Cards etc has launched the third release of its
smart card management software, Arterium. Release 3.0 of Arterium will
provide significant enhancements for card issuers and service bureaus, and
has a state-of-the-art Application Programming Interface and Software
Development Kit, enabling third parties to develop Arterium support for
their own applications.
President and CEO of Cards etc, Craig Dower believes the latest version of
Arterium is one of the fastest, stable and most progressive smart card
management systems available today.
“The performance improvements in the latest release of Arterium are
significant.
“Arterium 3.0 is at least four times faster than the previous version,
which was already very productive, and will help organizations issue cards
more efficiently over multiple locations.
“We believe Arterium 3.0 is one of the fastest data preparation systems
currently in operation,” he said.
The introduction of new software components in Arterium 3.0, provide
organizations with precise management and control at every stage in the
automated card production process. The software development kit provides a
rapid development environment for developers to build and test code using
the Application Programming Interface.
“The software development kit will, for the first time, enable our
customers and partners to create their own Arterium Business Modules,
giving them great flexibility and a platform for innovation, whilst using
their own resources and infrastructure,” said Mr Dower.
“They get what they need, when they need it, and they build and own their
intellectual property,” he added.
Arterium 3.0 includes Arterium Key Manager, which provides all the key
management capabilities necessary to support Arterium data preparation and
personalization processes, making it easy to create, generate, import and
migrate keys securely.
Mr Dower said the support for post-issuance within Arterium 3.0 is one of
the most advanced available.
“Arterium now helps card issuers rapidly update their web presence to
support post-issuance functionality including adding, updating and removing
products from cards.
“It’s built-in failure recovery functionality can complete failed updates
even if an end-user pulls out a card or the Internet connection is lost
during a previous attempt,” he said.
Arterium is currently in use by several major services bureaus throughout
the world, including First Data Corporation in the USA, Acer Corporation in
Taiwan, and ECard in Australia. Plans are currently underway to migrate
these production platforms to the Arterium Release 3.0 over the next
several months.
Arterium manages the entire lifetime of the card from launch through to
expiry and enables partners who share space on the chip to retrieve and
update cardholders, cards and products. It provides a comprehensive suite
of support for both Visa Open Platform and MULTOS operating environments,
plus multiple loyalty, security, EMV and convenience solutions.
About Cards etc
Cards etc is a provider of smart software and solutions for smart card,
e-commerce and similar e-transaction systems. From its base in Sydney,
Australia, it developed Arterium, smart software that provides
infrastructure management for smart cards, products and devices. Cards
etc’s consultants have several years experience in implementing leading
edge projects internationally, including smart card, stored value, loyalty,
transaction switching, internet payment and corporate purchasing card
solutions. Cards etc also provides professional services integrating new
technology solutions into existing environments.
