Flying from London to New York, the MacBook battery life allows me to do some serious work - and play around with Google Sketchup too

Those visiting the NXP booth were able to demo our solution, ConCERTO at CARTES.

A look at our contactless smart card/NFC software development kit at the Identive booth at the Smart Card Alliance 2012 Payments Summit.

Multicard's Marc Freundlich and Identive Transponder division's Roger Hornstra from the Identive booth at the Smart Card Alliance 2012 Payments Summit. The two were discussing the latest NFC tag and reader products from Identive.

A glimpse of NFC tags and keyfobs from Identive's Transponder division from the Smart Card Alliance 2012 Payments Summit booth.

Identive CEO Ayman Ashour walks by the Hirsch Identive ISC West booth.

Roger Hornstra, Identive Transponder Division, speaks with a booth visitor at the Smart Card Alliance 2012 Payments Summit.

The 'NFC Applications & Services' panel from the 2012 Payments Summit begins. The session was moderated by Scott Allan of NXP and featured discussions on Mobile Wallet Payments & Coupons - Doug Morgan, C-Sam; Smart Posters & Tags - David Holmes, Identive Group; Mobile Provisioning Using Multiple TSMs - Amol Deshmukh, Gemalto; and, Intel Embedded NFC - Thomas Calvert, Intel.

Michael Schreiber, Stefan Trautner and Dietmar Wendling pose for a pic at the Identive booth.

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At the 2012 Payments Summit, Identive's booth is featuring smart tags and readers. Our banner shows how "We Bring Tags to Life."

Trustee Ann Bell chairs the Q&A panel

Mr. X [Jay Goldman], Jennifer Pahlka of CMP and Chris Messina of Citizen Agency, formerly with Flock. [I had it wrong; see Miss Rogue's comments below.)

A slide taken from Dave Holmes' presentation at the 2012 Payments Summit. Dave discussed smart poster and tags during the 'NFC Applications & Services' panel.

A look at some Smartag keyfobs and MIFARE figurines at the Identive booth.

These are the current results of a poll Avshalom Ish-Lev set his >16,000 fellow members of the LinkedIn group, Identity Management Specialists Group.

He asked: "What do you think is the best IDM product out there?" and gave them 5 Identity Management solutions to choose from: IBM ITIM, CA IdentityMinder, Oracle Identity Manager, Microsoft FIM, and NetIQ Identity Manager.

View the poll at: bit.ly/18zuhJu (group membership may be required)

A look at the background of the expert panel from the 2012 Payments Summit.

Tom Calvert of Intel meets with Rob Zivney (VP Government & Standards) at the 2012 Payments Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Some of the Identive "guys." Meet Louis Modell (ID Infrastructure division), Roger Hornstra (Transponder division) and Stefan Trautner (ID Infrastructure) at the 2012 Payments Summit.

Dave Holmes prepares for the 'NFC Applications & Services' panel at the Smart Card Alliance 2012 Payments Summit.

Identive Software Development Kits (SDKs) are on display at CARTES in our demo suite.

Dave Holmes presents an overview of NFC during the "NFC Applications & Services" panel at the 2012 Payments Summit.

Bob Merkert moderates the "NFC Ecosystem & Security" panel at the Smart Card Alliance 2012 Payments Summit.

Prof. dr. Bart Jacobs gave his lecture on "Identity Management" at Hackerspace Hack42 Arnhem.

Louis Modell speaks with a booth attendee from the 2012 Payments Summit. Lou is currently the VP of Americas for Identive's ID Infrastructure division.

Joe Pillozi and Stephan Trautner get together at the Smart Card Alliance 2012 Payments Summit.

Dave Holmes joins the 'NFC Applications & Services' panel moderator Scott Allen of NXP Semiconductors and and Randy Vanderhoof of the Smart Card Alliance prior tot he session.

Sn interesting piece of card with six tags embedded inside from WIMA.

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A closer look at "Mobile Touch to Open" from the Hirsch Identive booth.

John Guerrero and Louis Modell enjoy a conversation at ISC West.

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Hirsch Identive showcases its "Mobile Touch to Open" solution at ISC West.

CARTES in Asia attendees stop by the Identive booth to demo the latest contactless solutions.

Identive NFC brings tags to life. Our online solution marketplace offers a range of NFC tags, readers and software development kits (SDKs).

Dave Holmes provides insight into smart posters and tags during the "NFC Applications & Services" panel at the 2012 Payments Summit.

A number of demos were performed at ISC West, highlighting Identive's latest security and mobility solutions.

A slide taken from Dave Holmes' presentation at the 2012 Payments Summit. Dave discussed smart poster and tags during the 'NFC Applications & Services' panel.

Dave Holmes in the middle of discussing smart posters and tags from the 2012 Payments Summit.

Identive team members greeted a number of booth visitors, each of whom were looking to discuss the company's latest NFC solutions.

CARTES attendees are able to see a selection of our NFC tags and labels.

A look at the latest TouchSecure® OpenAccess Wall Mount Physical Access Reader from Identive.

NFC demonstration at the Hirsch Identive ISC West booth launches a video with a mere tap of the poster.

The Identive NFC team sits in on the NFC Plenary Keynote Session at WIMA.

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Identive's Joseph Tassone stops for a quick discussion with Hirsch Identive booth visitors.

CARTES attendees are able to demo a number of our smart card readers from our suite.

Cappuccinos, lattes, espresso and more were offered at the Hirsch Identive ISC West booth.

The Identive NFC team arrives at WIMA.

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A glimpse of Hirsch Identive's cyber security solution being demoed at ISC West.

Louis Modell, VP of Americas for Identive's ID Infrastructure division, stops to chat with Jason and Casey of Tx Systems at ISC West.

An up-close view at the TouchSecure® OpenAccess Wall Mount Physical Access Reader.

John Piccinnini demos "Mobile Touch to Open" at ISC West.