UbiQ's software integrates what had previously been a complex, time-intensive process for card issuers. UbiQlink lets card issuers personalize mass quantities of smart cards at significantly higher throughputs and even greater security, using a wide variety of card personalization equipment. Designed to support all smart card operating and application systems, UbiQlink provides a universal front-end to the computerized equipment that performs the smart card initialization and personalization processes. It is compatible with all types and models of smart cards, from manufacturers worldwide, including those from Schlumberger, a worldwide leader. It is being held at the Washington DC Convention Center, April 27-30, 1998.
Significant growth is forecast for smart card production.
SGS-Thomson also reports that, by the year 2000, annual production of smart cards will reach 3.8 billion units. Solutions enabling mass card issuance and interoperability, such as those being demonstrated by UbiQ and Schlumberger at CardTech, will support this rapid growth. The company provides cards, terminals, development tools, and support in open configurations for operators, developers, integrators, and distributors worldwide. Under The Smart Village brand, the Schlumberger offer includes the milestone Cyberflex card, the industry's first Java-based smart card. It was founded in 1994 and is based in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota.