RFID Smart Cards: Integration of Smart Cards with Upcoming Technologies Essential to ...

From Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter (press release), CA ... Even as smart card manufacturers remain ... These USB tokens use a smart card-based network login system that eliminates the need for an actual card reader. ...

" ... Analysts at Frost say the uptake of smart cards is likely to be threatened by the emergence of alternative technologies, such as proximity and magnetic stripe cards in physical access control applications and universal serial bus tokens in logical access control applications. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, World Access Control (Physical & Logical) Market, reveals that revenues in this industry totaled $62.4 million in 2003 and are projected to reach $86.9 million in 2008. ... "

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