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Global Provider of Secure Networks to Gaming Industry Taps Open Source Opengear
| Source: Opengear
SANDY, UT--(Marketwire - December 8, 2009) - Opengear (www.opengear.com) today announced that
the Tatts Group, a global provider of highly secure technical systems and
networks for electronic gaming machines, has acquired more than 12,000
Opengear SD4000 series device servers.
The SD4000 series will be used by MaxGaming, a subsidiary of Tatts Group,
to provide secure remote control, monitoring and data acquisition on
electronic gaming machines in the UK and in Australia. MaxGaming will use
the SD4000 device servers to communicate with MaxGaming monitoring system
software; provide statistics on wins, turnover, jackpots, loyalty cards,
cashbox, credit and games played; and provide process automation and
detailed auditing.
"We evaluated systems from a variety of vendors," said Darryl Green,
Technical Specialist - Gaming Technology at MaxGaming, a subsidiary of
Tatts Group. "We chose Opengear because it provided our engineers a
customizable open source-based architecture, highly secure OpenSSL
connections, proven reliability and lowest cost."
Information about Opengear's SD4000 Series
The Opengear SD4000 device server enables users to securely connect, manage
and control RS232/422/485 serial devices from anywhere over ethernet or the
internet. The SD4000 provides fast, secure and reliable local and remote
connectivity to serial ports on meters, scanners, access control, sensors,
PLC's and SCADA equipment. The compact size of the SD4000 makes it the
ideal choice for connecting RS232/422/485 serial devices to the network or
to each other with its serial tunneling capabilities. The SD4000 series
offers highly secure transactions over TCP/IP (SSL/SSH) with code integrity
checks.
New ACM5000 Product Line Helps Gaming Operators
In November, 2009, Opengear launched the ACM5000 series. This family of
products expands beyond the functionality of the SD4000 device servers,
offering gaming operators a flexible commercial off-the-shelf platform for
monitoring, control and supervision of thousands of distributed gaming
machines.
The ACM5000 adds an Internal V.92 modem, cellular wireless connectivity, as
well as having Ethernet, Wi-Fi and serial connectivity. With power and
environmental management coupled with digital input sensors and a local
flash disk, Opengear expects industry demand from the ACM5000 in the gaming
industry.
"The gaming industry is looking for ways to cut costs. That's why a move to
open source-based device servers makes so much sense," said Bob Waldie,
founder and chairman of Opengear. "We provide the highest level of security
and ability to customize -- at a much lower cost than proprietary
alternatives."
About Opengear
Opengear (http://www.opengear.com) designs and manufactures next-generation
console server, power management and kvm over ip solutions for secure
remote access and control of infrastructure. Opengear console servers are
installed in more than 10,000 locations around the world. Opengear's open
source platform gives network managers and system integrators the most
flexible, extensible, console server solution on the market today for
serial console ports, service processors, power solutions and environmental
monitoring.