Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

HID Global's Crescendo smart cards work with Windows Vista

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

HID Global’s Crescendo smart cards have earned the ‘Works with Windows Vista’ logo for the Smart Card Framework minidriver. Crescendo cards also work with all physical access control systems. Organizations can now deploy a single credential for both logical and physical access control applications. Both Crescendo C200 and C700 smart cards are supported by Microsoft Identity Lifecyle Manager 2007. In addition, Crescendo C700 supports applications from third-party vendors including single sign-on, VPN and pre-boot authentication.

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