: ¿Cuántos puestos están ya equipados con el sistema I-Card Access ?

I-Card Access fue lanzado comercialmente en septiembre de 1.996 y está instalado en más de 2.000 ordenadores conectados a Internet en 24 países.

65.000 tarjetas están actualmente en circulación.

P: ¿Es posible utilizar aplicaciones de escritorio con I-Card Access ?

Sí, I-Card Access es un sistema abierto que controla no sólo aplicaciones de Internet, sino también programas de escritorio o juegos que funcionen bajo MS DOS.

P: ¿Permite el sistema I-Card Access la impresión de documentos ?

Sí, los usuarios pueden imprimir desde cualquiera de las aplicaciones disponibles.

P: ¿Cuándo están las unidades bajo débito ?

El débito de unidades empieza desde el momentoque el usuario abre una aplicación.

La personalización de la tarjeta de usuario es gratuita y no consume unidades.

La tarjeta de usuario puede ser insertada en el lector de tarjetas inteligentes sin dejar bajo débito las unidades de su tarjeta, siempre y cuando el usuario no abra una aplicación.

P: ¿Se pueden ajustar las unidades de débito para cada aplicación ?

Sí, el administrador puede determinar exactamente la rapidez de las unidades de débito para cada aplicación que elija como disponible para sus usuarios.

De esta manera puede hacer más o menos caras según qué aplicaciones.

Es incluso posible dar de alta aplicaciones de forma gratuita (sin unidades a débito) .

P: ¿Quién recarga las unidades de las tarjetas y cómo lo hace ?

El operador puede recargar las tarjetas de los usuarios gracias a su tarjeta especial de operador con código PIN.

La recarga es muy sencilla y no requiere ningún conocimiento técnico.

Por ejemplo, se puede realizar desde el mostrador de un hotel.

Leaders in telecommunication, computer and smart card manufacturers are working with I-Card on the development of cutting edge solutions.

Here is a selected list of some of the leading partners.

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Thanks to a commercial and industrial partnership, Bull sells our solution, in particular towards the educational market.

Les Banques Populaires are a financial support to the development of I-Card projects.

I-Card is affiliated to the Microsoft Development Network.

Since the very beginnings of I-Card, Hewlett-Packard has closely collaborated beside the I-Card company, through events sponsoring and commercial partnerships.

Opportunities of joint marketing are being investigated with new HP hardware, as the Montblanc keyboard.

I-Card is partner of the IBM Circle.

System integrator, ICL collaborates with I-Card, putting forth I-Card in their different projects for their important clients.

What is a smart card ?

This is a smart card.

Incidentally, it's an I-Card .

A smart card is a plastic card as large as a credit card embedded with an integrated circuit chip.

It is read by a card attached or built into a PC, an Internet terminal or Network Computer.

The chip holds various types of information in electronic form with sophisticated security mechanisms.

Smart cards give rise to an infinite variety of uses that will change many aspects of the way we live.

Why is it so smart ?

The chip stores information in the microprocessor which makes it much more secure than magnetic stripe cards, which carry information on the outside of the card and can be easily copied.

The intelligence of the chip also offers a read/write capability which allows new information to be added or processed.

For example, users can store digital signatures, e-mail addresses, URLs and other preferences and monetary value can be added and debited.

The smart card market will explode !!

Today there are approximately 1 billion smart cards produced annually for applications in telephony, healthcare, financial services and transportation.

Industry analysts predict that global market for smart cards will explode over the next few years with the introduction of interoperability standards and increased memory products.

¿Quién puede beneficiarse del sistema I-Card Access 2000?

Los beneficios que ofrece I-Card Access 2000 pueden ser aprovechados por todos aquellos lugares que deseen controlar sus PCs públicos así como su conexión a Internet.

Aquí tiene algunas de las posibles localizaciones desde donde se podría aprovechar los servicios prestados por I-Card Access 2000:

- Bibliotecas - Aeropuertos, estaciones de tren

- Cadenas de hoteles, hospitales - Centros de recreo

- Centros de negocios y convenciones - Colegios mayores y asociaciones

- Bares, cafeterías, restaurantes - Oficinas de correos, bancos

- Cybercafés - Complejos deportivos

- Ferias de muestras - Tiendas de libros, música y vídeos

- Grandes almacenes y centros comerciales - Compañías con entornos multiusuarios internos.

