Fargo Electronics Announces New Professional Services Team; Dedicated Specialists Offer Support For Complex and Large-Scale Card Identity Programs.MINNEAPOLIS -- Fargo Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :FRGO), a global leader in secure technologies for card identity systems, today announced the introduction of Fargo Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , a team of experienced, dedicated specialists who work in conjunction with Fargo integrators to develop innovative and comprehensive solutions for large card programs. "Implementing a large-scale card identity program can be a complex, time-consuming process," said Joe Wright, director of Fargo Professional Services. "With Fargo Professional Services, card program managers can leverage Fargo's extensive, global experience to accelerate program implementation and reduce costs of integration, interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. and technical support." Wright has been with the company for 10 years in various sales and marketing positions, and was recently assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to direct the Professional Services group. Fargo Professional Services efforts are tailored to the specific needs of individual card programs and can include:
Planning: Setting project goals; technology assessments; proposals
and production schedules; ROI analyses.
Deployment: Project management; system integration; custom
development of printer/encoders, drivers, secure materials and
software.
Optimization: System qualification; cost performance evaluations;
card security and functionality assessments; physical and logical
security assessments; pilot programs for evaluating new card
identity technology.
Installation and Support: Technical and engineering support;
online and on-site training; employee certification programs.
Fargo's work with the US Department of Defense (DoD) in the development of its Common Access Card program provides an example of the customized solutions available to Professional Services clients. The Common Access Card is the standard identification card for approximately 4,000,000 active duty uniformed service personnel, selected reserves Those units and individuals within the Ready Reserve designated by their respective Services and approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as so essential to initial wartime missions that they have priority over all other Reserves. All Selected Reservists are in an active status. , DoD civilians A Federal civilian employee of the Department of Defense directly hired and paid from appropriated or nonappropriated funds, under permanent or temporary appointment. Specifically excluded are contractors and foreign host nationals as well as third country civilians. and eligible contractor personnel. To ensure its part of the program was a success, Fargo custom-engineered a third-generation HDP HDP High Density Polyethylene HDP High Density Plasma HDP Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme HDP Hazardous Duty Pay HDP Hurricane Destruction Potential HDP Hydrocarbon Dew Point HDP Hard Drive Password (R) card printing platform to meet the DoD's specifications, tailored its manufacturing process to deliver "DoD-ready" printers out of the box, developed custom UV-inhibiting secure materials and customized a printer driver. "Fargo has experience in the world's most challenging and high-profile environments," continued Wright. "When necessary, we have provided extensive customization of drivers, hardware, Visual Security(TM) elements and packaging to provide the most successful solutions. We are dedicated to delivering what it takes to ensure long-term program success." Fargo's Professional Services are available throughout the world. A recent drivers' license project in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. required special controls to support variable text and imaging on their cards. They had also chosen an uncommon card stock with a unique composition, all of which required customized programming to complete. Fargo delivered to their specifications, and the program expects to produce one million cards this year, with a 10% increase each of the next six years. "With project work of this magnitude, nothing is really plug-and-play," said Ricardo Trespalacios of Latin ID, a systems integrator An individual or organization that builds systems from a variety of diverse components. With increasing complexity of technology, more customers want complete solutions to information problems, requiring hardware, software and networking expertise in a multivendor environment. in Latin America. "Fargo stepped up to the plate with their commitment and support for both Latin ID and ultimately the customer." For more information on Fargo Professional Services, go to www.fargo.com/proservices or call 800-535-9423 or 952-983-8658. About Fargo Founded in 1974, Fargo Electronics, Inc. is a global leader in the development of secure technologies for identity card issuance systems, including secure card printer/encoders, materials and software. The company has sold more than 120,000 systems in the U.S. and over 80 other countries worldwide. Fargo card issuance systems reduce vulnerabilities and potential for loss of time, money and lives by continually con·tin·u·al adj. 1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage. 2. improving the security of identity credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. . Fargo provides physical, information, and transaction security for a wide variety of applications and industries, including government, corporate, national IDs, drivers' licenses, universities, schools and membership. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota “Minneapolis” redirects here. For other uses, see Minneapolis (disambiguation). Minneapolis (pronounced IPA: /ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs/) is the largest city in the U.S. , USA, Fargo markets its products through a global distribution network of professional security integrators. |
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