http://www.x-infotech.com/ http://www.x-infotech.com/news/95 Our company actively participates in various social activities. This year, in March, our company participated in Career Days, which occurred in the Transport and Telecommunication Institute. Such events occur each year, and allow students to get acquainted with new job offers on the market, while companies have opportunities to employ the best students.  X INFOTECH member of the board Sergejs Jelisejevs presented the company’s strategy, aims and achievements, and noted that X INFOTECH is open to employ even first course students. At the end of the presentation, each student had an opportunity to pose a question to Mr. Sergejs Jelisejevs and discuss his possibility to join fast growing company.     http://www.x-infotech.com/news/94 Datacard Group creates complete personalization solutions for highly secure financial card programs, such as high-volume personalization systems, desktop printers, solutions for instant smart card issuing, software, and other tools.  X INFOTECH is an authorized Datacard® Financial Instant Issuance products` distributor in 8 countries: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Our company has proven itself as a trusted partner, and as company that provides Datacard solutions` qualified integration, as well as HW and SW high-grade services and maintenance. Company specialists` extensive experience, strong technical expertise, and unique market knowledge ensure Datacard solutions will be upgraded upgraded to meet the exact and evolving requirements of specific market segments and clients’ changing needs.  To ensure first-class service, Datacard offers the chance to improve their knowledge to all product distributors giving a wide range of learning opportunities. This year, our service specialists and project managers completed Datacard personalization system maintenance training courses, which took place in Minnetonka, Minnesota.   Photo reportage:   http://www.x-infotech.com/news/93 In November 2011, X INFOTECH’s subsidiary company X CARD implemented the Electronic Gift card project in one of the biggest shopping centre „Domina Shopping center” which is located in Riga (Latvia).    The main purposes for electronic gift card project implementation were an optimization of the outdated paper gift card system and providing more convenient services for customers. The paper gift card had several shortcomings. There were weaknesses with payments for paper gift cards between the shopping centre and all retailers, as well as the fact that clients did not have the possibility to pay with gift card for purchases in several shops at the shopping centre or spend amounts for several purchases.   For the Domina Shopping center X CARD offered a web-based solution for data administration and management, which collects all transactions, related to the gift cards. This system makes it easy to get reports on issued cards` amounts and all purchases made with gift card. X CARD provides all payments between the Domina Shopping center and retailers. To ensure the acceptance of cards in each store in the Domina Shopping center, X CARD used the existing infrastructure of POS terminals or cash-registered systems. For Domina Shopping center Electronic Gift Card issuance and printing, X CARD supplied personalization desktop solution including printer and software, enabling cards to be issued instantly, in 5 minutes, and be ready for making purchases at once.   X CARD’s offered solution helped the shopping centre to optimize money transfer between retailers, to improve customer service, and to facilitate payments. The implementation of this project allowed the shopping centre to increase gift card sales while simultaneously increasing customer loyalty.   Today, every client can buy the Domina Shopping center electronic gift card, choosing the amount and design of the card. The Domina Shopping center offers its clients electronic gift cards in amounts from 5 to 100 lats with an innovative card design decorated with ribbon. This card can be used in several payments and in any shop, what allows clients to shop more conveniently.    http://www.x-infotech.com/news/92 We are proud to announce that our company was awarded procurement, organised by Citizenship and Migration Affairs, of the electronic identification card (eID) personalisation solution delivery. The issuance of eID cards in Latvia has been a very common topic of discussion for many years.  And finally, last year, a decision for the country’s national electronic identity program was made, and the Latvian Ministry of the Interior organised procurements of cards, a personalisation solution delivery, and information system technical infrastructure modernisation. The winners of procurements have been announced, and the process of card issuance is expected to start in March of this year. The credit-card sized Latvian eID card will enable Latvian citizens to have more convenient and secure services by facilitating access for citizens to national and European eGovernment services. The eID card has three main functions: visual identification, authentication, and digital signing. Because of the card's unique ability to digitally authenticate identity, it can be used to file taxes, open bank accounts, make purchases on the internet, to access online banking, to travel, as well as for voting.  Electronic ID cards contain a chip holding personal data and two certificates: for authentication purposes, and for qualified digital signatures. The Latvian eID card, according to the ICAO specifications, includes such information: signature, photo, name, person identification code, birth date, sex, citizenship, card number, end of validity, card issuing organization. The chip includes the same data, except the signature, as well as fingerprints and certificates for authentication and for qualified electronic signature, associated private keys protected with PIN codes.  Data stored on the card chip will be protected by secure digital government signature, which allows the card to be read and verified without human interference. It dramatically increases the security of identity control during authentication and signing of electronic documents, as well as eliminates document forgery.  It is known that the national ID card will not be mandatory for all citizens, so every Latvian will be able to choose the preferred document. In the future, when Latvian e-government infrastructure is developed, Latvian eID card functionality will allow cardholders to access eGovernment and public services, and to electronically sign official documents such as contracts and declarations.     http://www.x-infotech.com/news/91 On the 12th -14th of November 2011 X InfoTech participated in Otto Künnecke Distributor Conference. This year conference took place in Saint Germain en Laye, a big city located north central of France. After the conference was opened by Carl Otto Künnecke welcome speech, the first conference day began.  Partners presented their companies and projects in collaboration with Otto Künnecke, showing all benefits and extensive possibilities of its equipment. This conference day was closed with dinner in the hotel Pavillon Henri IV, set in Saint Germain Castle’s park with amazing views of Paris and the Seine Valley.  Next two conference days were represented by presentation of different functions of card mailing systems CASSilo and the new CASSera, partner case studies, presentation of new Otto Künnecke web site and movies, describing broad range of company`s products and solutions and its extensive possibilities.  Otto Künnecke partners had the possibility to discuss Otto Künnecke equipment features and benefits. During these days, conference delegates and partners had guided tour through Saint Germain and dinner at the restaurant with luxury design Ermitage des Lodges which offers delicious traditional and regional French cuisine. The event was concluded by final discussion and Otto Künnecke CEO Management Director`s speech. In memory of that evening all participants received glass statuettes.