Autumn 2008

VOIP Hospitality Peripherals

Downtown Without the Downtime

By Stephanie Kropkowski, Director of Marketing and Sales, KioWare

When you’re abroad, trying to make sure you hit all the hot spots in a new town can often be a task more daunting than exciting.

IBM's Virtual Bank Teller

Money in the Bank

A new solution developed by the IBM Bari research laboratory in Italy, will enable bank customers to communicate and interact with a virtual bank teller.

ID Tech Payment Solutions

Recognised Success

ID Tech’s products are being used in self-service applications worldwide, from photo and DVD rental kiosks to parking stations and infokiosks.

Sankyo’s new SCT3Q8 card dispensing and encoding unit boasts the same functionality as its SCT series – card hopping, dispensing, data encoding and retention of rejected/collected cards – but is housed in a smaller unit designed for integration into smaller terminals.

Compact Direct Thermal Printers

Something for Everyone

From boarding passes to gift registries, Zebra Technologies Europe Ltd now has a range of compact direct thermal printers for an ever widening list of applications.

NCR Healthcare Solutions

Physician, Heal Thyself

NCR has recently appointed Warwick Lawson-Syer as its new Director for Emerging Industries in Europe, to develop and grow its self-service healthcare offerings throughout the continent.

Robust Metal Switches

Pushing Tin

The robust metal switches in Schurter’s MSM product family are now also available with a push-on, push-off latching function.

Teller & OEM scanners

Plan for a Scan

Ernst Reiner GmbH has been in the scanner market for over ten years now, and today offers a comprehensive range of teller scanners, as well as OEM scanner kits for the kiosk market.

HP Touchscreen Desktop

Lay Your Hands on Me

Ruth Rushworth spoke to Emmanuel Faisant, EMEA Consumer Desktop Product Manager, Hewlett Packard.

KIOSK EUROPE: As we know, touch technology is now extensively used in self-service terminals. But how did the idea to change to a touchscreen interface for desktops develop?

Review: NCR Self-Service Universe 08

The Universe is Expanding

In May 2008, NCR’s Self-Service Universe welcomed kiosk-interested bankers, retailers and other service operators to Budapest to hear a wide range of speakers from across Europe talk about every aspect of self-service.