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Professional Golf Association Implements Oversized ID Badges For VIPs & Visitors
Overview: ADVANTIDGE and Major Sports Leagues are teaming up for an exciting shift that is happening in the world of professional sports. As older legacy systems become outdated and cumbersome, new solutions for high-volume issuance of oversized ID badges, in addition to credit card sized credentials, make more sense than using third party service providers…. View Article
Windows 10 Update 1903 Impacting HID FARGO Printers
Suddenly experiencing issues printing from your HID FARGO Printer? It is likely related to the recent Windows 10 update. The update originally released in May 2019 impacts the HID Fargo print driver causing high-level print jobs to fall on deaf ears, or rather, card printers which never “get the memo” to print. For organizations in… View Article
US-China Trade Impacts Identity Management Solutions
The US-China trade war continues to impact the landscape for security identity management manufacturers, resellers, and end-user solutions. What Happened In May, the Trump Administration announced an increase in import tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion of goods from China. These increases impact both U.S. producers and more recently, consumers. The positive outcomes… View Article
Support Options for Swiftcolor Printers
The SwiftColor Oversized ID card printer features single pass efficiency for the printing of large, high quality credentials that commonly use 3.5” x 5.5” sized cards. Oversized badges are regularly issued at large events, entertainment venues, health care organizations, festivals, sports teams, high end awards shows, conventions, educational summits and more. Support options for SwiftColor… View Article
Massive Healthcare Organization Seamlessly Integrates Safer Access Control
Overview: A world-class hospital and large healthcare organization with 10,000+ personnel and 1,000+ access points came to ADVANTIDGE requiring a higher level of security than their proximity system could offer. Like many organizations, the Los Angeles-based medical center had depended upon low-frequency RFID contactless cards to secure access to their facilities. We created a plan… View Article
Evolis Spare Parts Discontinued For Legacy Card Printers
End of life for Evolis Legacy Printers Pebble4, Dualys3 and Tattoo2 Commercial availability of spare parts ended on December 31, 2018 Pebble4, Dualys3, QB10 and Tattoo2 printers have been withdrawn from the market for several years now, and their spare parts will be withdrawn shortly. Their commercialization officially ended 2018 so be sure to place any… View Article
Smart Card Migration Large Institutions
Many of today’s colleges and universities are beginning to realize that moving away from traditional magnetic stripe (magstripe) and low-frequency proximity (prox) card technologies in favor of high-frequency, contactless “one-card” technology will provide their students, faculty and staff with a more secure and convenient on-campus experience. Below are some valid questions which present legitimate concerns… View Article
The Fastest Retransfer Printer for Secure ID Badges
Until now, high-volume applications requiring card personalization have been forced to choose between speed and quality. ADVANTIDGE can now offer clients the best of both with the new FARGO HDP6600 printer as a Professional Select Partner for HID. This is the sixth-generation retransfer printer from HID and introduces a completely re-engineered printing design. The HDP6600… View Article
The Fundamental Shift of IT with Physical Access Control
While physical security professionals have suspected a shift toward increased involvement of the IT department in physical access control, recent research has shown this to be true. A recent survey of more than 1,500 IT Managers, Directors, and staff, as well as Chief Information and Chief Technology Officers, found that IT departments are now more… View Article
Web Based Visitor Management Now Available
For decades the security industry has offered visitor management solutions that were designed to run on established networks with Windows operating systems. Online, web-based visitor management is now available through ADVANTIDGE on a universal platform that can be accessed from any web-enabled device. Organizations of any size can start tracking their visitors with minimal cost… View Article
