Focus:Land-basedonlinesolutions
Atsomepoint,compatibilitymodules
thatwillconvertSAStoG2Smaybe
usedtofillthegapanddisposeofold
cablingandmodules.
ThetransitiontothenewG2S-based
communicationtechnologieswillopen
somepreviouslyunavailableavenuesto
operators.Forexample:supportfor
downloadablegamesandfirmware,
remoteEGMmanagementandeasier
linkingtoprogressiveswillallow
operatorstooffermoretotheir
customers.Additionally,fastergame
deployment,bettergamebenchmarking
andimprovedgameprofilingwillprovide
thecasinooperatorwithabetterwayto
managetheirflooroperations.Multigame
machinesarealreadyareality,but
server-basedgamesaregainingtheir
shareofthefloor.
THEINTERFACEOFCHANGE
Indeed,themorefunctionalityand
optionsavailabletotheplayer,themore
trackingandmanagementfunctionsare
FlexibilityfortheFuture
needed.Interfacestandardisationisthe
gatewaytobuildingapplicationsfrom
fullydeveloped,specialisedcomponents,
andmoreaddedvaluecanbegainedby
Inthemidstofhardtimes,whenveryfewland-basedcasinosdareto
increasingthepaceofevolutionfor
undertakelargescaleinvestment,whilsttryingtooptimisetheiroperations,
casinoinformationsystems.
itisvitaltoknowtheoptionsavailableandthemosteffectivepathstofollow
HSLhaveidentifiedthenecessitybehind
theprovisionofthetoolstocopewith
Beforedecidingonthesepathsofleast Today,manycasinoinformationsystems Thetransitiontothe thisscaleofprogress,andhave
misfortune,ofone’sdirection,itis alreadyoffermoreopeninterfacesfor newG2S-based components,orbuildingblocksifyou
necessarytoattendtoseveralquestions integration.GSAS2S(System-to-System) communication wish,relatedtomanagement,reporting
ofsizeableimportance.Onesuch isoftenidentifiedasanoptionfor technologieswillopen andprotocolbridgesreadytobe
questioniswhethertobuy,tooutsource integration.AsS2Sisopenprotocolitis somepreviously integrated.Moreofthemareexpectedin
acustomsolutionor,indeed,tobuildit aconvenientwayofintegratingthird unavailableavenuesto thefuture.
yourself.Inmostcases,wherethe partycomponents.Whenthereissuch operators.For
questionsrelatetogamingequipment, anopenrouteforsystemintegrationitis example:supportfor Finally,thereremainsanissuetobe
theanswerwillbetobuyorlease.A usuallyeasiertoutilisebridge downloadablegames solvedthatalthoughacurrentheadache,
naturalmatterofcourse,asjurisdictional connectionsifthereisnodirectwayto andfirmware,remote reallyneedn’tbeinthefuture.As
requirementsofferlittlespacefor connect.Implementingbridgesbasedon EGMmanagementand mentionedpreviously,thereareseveral
differentsolutions. S2SandG2Sprotocols,amongstothers, easierlinkingto proprietaryinterfacesforgames,meaning
isallpartoftheprovisionofintegration progressiveswill thatportingthemfromoneplatformto
Yet,whenconsideringoperational servicessuppliedbycompaniessuchas allowoperatorsto anotherrepresentsasignificantdegreeof
supportandauditfunctionalityforthe HermesSoftLab(HSL). offermoretotheir difficulty.Thefactisthattheway
casinofloor,diversityisreadilyavailable. customers. vendorssplitfunctionalitiesbetween
Manycasinooperatorsmayopttobuy UNINTERRUPTEDSERVICE Additionally,faster gamepresentation,gamecommandsand
everythingfromonesolutionortobuy Asonewouldimagineforafunctioning gamedeployment, gamelogicvariesconsiderably,which
somebasicfunctionalityandoutsource landbasedcasino,agreatdealof bettergame makesportinggamestodifferent
integration,orbuilditinternally.Whenit importanceliesintheabilitytoensure benchmarkingand platformsevenmoreofachallenge.
comestobackofficesystems,however, thecontinuousoperationofthecasino improvedgame However,byincorporatingthe
wefindthereareavarietyoffeasible floorwhenneworadditional profilingwillprovide appropriatesplitandbyusing
routes. functionalitiesaredeployed.Yet,whilstit thecasinooperator standardisedgameAPIs,itwouldbefar
iswidelyacceptedthatG2Sisthefuture withabetterwayto easiertoportgamesfromstandalone
Wheretodothereengineeringisdown forcasinofloorcommunications,it managetheirfloor EGMtoSBGvariantsandfurther,to
totheoperatorandthevariousneeds cannotbeexpectedtoconvertthewhole operations. onlinegameversions.
andrequirementsatthatstageof floorofanexistingoperationatonce.
development.Thereisverylittlesensein Withthisinmind,G2Swillco-existwith Italmostsoundstooobvioustomention,
investinginahigh-endBusiness oldertechnologiesforsometimeto butitisimperativetochooseaninterface
Intelligencesystemifthereareseveral come.Newgamesandsystemswillrely Thisarticlewas thatismostsuitabletodothejob.Weat
distinctsub-areasonthefloorthatdonot onthenewesttechnologies(G2Sand writtenforG3by HSLproposethatgameAPIsshouldfulfil
communicatewitheachotherandhave S2S)whilstexistinggameswill,fora AlesGornjec,Business currentneedswhilstretainingthe
closedproprietaryinterfacesfordata time,continuetorunwiththe DevelopmentManager extensibilitytochallengefutureones...to
access.Insuchcases,integrationwillbe technologiesthatweredeployedatthe forGamingatHERMES boldlygowherenointegrationservice
acostlyandlengthyprocess. timeoftheirintroduction. SoftLab hasgonebefore...
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