When you go into your kitchen, what’s in the cabinet under the sink? Dish detergent? Cleansers? What’s in your pantry? Cans of soup? Some baking supplies?

For many of us, the brands that we choose at the grocery are what our mothers bought when we were kids. We have a tendency to stick to the same bars of soap, same toothpaste, and same brands of breakfast cereal.

If it’s not broken, don’t fix it, and besides…we don’t like change.

Think for a moment about your first car…

1969 Chevrolet Impala. Three-speed on the column, AM radio, hand-cranked windows, and a bench seat in front that was 12 feet across.

Our new car has a six-speed automatic, AM/FM/CD with Bluetooth connectivity, and a double-click of the key fob will automatically open all four windows. It has a back-up camera for reverse, and a sensor to open the rear hatch if our hands are full.

Still driving your Impala? Probably not, as automotive technology has changed and that change was good.

Why, then, is your campus relying on technology developed as long as 20 years ago? Why are you so resistant to change for your campus technology needs?

Is it the anticipated cost? Atrium provides a scalable solution that will provide a cost-effective platform to fit your campus. Being cloud-based eliminates the need for you to host expensive servers on your campus, and frees you from mandated upgrades and maintenance. The hardware that you choose is not proprietary. Pick what works best for you, and fits your budget, and we’ll make it work. George Mason University found that these advantages – a few among many – would save them over $1 million over the first five years of the life of their new Atrium system.

Are you concerned about the time and effort involved in revolutionizing your campus card system? That’s what we’re here for. Atrium is a turn-key solution. We work with administrators to determine their needs, and then we do the heavy lifting. You’re delivered a fully functional product.

When your current provider insists on upgrades to software or hardware, do they mandate taking your campus offline? Is that making you nervous about making a switch? Being cloud-based allows us to create your system in parallel with your current environment, and Atrium can be staged to allow for a hot cutover that takes a matter of a few hours – not days on end.

You’re no doubt used to knowing where to look to gather the information that you need and perform the functions required of your office. Learning a new card administration system can be like learning a new language. We designed Atrium to be user-friendly, and based our interface on the input of administrators across the country. Our user interface is designed to Apple and Google usability standards, and you should feel at home with a single day of training. Much like a new Apple device or the intuitive Google Search, it just works. We also provide customer support in real-time. Just call us.

What about the money you’ve invested in your current systems and hardware? Face it, your current system doesn’t really want to talk to everything on your campus. That’s where being system agnostic comes in handy. Atrium is non-proprietary, and is anxious to connect to everything that you want to use. If you like a card reader better than what you have, pick it up. We can teach it to talk to Atrium. Pick what works best for you, and let us make the connections.

Still scared? Over the next few posts, we’ll go into more detail about each of your misgivings, and help to clarify why switching to Atrium is not only easy, but makes good fiscal sense. Put the Impala in the garage, and step into the future.

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JSA Technologies is pleased to announce the expansion of its partnership with New York University (NYU). JSA StudentLink will power NYU's next generation, global meal plan portal. The Meal Plan Portal is an optional module of JSA's StudentLink and will go live summer, 2017.

New York University is a private nonprofit research university based in New York City. Founded in 1831, NYU is considered one of the world's most influential research universities. Among its faculty and alumni are 37 Nobel Laureates, over 30 Pulitzer Prize winners, over 30 Academy Award winners, and hundreds of members of the National Academies of Sciences.

Over 70,000 NYU students and employees around the world will use the StudentLink Meal Plan Portal solution to manage their meal plan assignments through their mobile devices.  NYU expects this solution to enrich the cardholder experience, enhance administrative efficiency, and reduce costs.  A configurable rules engine allows NYU Dining to automatically enforce their business rules regarding meal plan eligibility, pricing and changes. Meal plan is automated through live data connections with NYU's student information and human resource systems.

Tammy Johnson, President of JSA Technologies, said of the partnership, “We are excited to expand our partnership with NYU on this next generation global Meal Plan Portal project. We especially value working with the NYU team who are so skilled and motivated to make this project a success."

Tammy continues, "Managing meal plan assignments has evolved into a complex process for many schools. While some institutions have attempted to automate the process, for most it remains a largely manual endeavor. We have been providing meal plan management solutions for years. Working with NYU is allowing us to significantly advance our offering."

