SmartCentric’s SmartCity® Software as
a Service
Provide Cost and Time Savings
Dublin, Ireland and West Palm Beach, Florida, United
States:
SmartCentric Technologies International Ltd today
announced SmartCity® Software as a Service (SaaS)
which will allow rapid deployment of the renowned
SmartCity® Suite while providing significant cost
savings.
The
SmartCity SaaS Solution gives customers access to
the full range of smart card solutions with a
reduced investment in local infrastructure and
hardware. The software is located offsite at a
central hosted location and the software is accessed
over the web using a highly secure connection.
Card
offices can chose from any or all of the SmartCity
Suite of applications including Logical Access,
Physical Access, Password Wallet, ePurse (including
vending, photocopying, printing, retail, tuition
fees, laundry etc), Point of Sale, Meal Plans,
eTicketing, Loyalty and Web Revalue. Biometrics can
be added to any solution to provide higher levels of
security.
This
solution is ideal for a business or campus who wants
to implement a smart card solution for one subset of
their cardholders or just for certain applications.
SmartCity is a modular system which means that
additional applications can be added as requirements
change or as the system grows. Along with the Future
Proof nature of the system, where new cards or
applications can be added without affecting existing
cardholders, SmartCity SaaS offers more companies
and campuses the opportunity to implement smart card
systems with less cost, less resources and less
risk.
Kieran
Timmins, SmartCentric’s CEO, states, “This
greatly increases the solutions we can offer to our
customers. With educational institutions under
pressures to keep costs down, the SmartCity® SaaS
model allows our customers to continue to take full
advantage of leading edge technologies at a reduced
costs. We are confident it will bring SmartCity to a
new generation of business and campuses who could
benefit from smart card systems.”
Chris
Rizzetto, SmartCentric’s Director of Sales for North
America, adds, “Our modular approach allows
businesses and campuses to implement smart card
technology for a very reasonable entry level cost.
Once a system is in place, expanding it by adding
another module is simply a matter of plug and play.
No re-carding needs to occur. SmartCity SaaS offers
quick deployment, minimum interruption and added
ease of use.”
For
further information please visit us on
www.smartcentric.com
About
SmartCentric Technologies International Limited
SmartCentric Technologies International is a
specialist technology company focused on secure
payments and transactions and multi-application
smart card systems. SmartCentric's flagship product,
SmartCity®, was originally developed by the
SmartCentric team in the early 1990's
and has evolved into a trusted worldwide card
solution. SmartCity® is a Multi-Application Smart
Card based system which has many wide-ranging uses,
such as stored value, loyalty, gift cards, logical
access, physical access, biometrics, car parking and
ticketing. SmartCity® is based on international
standards and is teamed with best of breed industry
partners to deliver leading edge technology and
first class client friendly solutions.
SmartCity® has been used in over 90 sites worldwide
with over 5 million cards issued in diverse sites
such as colleges, government offices, military
establishments, banks, cities, towns, shopping
areas, and stadiums.