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Genkiosk's Cloud launch to prevent data smog at kiosks

November 14, 2011

GWD Media, a supplier of kiosk management software, announced the launch of its now-cloud-based kiosk management software, which it says will clear up "data smog" around kiosk deployments.

Genkiosk helps operators keep kiosks running efficiently, securely and profitably, and ensures end-users get what they want quickly and easily, according to James Oladujoye, CEO of GWD Media.

"Up until now, location made a big difference in self-service," Oladujoye said in a company press release. "If you were near to major data centers and highways — say in the large population centers 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."

That's changed now since Genkiosk is in the cloud, he said. "The advantages for operators and end-users are massive. Anywhere and everywhere."

The platform will specifically help migrant workers send money home cheaply and easily via self-service kiosks, residents in under-banked regions settling their bills and citizens everywhere shopping or printing photos or accessing the Internet, the company said.

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