- Colegios, institutos, universidades

I-Card es el líder del mercado

Hoy en día más de 65.000 tarjetas han sido vendidas y nuestro software ha sido probado eficientemente en muchos hoteles, compañías, centros de convenciones, colegios y bibliotecas en 24 países.

I-Card es el líder del mercado en control de acceso de PCs para entornos Windows (95/98) , incluyendo acceso a Internet.

I-Card es una compañía española con más de cuatro años de experiencia resolviendo problemas complejos como la personalización de tarjetas inteligentes para usuarios o haciendo la interfaz on-line fácil de usar estando sus soluciones bastante por delante de cualquier otro producto de la competencia.

I-Card está basado en la tecnología de las tarjetas inteligentes

I-Card está basado en las tecnologías de las tarjetas inteligentes y de Internet.

La empresa I-Card se beneficia del conocimiento técnico y del márketing en tarjetas inteligentes concentrado en Francia.

Fue en este país donde se crearon las primeras y donde se situan la mayor parte de sus fabricantes.

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How many locations are equipped with the I-Card Access system ?

I-Card Access was commercially launched in September 96 and is already installed in more than 2,000 PCs connected to the Internet in 24 countries 65,000 cards are currently in use.

Q: Is it possible to use desktop applications with I-Card Access ?

Yes, I-Card Access is an open system which controls not only Internet applications, but also desktop programs, or games working under MS DOS.

Q: Does I-Card Access support printing ?

Yes, the users can print from any of the applications that are made available to them.

Q: When are units debited ?

The debit of units start from the moment the user opens an application.

The user card customization is free and does not consume any units.

The user card can be inserted into the smart card reader without debiting units from the card, as long as the user does not open an application.

Q: Can the unit debit be adjusted for every application ?

Yes, the administrator can determine just how fast units are debited for each application chosen to make available to the users.

That way, certain applications can be made more or less expensive.

It is even possible to make applications free of charge (no unit debit) .

Q: Who reloads the cards in units and how do you reload ?

The operator can reload user cards using the special operator card and PIN code.

Reloading is very simple and does not require any specific technical expertise.

It can be handled at a hotel front desk for instance.

Q: Can the user load data on the hard disk ?

The files on the hard disk are write protected so that the user may not modify, delete or rename these files.

However, a specific temporary folder is accessible and allows the users to save their files on the computer during their session.

Apart from this, users are able to save on a floppy disk if they wish.

Travelers carrying a plastic card instead of their portable computer to get connected to the web or other desktop applications .

University students or library users finding their personal PC environment each time they insert their card: favorite bookmarks, automatic e-mail checking, web browsing .

Hotels, airports, businesses, convention centres and shopping malls .

offering new profitable services through convenient card-enabled public terminals .

everywhere in the world .

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What is I-Card Access 2000 ?

I-Card Access is a smart-card based solution (and also a key-based solution) providing user-friendly and secure PC access to the general public.

Easy to install and manage, I-Card Access system keeps track of connection time automatically, making it simple for a public access location to earn additional revenues .

while providing a valuable service at the same time !!

It also secures the PC configuration and protects the contents of the hard disk.

Users will appreciate the hassle free convenience of I-Card Access' customization features.

Web browsing or electronic mail are made easy without having to remember or configure the PC with personal Internet information.

The I-Card Access (TM) system is composed of the following elements:

a) I-Card Access software

Software that provides the security and access control.

Each software package includes 1 licence.

Product licences are needed for as many PCs will have I-Card Access installed.

b) Card types

There are three card types, with different features which are explained below:

- Card type 'Administrator' (ADM)

- Card type 'Operator' (OPE)

- Card type 'User' (USER)

All our software products have been designed for users with no particular prior training and offers a friendly user interface.

Whether it's private access in a company that wants to manage connection time, or multi-user access through a public terminal, I-Card Access makes it possible for any business to easily administer and charge for PC access.

Who may benefit from the I-Card Access 2000 system?

I-Card Access 2000's benefits can be adapted to many different locations wishing to control their PCs and provide Internet to their public.

