access control. Proximity and iCLASS technologies can be housed on the same credential and combined with other technologies such as magnetic stripe, barcode, or contact smart chip modules. This provides users the ability to leverage their investment in existing systems while seamlessly upgrading to new technologies and adding new applications. For increased security, users can add a photo ID or anti-counterfeiting element such as a hologram or ultraviolet ink. HID's experience in developing card technologies enables them to play a critical role in the evolution and adoption of contactless smart card technology used for applications such as access control, IT secure authentication, digital cash, the storage of biometric templates, and the storage and retrieval of critical information. For more information on HID, visit their website at http://www.hidcorp.com. SOURCE INSIDE Contactless
SOURCE INSIDE Contactless