CARMEL, IN - December
16, 2010 - Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, a leading global provider
of security and safety solutions and manufacturer of Schlage contactless smart
credentials and readers, announced that it will enter into a technology partnership
with Vision Database Systems (VDS), a supplier of ID issuance, management,
and ID tracking solutions. VDS has recently leveraged their development capabilities
to integrate their ID management program with Schlage's high security access
control reader and credential products. The partnership will let VDS customers
pair open architecture smart credentials and readers from Schlage with the
ID issuance, management, and tracking services offered by Vision Database
Systems.
"Ingersoll Rand Security
Technologies is pleased to announce a partnership with a veteran ID technology
company like Vision Database Systems, which brings nearly 20 years of ID industry
experience to the table," emphasizes John Menzel, Ingersoll Rand Security
Technologies director of business development. "Their ability to interface
with our smart credentials with an equal level of security, utilizing various
cryptographic techniques, really sets them apart from the competition. By
combining our high security open architecture credentials with their system
integration capabilities, we can provide solutions that are much more secure
and more flexible than others on the market. This flexibility proves, once
again, the importance of an open architecture system over a proprietary credential
solution."
"Given our history
in the ID Carding space, we are proud to be the first ID software solution
with inline encoding and decoding of the non-proprietary Schlage card, which
allows our customers to provide 21st Century security with an optimal ROI
but, most importantly, lets our customers control the destiny of their ID
card programs," declares Emil Bonaduce, president of Vision Database
Systems.
Over the last 15 years,
VDS has made IDMS ID carding software an open industry standard which interfaces
to most popular plastic printers and works well with access control systems,
library, food, and even some prominent proprietary campus software. It has
been instrumental with helping over 50 of the largest colleges in the United
States navigate from magnetic stripe cards to proximity cards and, now, to
popular smart card technologies, while keeping investments in their infrastructures
secure.
About Vision Database Systems
Based in Jupiter, Florida,
Vision Database Systems develops software products for ID carding and ID tracking.
VDS is a leader in the ID card and tracking systems field. After success with
its ID card software, RapIDcard, in the 1990s, VDS went on to develop RapIDtrack
and Pocketracker, a companion PC Based and Handheld ID tracking solution for
schools, universities, businesses, events and more. VDS photo ID card system
software creates emergency and essential personnel ID badges and their Handheld
Tracking and Biometric Authentication solutions validate an individual's identity
as well as manage and track proper security credentials. VDS photo ID card
and tracking systems are customizable, user friendly and scalable for use
in any business. For additional information, visit www.visiondatabase.com.