Here are some of the many possible locations where I-Card Access 2000 can be placed advantageously:

- Libraries - Airports, train stations

- Hotel chains, hospitals - Arcades, amusement centres

- Business service centres - Student centres and dormitories

- Bars, cafes, restaurants - Post offices, banks

- Cybercafes - Sport arenas and movie theatres

- Trade shows and exhibitions - Video, book and music stores

- Department stores, shopping malls - Companies for internal multi-user environments

- Schools, universities

Leaders in telecommunication, computer and smart card manufacturers are working with I-Card on the development of cutting edge solutions.

Here is a selected list of some of the leading partners.

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Thanks to a commercial and industrial partnership, Bull sells our solution, in particular towards the educational market.

Les Banques Populaires are a financial support to the development of I-Card projects.

I-Card is affiliated to the Microsoft Development Network.

Since the very beginnings of I-Card, Hewlett-Packard has closely collaborated beside the I-Card company, through events sponsoring and commercial partnerships.

Opportunities of joint marketing are being investigated with new HP hardware, as the Montblanc keyboard.

I-Card is partner of the IBM Circle.

System integrator, ICL collaborates with I-Card, putting forth I-Card in their different projects for their important clients.

Gente de todas partes del mundo utilizarán Internet para comunicarse y realizar todo tipo de transacciones e intercambios.

Entre ellos, el sistema de correo electrónico (e-mail) se está convirtiendo rápidamente en una herramienta de comunicación estándar.

Todos los lugares desde donde acceder a la red estarán ligados a esta expansión, pudiendo ser lugares públicos o privados tales como escuelas, institutos, universidades, bibliotecas, centros de negocios, empresas, casas particulares, etc.

Todos estos puntos de conexión deberán ofrecer tanto beneficios para sus usuarios como servicios multimedia, teniendo que ser éstos sencillos de actualizar y mantener, y lógicamente fáciles de usar.

Hacer frente a estos retos supone trabajar en un entorno multiusuario, teniéndose por tanto que resolver cierto número de problemas:

Seguridad del ordenador (protección del disco duro) :

Facturación de los tiempos de conexión

Control de acceso (¿quién puede acceder al ordenador?, ¿a qué aplicaciones?, ¿durante cuánto tiempo?, .)

Facilidad de uso

I-Card es la solución

Los productos I-Card (siendo I-Card Access el principal) dan una respuesta global a todas estas necesidades.

La intención de I-Card es ofrecer productos y servicios que permitan controles de acceso mediante tecnología basada en tarjetas inteligentes dentro de un entorno multiusuario.

Las tarjetas inteligentes con microprocesador incorporado son la llave para un acceso seguro.

El administrador del sistema es el encargado de autorizar y determinar el software a usar y de aumentar el crédito de unidades de la tarjeta.

Gracias a su tarjeta personal, el usuario puede revisar su cuenta de e-mail automáticamente y acceder a su libro de direcciones de sitios web favoritos o e-mails correspondientes.

Todo nuestro software ha sido diseñado para que sea usado por usuarios sin formación previa y ofrece una cómoda y sencilla interfaz de usuario.

En el caso de querer tener acceso privado en una compañía que desee controlar los tiempos de conexión, o por ejemplo acceso para múltiples usuarios desde un terminal público, I-Card Access hace posible que cualquier negocio o entidad administre y permita el acceso a sus PCs.

I-Card is the market leader

Today more than 65.000 cards have been sold and our software solutions have been proven efficiency in many hotels, companies, conference centres, schools and libraries across 24 countries.

I-Card is market leader for PC access control for Windows environment (95/98) , including Internet access.

I-Card is a Spanish company with more than four years of experience in solving complex problems such as customizing user smart cards or making the online interface easy to use.

Its solution is well ahead of any known competitive products.

I-Card is based on smart card technology

I-Card is positioned at the forefront of smart card and Internet technology.

The I-Card company benefits from technical and marketing expertise in smart cards that has remained concentrated in France.

France is where the smart cards originated and where all the major smart card manufacturers are located.

If you want to know more about .

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Internet is fast becoming a standard communication tool.

People around the world will turn to the Internet for their basic communication, transactions and exchange needs.

Public PC access points are bound to expand in public places, schools, libraries, business centres or in homes .

These locations are unlikely to offer self service multimedia access unless it is profitable, simple to manage and to maintain, and easy for the users.

But, putting up a PC in a multi-user environment means solving a certain number of problems:

PC securisation (hard disk protection) :

Connection time billing

Access control (who may access to the machine?, for what application?, for how long?)

Ease of use

I-Card is the solution

I-Card products (I-Card Access being the main one) answers globally to all these needs.

