http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Finley+Bradfield Business Finley Bradfield Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=294687&ca=Business As with all useful technologies, the explosion of ID cards has been dramatic in recent years. Everywhere from football grounds to hospitals and schools, colleges and universities and even individual houses now have their doors controlled by an access system As can be expected, the wide variety of te... Business Finley Bradfield Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=294572&ca=Business Have you ever considered how many times a day you use an access card? Not many people think about this simple piece of plastic which they carry around with them everywhere they go. Yet life would not be the same without this small modern equivalent of the key. Universities have been very quick on th... Business Finley Bradfield Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=294583&ca=Business ID Cards, or identification cards, are common place these days – you want to use a gym, go to a library, have a hotel room or even get into your place of work, and the chances are that you will have an access card. Probably one card per application! In the early days, identification cards were simpl... Business Finley Bradfield Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=294655&ca=Business These days, we take ID cards for granted. Even though a significant proportion of the population does not like the idea of “big brother” watching, and they like their anonimity, the very same people will have a pocket full of credit cards and store loyalty cards. It is simply the fact that these ide... Business Finley Bradfield Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=294673&ca=Business As the costs of access cards have reduced, and as their acceptance into general use has become more prevalent, electronic access cards are now being used in ever larger numbers by large buildings such as football stadiums and even in giant conference and event centres. One case is the introduction o... Business Finley Bradfield Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=294677&ca=Business There are many ways in existence to track items and people as they go about their day-to-day business. For years, the bar code has been the standard way to identify products, and they have also been used on many identity cards, such as library or club membership cards. They are also even used on som... Internet Finley Bradfield Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=294680&ca=Internet With the advent of incredibly cheap card manufacture, mostly driven by the credit card industry, there are a wide number of Internet companies who are now offering low cost access to the Internet. Using access cards which are purchased at the area where the Internet access is offered or alternativel... Business Finley Bradfield Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=294682&ca=Business Smart cards, access cards or what are commonly known as ID cards (identification cards) are used for a wide variety of reasons. Originally used simply for door access, or even access through turnstiles, access cards are now typically connected to a computer and therefore much more can be done with t... Medical Business Finley Bradfield Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=294257&ca=Medical+Business Security is increasingly important throughout the health services industry. We read in the papers of violent behaviour affecting both management and staff in hospitals and because of these reports there are a substantial proportion of general hospital staff who actively fear becoming a victim of vio... Business Finley Bradfield Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=294258&ca=Business All businesses and facilities need to accept visitors at some time during the day – otherwise you would be working in a top security area, and even prisons accept visitors. It is vitally important to manage visitors in a secure way, but it is also important to process visitors quickly and simply. If...