Chris Tang, NYU Associate Vice President, said of the partnership, "For many years JSA has been a reliable service provider who understands our business needs.   We are pleased to enter into this next phase of our partnership with a JSA team fully committed to enhancing our student experience."

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Atrium is pleased to announce it is partnering with West Chester University to provide a next generation campus card solution.

West Chester University of Pennsylvania (WCUPA) is a public university located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia. It is one of the 14 state universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).

The West Chester Atrium solution comprises over 19,000 cardholders and ten best-in-breed systems, including eighteen (18) new lanes of Vivonet (point of sale), Picture Perfect (access control), Valid ID (web-based card production), USATech and MEI (vending), PeopleSoft (student information system), PaperCut (print/copy), Tapingo (online food ordering and delivery), Castles (merchant readers, both on and off campus), MBS (bookstore), and JSA StudentLink (online account management).

Tammy Johnson, President & CEO of Atrium, said of the partnership, “We are excited to work with West Chester University to provide their next generation campus card solution. West Chester has a vibrant and well managed card program. They recognized Atrium as a modern, non-proprietary, cloud hosted campus card solution that will allow them to both reduce costs and improve cardholder services by replacing their legacy card system."

Tammy continues, "West Chester also valued that with Atrium they could select the transactional endpoints that best met their needs.  We helped them evaluate point of sale (POS) options which led to Atrium providing a new cloud-based Vivonet POS."

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Atrium is pleased to announce it is partnering with Creighton University to provide a next generation campus card solution.

Creighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Creighton’s nine schools and colleges deliver powerful education that connects arts and sciences, law and business with health science programs in dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, occupational and physical therapy, public health and emergency medical services.

The Creighton Atrium solution comprises over 10,000 cardholders and nine best-in-breed systems, including forty-one (41) new lanes of Vivonet (point of sale), EPI Suite (card production), USATech and MEI (vending), Banner (student information system), Pharos (print/copy), Castles (merchant readers, both on and off campus), Follett (bookstore), ITC Laundry Master (laundry) and JSA StudentLink (online account management).

Tammy Johnson, President & CEO of Atrium, said of the partnership, “Creighton wanted a modern, non-proprietary, cloud hosted campus card solution that would allow them to both reduce costs and improve cardholder services as compared to their legacy card system. We are excited to work with them to provide their next generation campus card solution."

Tammy continues, "Creighton also valued that with Atrium, they could select the transactional endpoints that best met their needs.  We helped them evaluate point of sale (POS) options which led to Atrium providing a new cloud-based Vivonet POS."

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Atrium is pleased to announce University of Georgia (UGA) selected Atrium to provide its next generation UGA Card campus card solution.

Chartered by the state of Georgia in 1785, the University of Georgia is the birthplace of public higher education in America — launching our nation’s great tradition of world-class education for all. One of America’s “Public Ivies” and a top 10 best value in public higher education, the University of Georgia tackles some of the world’s grand challenges — from combating infectious disease and securing the world’s food supply to advancing economic growth and analyzing the environment. With its comprehensive reach, the university’s 17 colleges and schools enroll 36,000 students.

The University of Georgia Atrium solution comprises over 50,000 cardholders and fourteen best-in-breed systems, including twenty (20) new ColorID Iris Scanners (dining), Tapingo (online food ordering and delivery), Datacard (card production), USATech and MEI (vending), Banner (student information system), PeopleSoft (ERP), WEPA (print/copy), Follett (bookstore), ITC Kiosk, UGA Identity Management (single sign on), Point of Sale and JSA StudentLink (online account management).

Tammy Johnson, President & CEO of Atrium, said of the partnership, “University of Georgia is a prestigious institution and runs one of the largest campus card programs in the nation. We are very excited to work with them to provide their next generation campus card solution. UGA recognized Atrium as a modern, non-proprietary, cloud hosted campus card solution that will allow them to both reduce costs and improve cardholder services by replacing their legacy card system."

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Atrium is pleased to announce the March 9, 2017 Go Live of its new Employee Cashless Card solution at Butler County Health Care Center.

Butler County Health Care Center (BCHCC), located in David City, Nebraska, is committed to providing high quality, personalized health care in a cost effective and safe manner, as well as providing leadership to improve the health of the community we serve.  BCHCC recently received a Certificate of Achievement for participating in the HRET/Nebraska Hospital Engagement Network (HEN). The hospital achieved extraordinary outcomes in reducing patient harm and providing patient-centered, high quality health care.

