This compact card reader, designed to plug into a PC environment, is the ultimate smart card peripheral for a PC. With no need of technical knowledge, it is very simple to use and install for the user. Good for electronic commerce, home banking, e-purse facilites, secure computer access and a multitude of other applications, the PC Twin is a smart answer. The new transparent design allows the for the use of the smart card as a promotional tool and helps bring down the overall cost.

Additional uses include:

• Computer-access control
• Electronic smart-card personalization
• Development of smart-card application software

A cost-effective and secure solution for your smart card based applications, the Gem PC USB-SW is a single chip reader based on GemCore Pro technology. This USB reader supports most microprocessor cards. The ergonomic silver casing and modern design of the Gem PC USB-SW suits every end-user environment. Although it is a light-weight reader, the Gem PC USB-SW is steady on any desk or surface.

The Gem PC Card Reader plugs into a standard PCMCIA Type II PC slot for laptop PC and mobile users. Simple to use and install, no technical knowledge is needed. Good for electronic commerce, home banking, e-purse facilities and secure computer access, the PC Card is a smart answer.

Possibilities include:

• Electronic coupons / loyalty
• Internet access
• Secure download of content
• Computer access control
• Network security
• People Identification

Benefits:

• Strong and reliable casing
• Increased Smart Card performances
• EMV 4.0 terminal level 1 certified
• Easy to install and maintain
• Sticker and packaging for easy custom branding

The Gem PC Express smart card reader/writer is designed to plug into standard PCMCIA ExpressCard 54 PC slots. The ultimate smart card peripheral for laptop PC and mobile users, it is simple to install and requires no technical knowledge.

Uses include:

• Electronic commerce
• Home-banking
• Electronic coupons/loyalty
• E-purse facilities
• Secure computer access
• Internet access
• Secure download of content
• Network security
• People identification

The Gem Prox-PU is a contactless desktop reader designed to fit the requirements of national and international projects of the Payment and Identity markets. It is fully compliant with the corresponding standards such as PayPass, ExpressPay, ICAO, and FIPS 201.

The reader is made of a main board embedding the Gemalto Prox Chipset, two SAM connectors and two communication ports: RS232 and USB. The other board is the RF antenna which has been particularly dimensioned for Payment cards and e-passports.

The Prox-PU is also available as an OEM coupler named Prox-CU which as the same electrical and functional characteristics.

Benefits include:

• Convenience
• Compliant with market standards

The Gem Prox P5 is a general purpose contactless reader. It is well suited for all the ISO 14443 A&B and Mifare applications of the Proximity Payment, Identity, Access Control and Mass Transit markets.

Benefits:

• Easy to Use
• Compliant with market standards
• Personalization

The Gem Prox Development Kit eases Wireless Solutions development for the Java developers, managing such development directly in a familiar environment: the Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Hence, the developer will smoothly understand the Java Card specificities.

Dedicated Java Card wizards enable easy project creation and Wireless Application code generation. These Rapid Application Development Wizards are designed with valid default values (always click on 'next' button) to quickly create an operational standard application in a real smart card.

Gemalto Developer is available as three different kits:

* Evaluation Kit * Full Kit * Enterprise Kit

By extending the Microsoft .NET programming model to the smart card, this innovative new Gemalto product offers businesses and application developers a rich feature set including managed memory, strong security, and language independence.

• Strong, two-factor authentication; aligned with Microsoft's Crypto Next Generation architecture
• plug-in available in Windows updates or natively in Windows Vista
• Rich development environment; plug-in for Visual Studio .NET
• .NET compatible; language independent
• 32-bit architecture, field-updatable OS; adherence to industry standards
• Support for future technologies such as Microsoft's InfoCard

The combination of the .NET model and the smart card means that the card performs well as a peer computing device, maintains consistent, strong security with applications both on- and off-card, and leads the way to better integrated smart-card applications and services.

The smart card interacts easily with host applications without the need for complicated host software, and is fully integrated with the Windows environment.

For all these reasons and more, the Gemalto .NET smart card has been chosen as Microsoft's worldwide corporate badge for logical and physical access.

Even as personalized Internet services become more common, security, privacy and confidentiality remain issues for most consumers. Having more secure authentication is certainly important and is a good initial step to protect end users, but is still not enough.

Smart cards enabled with secure web services provide more control for the user when interacting with open networks. The smart card becomes an individual personal web server interacting with the digital world.

Security

Secure implementation plugged into Microsoft's cryptographic architecture. The .NET smart card is enabled through Microsoft's Base Smart Card Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP). This not only ensures security through strong authentication, but also supports easier, more cost-effective deployments by exploiting the CSP architecture.

—Gemalto's Card Module is available in the latest Windows updates, and card support is included in Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system.—

Seamless access to cryptographic services. Developers can easily modify existing solutions that use .NET cryptographic services to take advantage of the enhanced security and customization options of smart cards. The smart card supports Microsoft's next-generation CSP in the Windows Vista operating system so that businesses and developers can always employ the latest in cryptographic technology.