Accrington Technologies Limited

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Accrington Technologies Limited

• An Introduction

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Background

• Accrington Technologies Limited founded in 2004
  as a joint venture between-
• Merseytravel
• Ecebs

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Merseytravel

• Merseytravel intends to improve continually the
  services it provides or funds so that they better
  meet the needs of those who visit, live or work
  in Merseyside.
• The public sector body co-ordinates public
  transport through partnership initiatives, with
  the aim of delivering a fully integrated and
  environmentally friendly public transport
  network.
• Merseytravel is committed to playing a major role
  in the continued regeneration of Merseyside
  incorporating high quality public transport as an
  integral feature of commercial developments.
• Accrington furthers these objectives.

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Ecebs

• Advanced Technology Company based in East
  Kilbride, Scotland.
• Specialists in smartcard and related security
  software
• Main product areas Transport, Payment and all
  forms of ID based applications.

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Reasons for Joint Venture

• Merseytravel are committed supporters of
  innovation and service improvement in Transport.
• Ecebs have technological capability in delivering
  such benefits.
• Making it easier to obtain tickets improves
  service, ease of use and the passenger
  experience.
• Opportunity to develop and deploy nationally (and
  internationally).

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First Accrington Product

• High security smartcard transactions need access
  to a secure application module (SAM).
• Computer hardware which compliments software
  security.
• Not practical to have SAMs at every point of
  service.
• SAM array System (SAS) first Accrington product.
  Supports ITSO.

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ITSO SAM ARRAY SYSTEM ISAS

• ITSO Architecture requires the ITSO Security
  Application Module (ISAM) to be resident at every
  transaction point.
• The ISAS enables networked machines to
  access/share an ISAM in an array.
• ISAS maintains the ITSO architecture in its
  entirety.

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What does the (I)SAS do?
Remote Sales
And Remote Delivery !
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ITSO Architecture Overview
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ITSO and ISAS

• The ISAM is the trusted policeman of the ITSO
  environment and so must participate in every
  transaction.
• If the transaction time can be extended, and it
  is easy to have the POST on-line, the ISAM can be
  shared over a network.
• The result is a distributed POST using Internet
  protocols with shared ISAMs
• Can be deployed both over a private Intranet
  (such as for the Post Office network or BT
  phone kiosks) or even the Internet for use at
  home.

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ISAS Architecture Overview
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Where can ISAS be used?

• Terminals connected by a network.
• Where transactions do not have to be conducted
  instantly such as a tube gate.
• Home PCs

• What is needed to deploy?
• ISO Standard smartcard reader / writer
• Interface software
• Suitable smartcards

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Benefits

• Costs Easier to install than ISAMs.
• Ease of implementation Deployed with standard
  protocols.
• Ease of maintenance less sites to manage.
• New capabilities remote tickets sales and
  delivery

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ITSO and ISAS

• Does ISAS obsolete the need for ISAMs?
• No. ISAMs are still needed for standalone and
  fast transaction points of service. Many other
  terminals will still have ISAMs for operational
  purposes.

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Thank You

• www.AccringtonTechnologies.com
• 0870 050 0701