SmartCentric and Pharos Systems generate savings with a single card solution

Dublin, Ireland and West Palm Beach, Florida, United States: 

SmartCentric Technologies International Ltd (SmartCentric) today announced that they have partnered with Pharos Systems International, Inc. to implement an integrated printing and copy solution, to add to their highly successful multi-application smart card system, extensively deployed across University, College and Corporate campuses.

The SmartCity smart card based system, which incorporates both contact and contactless smart card functionality, now provides additional savings to card offices and card managers to add to the many other applications currently in use on and off campus.  The new integrated solution will allow customers to track, monitor, audit, and control their print and copy assets to reduce waste, optimize performance, guide the purchase of new devices, and make the most of existing ones.

Staff and students already use their campus wide ID card for SmartCity Meal Plans, point of sale on and off campus using up to 4 separate purses, vending, photocopying, secure logon to computers and the network and Web based account revalue.  Through the integration of the SmartCity solution with Pharos Uniprint^Ò, Universities and Colleges will achieve even greater saving on print and copy costs while also providing a streamlined printing solution for staff and students. For corporate customers, SmartCity integrates with Pharos Blueprint^Ò Enterprise, offering printing security, cost savings, and waste reduction.

The SmartCity solution provides a range of applications on a single card, which operates in an online or offline mode to ensure simple and streamlined access to applications and systems at a central or remote location.

Kieran Timmins, CEO of SmartCentric Technologies International Ltd, adds, ‘The partnership with Pharos Systems supports our approach in fully integrating all campus applications on a single card and provides Universities, Colleges, and Corporations with a very useful and cost saving system on their card.’

Tom Cody, Director of Business Development for Pharos Systems says, “We are very pleased to be partnering with SmartCentric. It means that we will be working with one of the leading providers of smart card systems, thereby insuring that our customers will have access to innovative technology for secure access and secure transactions.”

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 Card Management System which has many wide-ranging uses, such as fuel cards, 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 7 million cards issued in diverse sites such as fuel stations, colleges, government offices, military establishments, banks, cities, towns, shopping areas, and stadiums.

Pharos Systems

Founded in 1992, Pharos Systems International, Inc. provides software for smarter printing to corporate enterprises and institutions of higher education. Thousands of customers in over 24 countries are currently benefiting from managed printing environments that are cost effective, sustainable, and secure thanks to solutions from Pharos Systems. For more information, visit www.pharos.com.