visitor management campus

Case Studies

Enterprise Visitor Management System for Large Secure Facility

September 12, 2025 • , , ,

Background A large industrial campus in the Pacific Northwest needed to improve security across its expansive facility. With multiple entrances…

halo smart sensor data

Case Studies

Middle School Reduced Bathroom Vaping with HALO Smart Sensors

May 12, 2026 • ,

Middle School Reduced Bathroom Vaping with HALO Smart Sensors Creating a safe and healthy learning environment has become one of…

physical ID badges

Articles

Industries Where Physical ID Badges Are Required

March 7, 2026 • , ,

When you think about organizations who deploy physical ID badges, most are within industries that are required to use visible…

custom HID cards

Product News

Visual Security Elements on Custom HID Cards

February 4, 2026 • , ,

Increase Security With Visual Elements On Custom HID Cards For Access Control For many organizations, an access badge starts as…

HID Fargo Connect

Articles

Top Cloud ID Badging Solutions for Enterprise Organizations

December 2, 2025 • , ,

Top 3 Cloud ID Badging Solutions for Multi-Location Enterprises Enterprise organizations are ditching legacy, on-premise ID badging systems and moving…

CMMC 2.0 physical access control upgrade

Articles

HID Crescendo Smart Cards and Security Keys For MFA

May 12, 2022 • ,

HID Crescendo® 2300 Cards and Keys provide organizations with seamless and secure employee authentication, ensuring that only authorized people can…

Read the most recent articles

The world is changing more rapidly than ever.

Security Integrator Wins Back Huge Metro Police Client

Security Integrator Wins Back Huge Metro Police Client

August 11, 2022 , , , , ,

Overview: A national security integration partner and their end user, a large Metro Police Department, produce over 100,000 city permits per year, within a high volume, high-pressure environment. The police department already had over a decade of experience using multiple retransfer printers from the ID card industry and was looking for a solution that could… View Article


Case Study: National Healthcare Organization Achieves Secure ID Badge Issuance After Multiple Acquisitions

National Healthcare Organization Achieves Secure ID Badge Issuance After Acquisitions

August 9, 2022 , , , , ,

Overview:  A large health care system with over 100,000 employees was searching for a better way to coordinate the launch of their new brand to staff after multiple acquisitions. For doctors, nurses, and other healthcare personnel, employee ID badges are required to have standardized color coding so ID cards are displayed visibly to patients. Despite… View Article


Access Control Upgrades That Help Employees Feel Safe

July 27, 2022 , , , ,

Big City Enterprise Security Solutions and Risks As companies reopen their doors for employees in big cities like Los Angeles, organizations that have ground floors accessible are challenged with an increase in unwanted guests who may have been using private property such as lobbies and garages to partake in illicit, illegal, or inappropriate activities. This… View Article


Holding a phone with a QR barcode and seeing the website URL physical access control system

Are QR Codes the Best 2D Barcode For Enterprise ID Cards

July 26, 2022 , , ,

Let’s Talk about the 2D Barcode A 2D barcode is a graphical image, and matrix data, that stores information horizontally like 1D barcodes, as well as vertically, increasing their storage capacity. Quick response (QR) codes enable fast data access and are a type of 2D barcode. There are multiple different types of 2D barcodes and… View Article


Primacy 2 ID card printer from Evolis

Evolis Primacy 2 Printer Offers Features For Most Efficient Card Printing

July 25, 2022 , , ,

Evolis Primacy 2 Card Printer The Evolis Primacy 2 offers new color profiles, optimized printhead protection, rewrite capability, optional integrated scanner, digital erasing, double overlay ribbon, UV effect, and more. Perfect for applications with high-volume card issuance needed for membership, healthcare benefit cards, employee ID and more.    Summary of Primacy 2 features: *Printing: Single… View Article


physical access control systems can increase school safety

What is the Baseline Physical Access Control for Schools and Educational Institutions?

July 20, 2022 , , , ,

Straightforward Thinking Around School Safety As the landscape rapidly changes within our education system, ADVANTIDGE has been working closely alongside schools and school districts to streamline solutions as education costs skyrocket, and departments on all levels look for ways to do more with less. Add the looming threats to campus security, and educators must make… View Article


Why the FARGO HDP6600 is the Top High Volume ID Card Printer

July 19, 2022 , , , ,

The Enterprise Experience Enterprise-level security management requires efficient tools on demand, especially for high volume ID card printing. Physical and digital security risks have become intertwined with security convergence, requiring organizations to stay on top of updated technology for managing employee access and credentials, time-clocking purposes, employee security, and hybrid workforce capabilities.   Does your… View Article


Concerns in Transitioning from Remote to Hybrid to Full In Person Workplaces

July 14, 2022 , ,

Reintroducing Ourselves And Employees To Face-To-Face Work Post pandemic, many organizations that are required to have on-site personnel are adopting a hybrid workforce while reintroducing staff to office buildings, facilities, and campuses nationwide to full in-person work again. However, with such a large number of employees returning at once, this exposes vulnerabilities and employee security… View Article


HID Discontinues FARGO HDP8500 Printer

July 6, 2022

Notice of Product Discontinuation: HID FARGO HDP8500 Printer HID Global discontinued the HID FARGO HDP8500 Industrial Series Card Printer effective March 1, 2022. For two decades, our team at ADVANTIDGE recognizes that no two clients have exactly the same security needs, and we offer access priority support from our expert technicians to get the care… View Article


HID Discontinues Inline OMNIKEY 5121 and 5125 Encoders

July 5, 2022 ,

HID Discontinues Inline OMNIKEY 5121 and 5125 Encoders HID Global will be discontinuing several commercial configurations of the HID FARGO DTCe and HDP card printers, effective September 30, 2022. Specifically, the HID OMNIKEY 5121/5125 combo encoder and field upgrade kits are used for inline encoding of smart cards in the HID FARGO® DTCe and HDP… View Article