I-Card's mission is to propose products and services allowing access control based on smart card technology in a multi-user environment.

The smart card with its embedded microprocessor is a secure access key.

The system administration is simplified allowing the choice of authorized software and the crediting of cards in units.

Thanks to the personal card, the user can very easily check e-mail automatically and access an address book of favorite web sites or e-mail correspondents.

What is a smart card ?

This is a smart card.

Incidentally, it's an I-Card .

A smart card is a plastic card as large as a credit card embedded with an integrated circuit chip.

It is read by a card attached or built into a PC, an Internet terminal or Network Computer.

The chip holds various types of information in electronic form with sophisticated security mechanisms.

Smart cards give rise to an infinite variety of uses that will change many aspects of the way we live.

Why is it so smart ?

The chip stores information in the microprocessor which makes it much more secure than magnetic stripe cards, which carry information on the outside of the card and can be easily copied.

The intelligence of the chip also offers a read/write capability which allows new information to be added or processed.

For example, users can store digital signatures, e-mail addresses, URLs and other preferences and monetary value can be added and debited.

The smart card market will explode !!

Today there are approximately 1 billion smart cards produced annually for applications in telephony, healthcare, financial services and transportation.

Industry analysts predict that global market for smart cards will explode over the next few years with the introduction of interoperability standards and increased memory products.

- Instalar I-Card Access - Agregar unidades - Acceder a las aplicaciones

- Determinar el coste (nº de unidades) de cada aplicación - Fijar grupos de usuarios - Enviar y recibir e-mail

- Determinar las aplicaciones autorizadas - Cerrar el PC - Poseer un bookmark personal

- Acceder a Windows - Pagar el tiempo real de conexión

A cada tarjeta se le asigna un código de área que identifica a un cliente.

Así, las tarjetas son exclusivas de una instalación, no pudiendo ser utilizadas por ninguna otra, a no ser que el cliente así lo desee.

c) Lector de tarjetas

Pudiendo ser un lector de tarjetas inteligentes tanto interno (dentro del PC) como externo (periférico) .

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Kit Demo I-Card Access 2000

El Kit Demo es un paquete que incluye, con un precio especial, cada una de las partes necesarias para lanzar I-Card Access 2000:

- Software I-Card Access (1 licencia) .

- 1 tarjeta tipo 'Administrador', 1 tarjeta tipo 'Operador' y 1 tarjeta tipo 'Usuario'.

- 1 lector externo de tarjetas inteligentes.

I-Card Access 2000 con iKey

Además del sistema de tarjetas inteligentes, nuestro software también ha sido diseñado para el uso mediante las llaves iKey (TM) ,que se conectan al propio PC, permitiendo las siguientes opciones:

1) Con sólo una llave, podemos englobar, de una forma separada, exactamente las mismas funciones de las tarjetas anteriores: 'Administrador', 'Operador' y 'Usuario'.

2) Podemos utilizar una llave para cada cliente:

a) Llave 'Administrador'

b) Llave 'Operador'

c) Llave 'Usuario'

Para más información sobre I-Card Access 2000 y las llaves iKey, contacte con nosotros

Otro producto I-Card: I-Card Format

El sistema I-Card Format le permitirá craer sus propias tarjetas.

Necesita dos tarjetas 'Administrador', cuatro 'Operador' y diez 'Usuario', éste es el paquete que le interesa.

Sin límite de creación de tantas tarjetas como necesidades le vayan surgiendo.

Para más información sobre I-Card Format, contacte con nosotros

¿Cuáles deben ser las especificaciones de sus PCs ?

Leaders in telecommunication, computer and smart card manufacturers are working with I-Card on the development of cutting edge solutions.

Here is a selected list of some of the leading partners.

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Thanks to a commercial and industrial partnership, Bull sells our solution, in particular towards the educational market.

Les Banques Populaires are a financial support to the development of I-Card projects.

I-Card is affiliated to the Microsoft Development Network.

Since the very beginnings of I-Card, Hewlett-Packard has closely collaborated beside the I-Card company, through events sponsoring and commercial partnerships.

Opportunities of joint marketing are being investigated with new HP hardware, as the Montblanc keyboard.

I-Card is partner of the IBM Circle.

System integrator, ICL collaborates with I-Card, putting forth I-Card in their different projects for their important clients.