IDpendant press release
Turning smart cards into all-stars: IDpendant is the first provider on the globe to introduce an unprecedented solution for Card Management Systems
07. November 2007
Unterschleißheim – IDpendant, a provider of IT security solutions and a smart card expert (www.idpendant.com), has solved this dilemma by turning smart cards into easily manageable, multifunctional all-stars. Its refined BlueX based system combines all functions required for the secure generation and administration of smart cards and digital certificates. The new solution also allows for a complete integration of work time-recording and access systems. "Our innovative and flexible management solution marries two different worlds: 'logical' and 'physical' access, creating a solid base of trust for electronic business processes. It also greatly increases the availability of cards”, explains Ralf Bunger, director of product management at IDpendant GmbH.
Thanks to the new Card Management System solution by IDpendant, businesses can now centrally manage all digital identities in their company during their entire life cycle, including their generation, update, use and revocation. And there is more: the system controls all card-related processes, including issuing and personalizing them and all functions related to their use – e.g., disabling and enabling them – as well as the issue of visitor and replacement cards.
"The future belongs to multifunctional smart cards. They make corporate processes more flexible and efficient, increasing the comfort of use, which in turn leads to high user acceptance. At the same time, our new solution helps saves money, starting the day of its introduction”, explains Michael Gollner, IDpendant's CEO. IDpendant also offers a very special service for companies: the company's Card Management System solution can be customized to meet every customer's specific needs. The company also offers the option of developing additional components at the request of its customers. The same is true for the incorporation of third-party systems.
About IDpendant GmbH
IDpendant is an expert for IT security solutions, USB tokens and smart cards. Headquartered in Unterschleissheim near Munich, the company is independent of all manufacturers and offers a wide range of services, including authentication technology, IT security products, Card Management Systems and solutions for Identity & Access Management (IAM). IDpendant is part of the Swiss Trüb Group, a multinational expert for debit, credit, identity and loyalty cards.
– Smart cards are nowadays ever-present in both our private and professional lives. We use them as ATM cards or credit cards, as company IDs or as key cards to access office buildings, to track work time or to access secure IT systems at work – the range of possible uses for these sophisticated cards grows constantly. However, despite all these positive developments and the advantages associated with smart cards, there used to be one important setback, especially from a practical point of view: all applications had to be managed separately, each requiring a separate system.