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Cloud-In-Hand Passkeys for Faster, More Secure Sign-In

June 19, 2026

Cloud-In-Hand Passkeys | Better than MFA? Cloud-In-Hand Passkeys improve password security and provide stronger protection than traditional passwords and many multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods. Unlike passwords, passkeys cannot be guessed, reused across websites, or stolen through phishing attacks. They use cryptographic authentication tied to your trusted device, allowing you to sign in quickly using Face ID, Touch ID, Windows Hello, Android biometrics, or your device PIN. Use Cloud-In-Hand passkey sign-in, giving users a faster, passwordless login experience while significantly reducing the risk of unauthorized account access. What Is a Passkey?

iOS Livestock Reader | Connect Allflex Stick Reader To iOS

April 27, 2026

Connect Allflex RS420 to iPhone/iPad with SerialMagic Keys iOS Use your Allflex livestock RFID reader on your iPhone and iPad. Connect the Allflex RS420 Stick Reader to iPhone or iPad and use SerialMagic Keys iOS to post readings. Post livestock RFID tag data scans directly into any iOS app or browser with no typing, and 100% accuracy. Pair RS420 to iPhone/iPad via Bluetooth | iOS Livestock Reader Use your iOS Livestock Reader to post scans to any iOS app or webpage. First, open iOS Bluetooth Settings app, and insure Bluetooth

Compare Your School Visitor Check-In to This Fast, Easy-to-Use System

April 8, 2026

How’s Your Current School Visitor Check-In Process? School visitor check-in should be fast and simple—but even the ‘market leading’ systems have significant delays. If your current process involves typing names, navigating multiple screens, or waiting in line, it is slowing down your front office. Let’s compare that experience to a faster, easier way to manage visitor check-in. Your current check-in may look something like this: What Does Your Current School Visitor Check-In Look Like? In many schools, using widely used school visitor check-in process still follows a familiar pattern: Tap

How 100% Accurate Scale Readings Fail in Production

April 1, 2026

Why Accurate Scale Readings Fail Accurate scale readings fail  – The uncomfortable truth about your weighing process when implemented incorrectly. Your digital scale is accurate – highly accurate. Calibrated. Verified. Certified. And yet… your production data is still wrong. Inventory doesn’t match Shipments get disputed Batch records require corrections Audits uncover discrepancies Recipes appear to fail So what’s going on? The Hidden ‘Second Error’ The problem isn’t the scale measurement per-se. Most teams assume errors come from: poor calibration faulty equipment environmental factors Yet in reality, the biggest source of

How to Replace Paper Sign-In Sheet with a Simple iPad Solution (No Training Required)

March 19, 2026

Add Your Heading Text Here Replacing paper sign-in sheets with a simple iPad solution eliminates errors, reduces staff workload, and makes check-in easier for everyone—especially in community and social centers. Paper sign-in sheets seem simple — until they aren’t. Names are illegible. Times are missing. Staff spend hours correcting mistakes, sometimes they simply can’t decipher the information. For visitors with limited technical ability, even basic systems can be confusing. There is a much better way. Why You Should Replace Paper Sign-In Sheets Organizations relying on paper quickly run into the

PIT Tag Scan Survey123 – No Typing: Best Data Integrity with SerialMagic Keys

March 13, 2026

How to Scan PIT Tags in Survey123 Without Typing Fisheries biologists and wildlife researchers often collect hundreds or thousands of PIT tag readings during monitoring and tagging operations – commonly using PIT Tag Scan Survey123. Many teams use ArcGIS Survey123 for mobile field data collection. However, one problem slows down many workflows: Manually typing PIT tag numbers into Survey123 forms. Manual entry creates several challenges: transcription errors slower data collection time-consuming data cleanup reduced confidence in datasets A better approach is to scan PIT tags directly into Survey123 without typing.

A Smarter Way to Enforce School Cell Phone Policies with Verified Digital Check-In

March 3, 2026

Proven Solution To Enforce School Cell Phone Policies Schools nationwide need reliable ways to enforce school cell phone policies as student device use continues to disrupt learning. Many districts require limited use during class or full bell-to-bell restrictions. However, writing a policy is only the first step. Schools must also implement it consistently, fairly, and efficiently. Manual monitoring rarely works at scale. Teachers cannot watch every student. Collection bins and pouches help, but they do not verify compliance. Without proof, enforcement becomes inconsistent and difficult to defend. Verified digital check-in

Touchless RFID Badge Time Clock for UKG Kronos

February 21, 2026

UKG Kronos Time Clock RFID Badge Punch-in/out Organizations using UKG Kronos time clock demand faster, more accurate workforce time tracking—without long lines, typing errors, or shared-touch surfaces. The Kronos RFID time clock gives faster, easier-to-use, and more reliable clock-in & out than traditional kiosk punch methods. Furthermore, people don’t like sharing germs with others when using the same keypad to clock-in and clock-out. With the idChamp® Badge & Credential Reader paired with iScanBrowser for iOS, you turn any iPhone or iPad into a touchless RFID badge time clock using UKG

