EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / Multicard Provides Secure Identity Management Platform to The University of Arizona

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Subtitle: New open architecture platform reduces costs and
facilitates addition of new applications to campus-wide ID card

DENVER, Colorado, June 16, 2011 (euro adhoc) - Multicard, a leading
supplier of credential solutions, identity management and system
integration services and a business unit of Identive Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ: INVE: Frankfurt: INV), announced today it is implementing a
new identity management platform for The University of Arizona. The
platform leverages contactless smart card technology and utilizes an
open, standards-based architecture to manage and administer the
institution´s "CatCard" identity management program, which includes
51,000 students, faculty and staff on the university´s campus in
Tucson as well as other campus sites in Arizona. Multicard is
providing ongoing consulting, integration and project management
services for the program.

The new solution replaces the university´s previous identity and
access cards based on traditional proprietary technology with highly
secure contactless smart cards that will enable multiple applications
on one ID credential. The new card will allow holders to enter
dormitories and other campus buildings, securely log on to PCs or
campus IT networks, check out materials from the library, validate
meal plan participation, and pay for on-campus print and copy
services, bookstore purchases, vending items and parking, as well as
serving as an ID card. Multicard´s open architecture approach
provides The University of Arizona with the flexibility to add or
change applications on the "CatCard" at a far lower cost than its
previous proprietary keycard. In addition, optional biometric
authentication will be added for high-value research facilities on
campus, thus ensuring the enhanced security required for research
funding.

"We have had some ambitious goals for our identity management
program, and Multicard helped us not only to achieve, but surpass
them," said Diane Tatterfield, Assistant Director of CatCard Services
for The University of Arizona. "It was critical that we move to an
open platform that we could control, so that we have the ability to
make modifications over time to address changing needs. Multicard has
given us this flexibility, which we plan to exercise in the future by
adding a city bus transit application to the CatCard and offering
ticketless purchases for events at our stadium. It was also important
that we bring down the ongoing cost of administering the CatCard
program, and with an open platform we now have many more competitive
options when selecting card and equipment vendors."

"To address the desire of The University of Arizona to stay ahead of
the game with cutting-edge technology, resources and services, we
provided a future-ready migration path while ensuring backwards
compatibility with the university´s existing infrastructure,"
explained David Callaghan, Director of Professional Services for
Multicard. "Many of the 4,400 colleges and universities in the U.S.
are only beginning to think about implementing one-card,
multi-application contactless ID solutions for their campus
environments. We appreciate the opportunity to work with The
University of Arizona, which has long been a trail blazer in the area
of campus cards."

About Multicard Multicard, a business unit of Identive Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), is a worldwide supplier of card
solutions for secure identification programs, with in-house
capabilities for credential issuance, personalization and fulfillment
for the consumer, government, education, healthcare, smart community
and corporate markets. Multicard offers a complete open payment
platform, ID systems management and engineering services as well as
full implementation and program management. Multicard also is a
provider of enrollment, emergency management and accreditation
solutions using government or corporate IDs. For additional
information, visit www.multicard.com.

Identive Group, Inc. is a leading provider of products, services and
solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries. For
more information, please visit www.identive-group.com.

Note: All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Further inquiry note:
Frau Annika Oelsner
Tel.: +49 89 9595-5220
E-Mail: aoelsner@scmmicro.com

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