More and more customers are realizing the advantages of running their on-street parking operations with the help of a back-office system.
The concept of back-office systems is not new. Cale Access started making such systems back in the eighties for the Cale MP 8008 and MP 101 parking terminals. The first systems were based on Microsoft DOS and did not leave much scope for the graphical presentation of data. Data collection was performed manually at each terminal, which made the data collection process expensive.
With the second generation back-office system, Cale Access increased the customer value by introducing terminal communication over modem connections and graphical presentation. The system included support for Cale MP 102 parking terminals.
The third generation was developed in parallel with the Cale MP 104 parking terminal and focused on detailed event and log data from the terminal.
The fourth generation back-office system was introduced at the same time as Microsoft introduced its Windows XP. The system contained enhanced functions together with improvements in usability and design. The use of a central database with several back-office clients and a new communication technique with a new and better type of billing structure added to the success.
The introduction on the Internet of strong business applications turns Cale Access’ fifth back-office generation into a worldwide system. Experience from four previous generations, together with the input from Cale customers and the enormous potential of the Internet, give the new Cale WebOffice system more advantages than ever before.
Security issues have never been more important and the possibilities to integrate with other systems are almost infinite.
Cale WebOffice uses sophisticated encryption and conforms to ICO/IEC 17799:2005 “Information Technology - Code of Practice for Information Security .
“Our long experience of back-office applications for parking, and the ability to not only using technical advancements but also invent them, give our customers optimal solutions to develop their parking operations. Today Cale WebOffice communicates with thousands of terminals all over the world and we are already working on the next generation back-office system to offer our customers the best possible value from our products and services” says Product Manager Anton Kaya. |
