Web-Based Thin Client Technology; Why Use Thin Client Technology; Adevelopment Environment To Support An Open Bankcard Processing Environment; Development Environment Components - Ingenico Elite 510 Supplementary Manual

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EB-BASED THIN CLIENT
TECHNOLOGY
Thin Client is a simple user interface requiring
minimal memory that is resident in the EFT POS
terminal. The EFT POS terminal communicates
with a server located at the financial Institution,
processor or wherever the application is hosted.
The application that the merchant is running is
actually located at the host with only the interface
and the communication portal located in the
terminal.

Why Use Thin Client Technology?

By hosting the application on the processor or
financial institution's server and only the user
interface on the EFT POS terminal, the processor
or financial institutions gain the following benefits:
• Decreased application and service delivery time
• Decreased certification time, re-certification
time and cost since applications are host-based
with only the operator interface located in the
terminal
• Decreased deployment time since applications
are based at the host
• Decreased amount of memory terminal
requires for value added services
• Increased merchant retention by providing
value-added services that increase your value
to the merchant
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DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
TO SUPPORT AN OPEN BANKCARD
PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT
A holistic development environment is needed
that supports every step of the programming and
application support process
Processors, financial institutions and ISOs
will need an EFT POS terminal application devel-
opment environment that allow programmers
and developers to quickly and easily program
all members of their terminal offerings. From
design to deployment to ongoing support, the
development environment must provide the
architecture and tools necessary to develop
secure and feature-rich applications

Development Environment Components

• The development environment must provide
an Application Programming Library (APIs)
and sample applications with "ready-to-go"
application code modules that a programmer
can plug into their application, saving time in
the development process. This enables
programmers and developers to concentrate
on application functionality rather than
programming routine tasks over and over
again.
• A development environment should provide
an application source generator that allows
programmers to automate the application
development process.
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