Intercede Share Discussion Threads

[felix99] 24/11/2010 09:50

no buyers and MM's just want to run a flat book .They keep marking price down on every sell averaging down and at some point a buy comes in which with the spread clers their book.

A second buy comes in after they are flat and they just start whapping price backup the other way averaging up till they catch a sell and clear book again

[igoe104] 19/11/2010 07:22

Heres one of the other companies we are sharing a booth with, oberthur. (airport security)



Oberthur Technologies is participating in the Smart Cards in Government Conference November 16-19 at the Washington DC Convention Center, booth #203.

ps with igp.


ps will igp be involved with this ?

Oberthur Technologies began production of the cards in October. The program first launched at the Orlando International Airport (MCO) and is scheduled to launch this month at the Denver International Airport (DEN). Future plans for the card may include adding supplementary functionality, such as a payment application for users.

[aphrodites] 18/11/2010 20:51

Felix

Not me, me Lord.

I was offered a line early on today but bid 53p!

Interesting news today regarding their commitment in the US but it will cost a lot more money.

With the contract successes in the US it is important that they have a more prominent presence there. But it means they will need to deliver a lot more contracts to pay for it.

Not news to take the share price higher and clearly someone still wants to sell shares.

[igoe104] 18/11/2010 13:05

Could be aphro or spooky. with that 50k buy.

being doing some homework on symantec a name i never heard of.

Symantec is a new partner mentioned in todays statement they are behind pc protection (anti virus )software norton.i think the booth we are involved with them is for the cybersecurity market, i get the feeling igp might make a killing from this market. it could be a very large market igp could evenually get into.

[felix99] 18/11/2010 12:43

Aphrodites picked up 50k at 55.25 perhaps ?

[wjccghcc] 18/11/2010 10:40

They've had 5 employees in the US for some time but they've been working from home. Big increase in credibility for their client base to now have a proper base.

[felix99] 18/11/2010 09:51

might be reduced air miles for the staff though and a profit warning from BA :-)

[igoe104] 18/11/2010 08:50

Good news to see the usa office up and running, i feel this will lead to more contracts state-side.

[felix99] 16/11/2010 16:30

the 5k at 55.25 was a buy. It seemed rude not too really :-)

[igoe104] 16/11/2010 08:34

Looks like real id project is starting to happen, at last.it will be interesting to see how much involvement igp will have because if they have a full involvement it should be very rewarding because they must a least 250 million people in usa that drive.



heres the link where it mentions igp involvement in real id.

[igoe104] 15/11/2010 11:06

IT would be interesting to see a chart for 2014 when them other projects take really off like asis and frac it could more than double again.

I read a couple of years ago twic could evenually be expanded to over 8 million.

Frac should evenually should be massive for igp because their are a hell of alot of emergency workers in the states could be over 40 million.

[wjccghcc] 15/11/2010 10:58

Fascinating chart igoe. The two categories IGP is market leader in are the ones growing the fastest. TWIC to more than double from 1.8mm to 4mm and FIPS 201 to triple from 1.5mm to 4.5mm.

Also worth remembering that IGP had minimal revenue from the first 1.2mm TWIC cards issued so in effect their revenue from TWIC will increase nearly 4x (600k cards to 2.2mm cards).

[igoe104] 15/11/2010 10:47

A growth chart of the projects igp are involved (in the usa) and probably will be involved in. if you look at 2010 chart figures and compare with 2012 it nearly doubles, thats good news for intercede. and in my eyes makes this company a solid buy.

[igoe104] 12/11/2010 14:16

Its a strange time to sell with interims coming out next month which will be very positive. which will take the share price higher. some folks dont have any patience and these short term traders (and so called chartists etc) always end up coming unstuck in the end.

[felix99] 12/11/2010 11:35

I added a few two days ago - looks like I ahould have waited then!

Still it looks such a no brainer this stock at present - just need another contract signing really which would be nice.

[aphrodites] 12/11/2010 09:53

Someone is trying to sell stock again.

I have just been approached to see if I would like to bid for 100,000 shares at 57P!!!!!!

[igoe104] 11/11/2010 19:08

Worth a read.



New ID solutions
Identity and credentialing advances with PIV-1
Salvatore D'Agostino
Updated: 11-10-2010 3:29 pm

There is a change taking place around identity and credentialing in the enterprise and government markets. Identity is now an enterprise business requirement with its own infrastructure, policy and budget. Identity makes use of open standards to achieve interoperability and requires the highest level of assurance. The change is that physical access control and other enterprise applications no longer issue credentials. Instead, they use a common digital identity of digital certificates and the 21st century utility of the Internet as well as private networks.

