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PIF - Mar 2008 ALCO starts the PIF Transport Working Group |
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Tuxedo Money Solutions-Feb 2008 ALCO advises on the impact and opportunities arising from new technology |
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Mobank-Jan 2008 Mobank development supported by ALCO Consulting |
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Monitise -Jan 2008 Monitise strategy advised by ALCO Consulting |
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NFC Enabled Mobile Phones Mar 2008 Growing Marketplace Enthusiasm |
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Prepaid Cards - Mar 2008 The move to contactless smartcards is gathering pace |
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Citizen Cards - Mar 2008 New opportunities |
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Visioning the Future
What Emerging Technology Can Do for your Business
What Emerging Technology Can Do for your Business
You know what you want to achieve for your business and you are aware that there are a myriad of technologies around that may help. Have you got the time (and more importantly the technical expertise) to research and evaluate the vast market of emerging solutions? If you have got the time and the expertise how sure are you that the solution that is here today is the one that be around for long enough to be a good investment? And what about the new technologies that are fast developing – which ones will be winners and when will they be in a stable enough state to be a viable buy for you? Should you go with the “here and now” or leapfrog in an act of faith? It’s a very common problem and one that ALCO Consulting has been specifically set up to help with.
For example doing business these days invariably means getting involved to a greater or lesser degree in the electronic, online world: That means having to be concerned about information and identity security – and that, in turn, means managing identity and authentication. In addition successful businesses today have to equip their staff to do business on the move and that means using the most suitable tools on the market – but these must also have the right level of security to prevent information and identity theft that could cost your business very dearly. There are a host of technologies and solutions to choose from, from simple barcode, magnetic stripe and two-factor authentication tokens through to smartcards, biometrics and secure mobile messaging and transacting – but deciding which are the right investments for your business means not just looking at the price today, but looking downstream at what is around the corner and how it could be better value in the longer term.
A classic case is smartcards and mobile phones: smartcards are available and proven here and now and the price of cards themselves is coming down in spades while the capacity and capability is increasing in leaps and bounds – on the other hand the infrastructure to manage the cards is still quite an investment, while the mobile phone has an already well developed and proven management and control infrastructure, is a very familiar tool for most people and with the advent of Near Field Communications, not only can tickets be obtained and payment be made through the phone but the phone can be used as the mobile token. However its not here yet – so which direction should you go in?
ALCO Consulting specialises in helping businesses to vision the future of technology in their environment. Our business is to know and understand the technologies of the future, as well as the standards, the politics, the commercial and other issues that underpin which ones succeed and which ones don’t. We can help you develop a technology vision that will make a good business case for your hard earned profits to invest in based on sound expertise and practical experience. For more information and to talk to us about your needs please contact info@alco.eu.com
For example doing business these days invariably means getting involved to a greater or lesser degree in the electronic, online world: That means having to be concerned about information and identity security – and that, in turn, means managing identity and authentication. In addition successful businesses today have to equip their staff to do business on the move and that means using the most suitable tools on the market – but these must also have the right level of security to prevent information and identity theft that could cost your business very dearly. There are a host of technologies and solutions to choose from, from simple barcode, magnetic stripe and two-factor authentication tokens through to smartcards, biometrics and secure mobile messaging and transacting – but deciding which are the right investments for your business means not just looking at the price today, but looking downstream at what is around the corner and how it could be better value in the longer term.
A classic case is smartcards and mobile phones: smartcards are available and proven here and now and the price of cards themselves is coming down in spades while the capacity and capability is increasing in leaps and bounds – on the other hand the infrastructure to manage the cards is still quite an investment, while the mobile phone has an already well developed and proven management and control infrastructure, is a very familiar tool for most people and with the advent of Near Field Communications, not only can tickets be obtained and payment be made through the phone but the phone can be used as the mobile token. However its not here yet – so which direction should you go in?
ALCO Consulting specialises in helping businesses to vision the future of technology in their environment. Our business is to know and understand the technologies of the future, as well as the standards, the politics, the commercial and other issues that underpin which ones succeed and which ones don’t. We can help you develop a technology vision that will make a good business case for your hard earned profits to invest in based on sound expertise and practical experience. For more information and to talk to us about your needs please contact info@alco.eu.com