Hypercom's Plug-and-Play Value-Added POS Application Platform

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Hypercom Corp. has unveiled a new network server appliance enabling the market’s first plug-and-play deployment of value-added applications for point-of-sale/point-of-service systems. The new telco-grade appliance will come pre-loaded with application software along with tools permitting remote configuration by Hypercom that will eliminate the need for end users or ISOs to install, test, integrate and configure the software for the user’s network.

The new platform is being demonstrated with SignatureOne biometric signature authentication software from Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Communications Intelligence Corp. The CIC application enables banks, insurance firms and other organizations providing services to consumers to combat fraud and identity theft by using handwritten signatures to verify identity of their customers.

In future releases, the new appliance may be loaded with gift card, loyalty card, prepaid credit card, signature capture, electronic check conversion and other value-added payment applications. Other applications under review are non-traditional POS applications such as prepaid phone, Internet access and health account cards or airline loyalty cards; and/or Hypercom’s HypercomView software for managing POS networks. Each appliance is customized to meet the client’s needs.

Hypercom’s objective is to speed deployment and ensure quality of service for value-added applications that can generate new revenue streams for end users as well as ISOs and distributors.

Each 1U rack-mountable network appliance can accommodate one or more value-added applications based on the customer’s needs. The appliance is built to telco-grade standards, including redundancy, fireproofing and failover capabilities. The unit incorporates both physical and logical security, with back-up dual power supplies, cooling systems and hard drives.

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