Physical access control is an application that authenticates individuals and devices and then authorizes administration, audit, access, surveillance, alarms, response, etc. for assets. Historically, facility and corporate security have issued badges for electronic physical access control. These have migrated over time from magnetic stripe to proximity to contactless. The introduction of smart cards for physical access control system allows multiple applications to store data or run on the cards. At the same time access control for networks, desktops, laptops and cell phones have continued to advance. User name and password management for the hundreds of applications in large enterprise has turned out to be a nightmare. Single sign-on does not address the underlying requirements for secure and efficient provisioning and de-provisioning. Mobile devices have become ubiquitous and wide area wireless networks are becoming commonplace. Add social networking on top of this and it makes the PACS scenario seem placid.

No wonder identity, credentialing and access management is at the top of the enterprise business agenda. Governance and regulatory compliance are business drivers whose needs are met by a strong identity, credentialing and access infrastructure.

All this led to the need for standards and policy for identity, credentialing and level of assurance. This is the same conclusion the Department of Defense came to 20 years ago and the reason they first implemented a smart card over a decade ago (1997). The U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201 Personal Interoperability Verification (PIV) is used in over seven million credentials, growing to 14 million in two years.

The progression has gone from the Department of Defense, to Federal civilian government to all civilian contractors and now to other critical infrastructure and key resource sectors. In order to accommodate the non-government stakeholders and have others issue besides the Federal government, the PIV standard has an expanded framework known as Personal Identity Verification Interoperability or PIV-I. The PIV-I policy and framework recently reached maturity and has sufficient breadth to include devices (referred to as non-person entities).

Much of the growth in PIV-related credentials will be of the PIV-I policy. The defense industrial base, aerospace, transportation, education and bio-pharmaceutical industries have established cross-certification with the Federal government either directly or in more cases via industry bridges to issue these credentials. Utility, finance, state and local government will be the next sectors to follow suit.

In all of these cases FIPS 201 builds on the international standards for digital certificates. This standard is supported by Windows and Apple, Adobe and just about every major IT or mobile player. In fact, the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) in phones use the same type of chip as a PIV-I credential. The same is true for National ID and National Health cards which are rapidly increasing in acceptance.
ID solutions will increasingly leverage the PIV-I framework and supporting standards. PIV-I provides the policy for sponsorship, enrollment, registration, issuance and activation as well as the technology to support it. Done correctly it provides a strong, interoperable and multi-use digital identity. This is no longer an option for government or the enterprise (whether they choose to leverage PIV-I or not) so the same is true for logical and physical access control.

[igoe104] 08/11/2010 16:55

I MIGHT HAVE few grand spare as well in the next week or so, i might have a little top up as well.

A write up on piv cards, the future sounds good.






The Leading Showcase for Government Projects in ID and Security.

Don't Miss Out.

Smart Cards in Government continues to grow, reflecting the rapid expansion of government identity and security initiatives. These initiatives have lead to the current and growing interest in the strategies and technologies that help speed the adoption of homeland security identification and access programs like HSPD 12, US VISIT, REAL ID and other key government initiatives.


maybe upcoming for igp.

This year's conference features expanded coverage of government efforts to improve and implement secure electronic medical records and smart card applications with the potential to improve the security and privacy of patient information, provide the secure carrier for portable medical records, reduce healthcare fraud, and support new processes for portable medical records.

[aphrodites] 08/11/2010 16:49

igoe

Re: Your post 2404.

I haven't got a lot of time for H B Markets which was previously Hoodless Brennan.

They have tended to tip a number of shares and their record has not been one of success.

At least with IGP they managed to get the call right this time.

If IGP are not snapped up then as I have suggested they should think about moving to the main market and paying a dividend or making an acquisition themselves.

At present they are vulnerable and to protect themselves from a takeover they need to grow the size of the company and have a wider share base.

Let's see if the MM's can get the price down a few pence more. I shall be a buyer.

[wjccghcc] 07/11/2010 14:47

Good spot igoe. It seems the USA is dividing into two programs for ID security in sensitive areas. PIV and PIV-C for government related areas, and TWIC for non-government areas.

I wonder who's market leader in both....

[igoe104] 04/11/2010 19:57

Looks like it was a good call from wjcc.

Intercede Group (LON:IGP) (IGP, 60p, £28.91m) has achieved a balance sheet reconstruction that clears the way for the group to pay a dividend this year. With forecasts of £2m PBT with 4.1p EPS a 3x cover would give a notional 1.36p DPS or a yield of 2%. - so we have a group. With the group 3 p below our 63p price target it drops to a HOLD but investors should await developments and not be tempted to take profits