Plastic cards
PLASTIC CARDS: from the initial project to the fulfillment and management of pre-payed cards, telephone cards, access control, associative, fidelity cards, by using the most efficient available technologies in the market, according to the customer's inquiry:
- Magnetic cards
- Bar code cards
These technologies are based on a centralized server that manages the data on line, and controls all transactions.
- Memory cards
- Smart cards
In this case the data managing is off-line, wich means that transactions are directly recorded on the card itself.
In the following table a comparative analysis of the available systems
| CHARACTERISTICS |
MAGNETIC STRIPE/BAR CODE
|
MEMORY
|
SMART
|
| UNIT COST |
low
|
medium
|
high
|
| DATA MANAGEMENT COST |
high
|
high
|
medium
|
| CAPACITY OF CALCULATION |
no
|
limited
|
high
|
| MEMORY |
no
|
low
|
high
|
| STANDARD |
ISO 7810-11
|
ISO 7816-1-2-3
|
ISO 7814-4
|
| SECURITY |
no
|
medium
|
high
|
|
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS |
no
|
no
|
yes
|
| MKTG FUNCTIONS |
limited
|
medium
|
high
|