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Exhibitors to showcase new tech next month

With the line between kiosks and other self-service technology continuing to blur, Louisville, Ky.-based Networld Alliance has transformed and expanded the focus of its semiannual show.

September 22, 2005

As the line between kiosks and other self-service technology continues to blur, Networld Alliance has changed the name of its Kiosk Show to the Self-Service & Kiosk Show.

"The kiosk market is diversifying," said NetWorld senior vice president and show organizer Greg Swistak. "It's becoming increasingly difficult to look at machines such as self-service checkouts, smart carts, shopping assistants, automated shipping machines and digital signage and call them kiosks."

"It is apparent, however, that these machines are filling a request from businesses and their customers for solutions that are faster, more convenient and easier to use," he added. "Many businesses are turning to self-service solutions to fulfill this need."

The Self-Service & Kiosk Show is scheduled for Oct. 17-18 in San Francisco at the South San Francisco Conference Center.

The two-day event highlights self-service technology and features real-world kiosk demonstrations. Show attendees are pre-screened buyers and key industry decision-makers involved with the purchasing or management of self-service/interactive kiosk solutions.

Networld Alliance, which also owns this site,KioskMarketplace and Self-Service World, produced its first Kiosk Show in Boston in October 2004. After organizing a second show in Orlando in February, the company decided to make the event semiannual.

"I think the fact that we have a full exhibit floor is evidence that self-service is one of the hottest trends in business today," Swistak said. "The market demand for self-service technology touches virtually every industry including retail, hospitality, financial services and beyond, and these exhibitors are ready to meet that demand."

Nick Daddabbo, the senior product manager for Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., kiosk manufacturer Hand Held Products Inc., said the appeal of the show is its ability to attract all of the key players in self-service.

Speakers

Keynote speaker Mohsen Moazami, a retail executive with Cisco Systems, is expected to speak about connected commerce and how it is re-defining the shopping experience and challenging traditional retailing models.

The kiosk market is diversifying. It's becoming increasingly difficult to look at machines such as self-service checkouts, smart carts, shopping assistants, automated shipping machines and digital signage and call them kiosks.

-- Greg Swistak,
NetWorld Alliance

Other speakers include Brian Slaughter of Dell Inc. and Mark Krogh of NCR Corp.

Slaughter is scheduled to head a seminar on why 2005 is the year for digital signage, how retailers can fund digital signage initiatives and what to look for in retail digital signage solutions.

In his presentation, Krogh plans to detail the key lessons one retailer learned during its self-service implementation and how those lessons can be applied across industries.

Exhibitors

Almost 50 exhibitors have signed up for the upcoming Kiosk Show. Here is a brief description of what some are expected to showcase.

Hand Held Products Inc., based in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., will launch its Image Kiosk 8560 at the show. The mini-kiosk, powered by the company's Adaptus Imaging Technology and the Windows CE 5.0 operating system, enables retailers and their customers to check prices and retrieve product information.
Livewire International Inc. of York, Pa., will showcase a gift/travel card activation and dispensing kiosk it is developing. The kiosk will be one of the first to sell, dispense and activate Visa, MasterCard or American Express cards. Livewire also plans to exhibit kiosks designed to sell, activate and dispense radio frequency identification toll tags for state highway agencies.
Branford, Conn.-based Netkey Inc. is expected to demonstrate Netkey 6.5, the latest version of its kiosk application development toolkit and management software platform.
Kioware, also of York, Pa., will exhibit a mobile kiosk it is developing with partner Citywide Transportation. The interactive taxicab kiosk provides passengers with information on attractions, maps, restaurants, nightlife and hotels, to name a few. The kiosk also can provide public service information such as Amber Alerts, severe weather notifications and information on community events.
Tranax Technologies Inc. of Fremont, Calif., will exhibit its check-cashing self-service terminal, which the company describes as a convergence of a traditional ATM and a check-cashing kiosk. The company also expects to display its ticketing self-service terminal and its coin ATM and transactional kiosk.
Willets, Calif.-based kiosk enclosure designer and manufacturer METALfx is expected to exhibit San Francisco-based Friendlyway's Impress unit, as well as its own Welcome, Classic and Van units.
Steinkjer, Norway-based Electronic Wireless and Interactive Tables will make its first presentation in the United States of E-Table, an interactive table with touchscreen technology; E-Mobile, a handheld wireless ordering system for restaurants; and Ewait CT, a communication terminal that is used to buy music and transfer it to an MP(MPEG) 3 player.
Unik C&C Co. Ltd., based in Seoul, South Korea, will demonstrate DVD Mate, an automated DVD kiosk.
Kiosk Logix Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is bringing NetStop to the show, its secure browser software for self-service kiosks.
Source Technologies, based in Charlotte, N.C., will feature three standard concourse hardware platforms. The platforms will be used to demonstrate concourse Teller, concourse Bill Pay, concourse Check Cashing and concourse Credit. Source Technologies also plans to showcase its latest transactional kiosk.

Uniontown, Ohio-based Diebold Premier Services, a division of Diebold Inc., will showcase kiosk servicing solutions.
Touchmate Touchscreen, based in Brisbane, Australia, will display,"a range of TouchMate comprehensive solutions including hardware and software," said David Ellsworth, the company's chief executive.
California-based PDNB Electronic Banking Solutions, a division of Palm Desert National Bank, will provide information about its cash services. The company supplies and/or manages close to $900 million in vault cash for ATM cash replenishment. PDNB also offers ATM management and kiosk-payment management services.

Baltimore, Md.-based ICM LLC will display several Alvisual products, including the Media Point freestanding or wall hung unit. ICM also plans to showcase Alvisual's recently released Videoposter, which allows the delivery of a basic illuminated message along with video/audio communications.

BI/Beit-Tec, based in Tunis, Tunisia,will show an interactive multimedia kiosk called Aroua. Aroua comes in two models: T-2005 and Q-2005. The touchscreen kiosk is made of wood and metal.
Toronto-based St. Clair Interactive Communications Inc. is expected to demonstrate its solutions forgrocery, specialty retail, QSR, telecom, digital entertainment and other vertical markets.
Lincoln, Neb.-based Nanonation will exhibit its Nanopoint E3 software. The software platform can be used for a variety of applications, including digital signage and self-service kiosks.

Mississauga, Ontario-based King Products & Solutionsplans to exhibit its dual-display kiosks. The kiosk is a floor-standing model with a 30-inch LCD display mounted above the kiosk that enables clients to present vibrant multimedia content and advertising on a large secondary screen.
Parabit Systems of Glenwood Landing, N.Y., will present its two latest kiosk models: Slim Sledd and Commuter.
Mt. Prospect, Ill.-based Pay Ease Inc. will demonstrate its V Series automated commerce machine multifunction kiosk. The V Series provides all traditional ATM services as well as other financial services like bill payment.
Transaction Network Services Inc. of Reston, Va., is expected to display its fully managed data-communications services. TNS provides data connectivity to most major credit and debit card processors.
Redmond, Wash.-based TPI Software LLC is planning to showcase its patent-pending thin-client technology, which can drive a centralized-payment server software solution that routes transactions to business payment processors.
ELO Touch Systems of Menlo Park, Calif., will exhibit its 15-inch LCD rear-mount touchmonitor, which is expected to be released in October.

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