Assisted Living Meal Check-In | Know Who Eats When

February 1, 2026

In today’s assisted living communities, assisted living meal check-in plays a vital role in combining hospitality, resident wellness, and smart operations. Meals are a cornerstone of daily life — supporting nutrition, social connection, and routine — yet it can be challenging for staff to reliably know who attended each meal and who may need a timely wellness check. Cloud-in-Hand® Stratus-io Meal Check-In gives assisted living facilities an easy, resident-friendly way to track meal attendance using the same RFID key fobs or badges residents already carry for building access. Implementing RFID-based

Building Geofence Attendance | Even Without A Building

January 22, 2026

Building Geofence Attendance – Automatic Check-in / Check-out Setup building geofence attendance easily. Employees enter and leave buildings you’ve setup  and check-in and check-out automatic. You have a job-site without a building, no problem, make a geofence around your job-site. Check-in and check-out are automatic as people enter and leave the job-site. In this post you’ll see setup up a geofence for building geofence attendance. This solution uses the Cloud-In-Hand® Stratus-io Time & Attendance solution with Remote Check-in app for iOS and Android. Why Use Building Geofence Attendance? Automated check-ins/outs

Our Testimonial

Paper sign-in sheet replaced “We now maintain reliable sign-in and sign-out records while reducing the time spent entering information into the system.” Before implementing Stratus-io Electronic Sign-in, we relied on paper sign-in sheets, which often created challenges. Handwriting could be difficult to read, and tracking accurate sign-in and sign-out times for our members was often… Read more “Replace Paper Sign-In Sheets at Community Centers”

We prisoner/inmate checking with Android NFC Gears and iScanBrowser with an in-house application at our county jail. Guards check inmates every 30 min by scanning an NFC puck by each door using built-in NFC on the smartphone. This gives us accurate records for all prisoner/inmate checks and insures compliance with inmate safety policy. This solution… Read more “Prisoner/Inmate Checking With NFC”

Our boutique private school time and attendance uses Cloud-in-Hand® Stratus-io Time and Attendance. Our school’s students scan RFID badges for attendance logging using the idChamp® NF4x RFID badge reader. It’s so simple all of our very young students easily learned and use it without effort or confusion. Stratus-io Time and Attendance program is easy to… Read more “Time and Attendance Easy-To-Use For Young Students”

Starport Technologies encodes 10 million RFID tags per month, sometimes UHF reader must ignore unwanted nearby UHF tags. Prior to encoding some UHF tags we do printing. We use Scanfob® Ultra-RE40e UHF RFID readers to quickly spot check around voided tags to insure the encoding is done to the proper tags. Scanfob® Ultra-RE40e UHF RFID… Read more “Unwanted Nearby UHF Tags Ignored Using Scanfob® Ultra-RE40e”

Sanders Roth - VP
Starport Technologies

Innova Zones was approached by a customer looking to track RFID i-Safe Tags to ensure compliance with safety gear requirements within their facility. Unsure if it was possible, we sent a tag to Serialio, who quickly and expertly helped us setup the idChamp® Smart Credential Readers to read iSafe tags. Thanks to Serialio, we have… Read more “Read RFID i-Safe Tags”

Eastland Dunavin
Innova Zones

We use SerialMagic Keys Professional Android to connect with the HPR Lite Handheld PIT Tag Reader. SerialMagic Keys Professional is exceptionally easy to use. SerialMagic Keys Professional quickly and easily posts scan RFID tags to all apps that take keystrokes. Post many types of RFID tags: ISO 11784/11785 compliant FDX-B and HDX, FDX-B Fastag, FDX-B… Read more “HPR Lite Handheld PIT Tag Reader – Android”

USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid on iPad & iPhone is an unmatched data collection solution. Form-A-Feed uses this solution successfully for years. Serialio support has been unmatched by any supplier. The Support Team is super responsive, and the Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid solution always works. Mobile Grid is so reliable, when our Microsoft based solution fails, Serialio is… Read more “Unmatched Data Collection Solution – Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid”

Martin Tandsater
Form-A-Feed, Inc.

The Toshiba Team spent months searching for the best electronic emergency headcount software for our large facilities. Toshiba needed emergency mustering Roll Call ensuring employees, visitors, and contractors are all safe and accounted for during an Emergency. Serialio was one of many companies we reached out to, and we’re so thankful we did! The Cloud-In-Hand… Read more “Emergency Headcount Software 1-Million-Square-Foot”

Derius Goudeaux - Safety Manager
Toshiba

Our search for mobile order for sales reps and trade shows solution ended when we found Cloud-In-Hand® Mobile Order. Mobile Order is a terrific application replacing our last ordering solution.  We deployed to our outside sales staff and use it for our trade shows on iPads & iPhones.  We were up and running in record… Read more “Mobile Order For Sales Reps and Trade Shows”

Scott Bonora - Director of Operations
Phillips International, Inc.

In 2019, we needed a reliable and cost-effective method of enabling RFID scans on a tablet for a custom RFID time clock application on Windows Surface Pro we developed.  We were fortunate enough to find SerialMagic Professional and the idChamp® RFID Smart Card Badge Reader.  Serialio assisted us with the software and hardware needed to… Read more “Enable RFID Scans On Windows Surface Pro For Time Clock Application”

Russell Hopkinson - Senior Engineer