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Selling security

In a recent column in CIO, Bruce Schneier, a renowned cryptology expert, and chief security officer with BT, wrote about the difficulties of selling security, which happens to be the core of selling secure devices such as smart cards.

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Predictions?

Niels Bohr, the well-known Danish physicist, once said, "Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future". May be our industry is experiencing such difficulty in prediction …

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Plane tickets dematerialized

This week has been marked by the dematerialization of plane tickets on a worldwide basis. Old-fashioned plane tickets have been replaced by e-tickets, for at least 240 airlines belonging to IATA, covering more than 90% of international flights.

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Gemalto already two years old!

On June 2nd, 2006, the EU authorities allowed the merger between Gemplus and Axalto, respectively #1 and #2 of the smart card industry. So, now that the initial shock is over, we can wonder whether this merger is a success.

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