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Blackboard, FeliCa enable school-created apps
Aptiq: More than just physical access
When Blackboard deploys Sony’s FeliCa contactless smart cards, the credentials have two areas: a secure area where payment and physical access control transactions take place and an open area where the school can add its own applications, says Jun Shionozaki, technical consulting manager, FeliCa Business Division at Sony.
Schlage’s Aptiq line of smart cards and readers is built on an open standard that enables organization’s to build their own application for the cards, says Rajesh Venkat, vice president of marketing at Ingersoll Rand. The company is working with application developers to create different programs for the credentials.
“In the past campuses could only use the mag stripe credential but now they can go out and be creative,” Shionozaki says.
Schlage is positioning the Aptiq line as not just a solution for physical access control but also for payments in different environments. “Aptiq is not only going to be used for physical access but other applications as well,” he says.
Blackboard says that some 60 schools have deployed FeliCa readers and 20 have deployed the cards. Some of the applications schools are creating include computer login, ticketing and event tracking, Shionozaki says.
The product line is aimed at any size organization including campuses, health care and corporations, Venkat says.
ID Flow brings visitor management on campus
USFI offering biodegradable ID cards to schools
Jolly Technologies’ ID Flow visitor management system enables a school to scan a driver license, capture a photo and fingerprint biometric, check that data against a watch list and then issue a credential, says Kurt Bell, vice president of sales and marketing at Jolly Technologies.
Campuses wanting to be greener may want to give USFI a look. The company offers biodegradable and recycled card stock for IDs. A typical PVC card will take between 200 and 300 years to breakdown in a landfill, but USFI’s biodegradable cards will turn to dust anywhere from nine months to five years, says Brian Sterling, account executive at USFI Student ID Cards.
The ID Flow system is built with an open architecture and is designed to easily integrate with existing physical access control systems. Companies can create their own watch lists or subscribe to law enforcement lists, Bell says.
USFI’s card stock has an enzyme that begins to break the card down once it’s placed in a landfill. The company also offers recycled cards for campus use. Fall 2011 | CR80News | 11