Cleaning up Data Smog

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A new kiosk management software program that promises to clean up data smog has been released by GWD Media. Genkiosk is a cloud-based application that makes the same benefits available everywhere, extending reach beyond major data hubs to include regions such as the Pacific Islands, Indonesia and the Philippines. It could offer remote locations the opportunity to join the global boom in self-service, with access to full security, proactive maintenance and active retail management.
 
“Up until now, location made a big difference in self-service,” explains GWD Media CEO James Oladujoye. “If you were near to major data centres and highways – say in the large population centres of Europe, Asia or the Americas – all well and good. But think about more remote installations. Each interaction – monitoring or managing data – may take just a few fractions of a second longer. But you are looking at many millions of events per hour. It all adds up to commercially significant delays. Not to mention the challenges of load-balancing, security, resilience and backup over long distances. Now everything has changed. Genkiosk is in the Cloud. Globally. The advantages for operators and end-users are massive.”
 
Examples of how this makes a difference in the real world include:
 
1. Migrant workers sending money home cheaply and easily via self-service kiosks
 
2. Residents in under-banked regions settling their bills, without bank accounts or credit cards
 
3. Citizens everywhere shopping or printing photos or accessing the Internet at any time.