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	ACS hosts their Lunch & Learn Seminar for both K-12 and University Educational Administrators. Seminar held on March 18, 2010 An element in keeping schools safe is the ability to verify and check all visitors that enter your schools and the ability to properly identify students and staff. ACS is excited to announce their Educational Seminar that is providing separate sessions for K-12 and the secondary education markets. Guest presenters will include Administrators from Midland Elementary School and Point Park College. Included in the agenda are industry experts discussing issues such as mobile student tracking capabilities, centralized web-based student databases, newest technology in Photo ID and Visitor Verification that automatically checks the National Sex Offender Public Registry. Don't miss this opportunity to learn what other schools are implementing on in their districts and enjoy meeting your peers during the seminar luncheon.
	ACS Provides Photo ID's and Credential Security for G20 Summit (9/21/2009) Automated Card Systems was selected as the ID expert for our very successful G20 Summit held in Pittsburgh on September 22-24, 2009. ACS provided technical expertise, equipment, software, training and onsite support for over seven registration and badging locations. ACS mobilized the identification and credential issuance for over 6,000 personnel involved in the G20 Summit. Read more on how they accomplished and successfully delivered the ID security solution using Datacard products.
ACS Expanding It's Photo ID Sales & Service to Eastern PA, New Jersey and Delaware. 8/31/2009 Datacard gave ACS the green light to open an facility in the Philadelphia area for Datacard sales in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware. "We built a reputation in the Western PA and Ohio area for providing quality Photo ID technology and responsive on-site systems support for our customers" said Bill Livolsi, president of ACS. "And we will be bringing this same high standard and over 120 combined years of experience to our Philadelphia, Delaware and New Jersey clients". Rod Donnelly, VP and General Manager of the ACS Eastern office has years of experience with the current technologies in identification systems including the newest in photo ID, smartcard solutions, contactless payment, POS transactions and logical access products. This expansion will now provide statewide sales and on-site support for all of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
Automated Card Systems Now A Distributor of ABnote's Plastic Cards. February 2010 Automated Card Systems (ACS) has entered into a representative relationship with ABnote, the number one plastic card manufacturer of certified secure and non-secure plastic cards including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and Diner’s Club. ABnote is the accepted brand and recognized as one of the world’s leading plastic card printers with facilities in North America, Australia and Europe. “For ACS this relationship makes a lot of sense” says Rod Donnelly, VP of ACS East. “ABnote brings card printing technology and quality that is not available elsewhere. Our customers will appreciate the better quality and more competitive pricing we bring to the table.” Jake Jacobs, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing says “ABnote is excited to have ACS as a reseller because of their excellent industry reputation and broad market reach. We look forward to working with ACS on a variety of secure identification opportunities around the globe.” ABnote provides products to the traditional retail credit, gift card and loyalty card markets, and more strategically, is a Visa and MasterCard authorized supplier. ACS will be able to support directly the banking relationships that they have developed through this agreement with ABnote. Automated Card Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of identity products, card printers and credential management, will be distributing the ABNote plastic card products throughout the Mid-Atlantic market. In Philadelphia, DE, NJ and NYC, ACS-East located in Newtown Square PA. will be providing local sales & support. ACS-West, based in Canonsburg, PA will service the Western PA and West Virginia markets, and their sister company, MidAmerica Business Systems in Columbus, Ohio provides local sales to the Ohio region. Each team is focused on customer and the personalized requirements of their local markets.
ACS Continues To Be Your PEPPM Vendor in 2010 For ALL Datacard Products!!! 1/1/2009 ACS was again awarded the 2008-2009 PEPPM contract for Datacard products. All the new card technologies and products are available on the PEPPM Contract for all K-12 in Pennsylvania! The PEPPM technology bid allows technology buyers and purchasing agents to work directly with ACS to configure and purchase all their Photo ID, and Visitor Tracking Systems without bidding. All your hardware, software and service can be purchased using the 2008-2009 PEPPM contract. Call us and get a complete list of all the discounts products!

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