The Butler County Health Care Center Atrium solution will enable employees to make cashless payments at new Crane vending machines, Clover Station dining POS and ITC netZtouch mini-POS registers in the pharmacy and store room.

Tammy Johnson, President & CEO of Atrium, said of project, “We are excited to be selected by BCHCC for their employee cashless card solution. The cafe closing at 7 pm made it hard on the employees to have access to healthy food choices. Now they have access to great food choices through the vending machines that hold fresh food made that day."

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University of Georgia (UGA) Goes Live with Atrium for Their Campus Card Solution

The Atrium UGACard solution comprises of over 65,000 cardholders and fourteen best-of-breed systems, including:

• Twenty (20) new Iris Scanners
• Tapingo online food ordering
• Snack and beverage vending
• Banner
• PeopleSoft
• WEPA print and copy management
• Follett bookstore
• ITC kiosk
• UGA Identity Management Single Sign-On
• Dining point of sale
• Atrium StudentLink online account management
• Atrium StudentLink Online Meal Plan Portal automating the purchase-bill-administer-report work process

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University of Georgia's next generation Atrium UGACard solution includes twenty (20) new Iris scanners for their dining venues.

While the Iris scanners were provided by an Atrium Partner, an Atrium App runs on Raspberry Pi's and authenticates card holders using a light pole and turnstile to admit or deny entry.

Other institutions have deployed Iris scanners, but they have typically been connected to Point of Sale systems, where transaction response times range from 2-4 seconds.

UGA felt this transaction response time was too slow and would lead to long lines, given their large size.

Atrium came up with an innovative, low cost solution which boasts transactional responsive times of less than a second. In addition to being very fast, the Atrium App supports offline operation.

This solution has both improved dining operations and the student experience.

Tammy Johnson, President & CEO of Atrium, said of this solution, “The Iris Scanner solution we provided to UGA reinforces the power, flexibility and cost-effectiveness of an open, non-proprietary campus card solution.  This same solution is now available to other clients and supports a myriad of use cases, including recreation sports centers and attendance tracking.  In addition to supporting Iris scanners, the Atrium App supports any USB reader including mag stripe, barcode and contactless cards.”

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Eagle Hill School Goes Live with Atrium Campus Card Solution

Eagle Hill School went live in September with a new Atrium campus card solution. Feedback from parents, students and Eagle Hill School staff has been excellent.

Eagle Hill School is a private co-educational college preparatory boarding school in Hardwick, Massachusetts, established in 1967.  Eagle Hill School educates students identified with learning disabilities by providing an intimate and encouraging community that honors the individual, values learning diversity, and cultivates international mindedness.

Eagle Hill School's goals for this project included:

• Improving the parent experience around tuition payment and managing student account
• Improving the student experience around managing allowances, student store charges and trips
• Streamlining and automating manual administrative work processes

The Atrium campus card solution includes:

• StudentLink for Parents - pay online for tuition and manage student accounts from a mobile responsive web app.  Atrium integrates with Eagle Hill School's Intacct general ledger system to provide this seamless solution.  Parents log into StudentLink using Blackbaud Single Sign On.
• StudentLink for Students - access their allowance from a cash dispensing kiosk using their smartphone or a physical ID card.  Students can also pay for goods at the Student Store.
• Atrium for Admins - web portal that allows Eagle Hill School staff to manage and reconcile the student accounts, including a rich reporting engine and the ability to effect manual and bulk student transactions.

Tammy Johnson, President & CEO of Atrium, said of the project, “Eagle Hill School had a vision to improve their parent and student experience with respect to tuition payment and management of student accounts.  We partnered with Eagle Hill School and WipFli, who provided a new Intacct general ledger system.  We are excited about the very positive feedback from parents and students.  We look forward to bringing this solution to other private high schools."

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Atrium has recently added new team members to support its growing family of clients.

From the client support side, we are pleased to announce Dale Simpson has joined the AtriumCare team.  For the past four and a half years Dale served as the ID Center Manager for Oregon State University (OSU).  Dale led the transition from OSU's legacy campus card system to Atrium.

Prior to joining Oregon State, Dale was a gym owner/operator (Anytime Fitness) for ten years where he had extensive experience with electronic access and client management systems.  Before Anytime Fitness, Dale worked for HP for fifteen years in manufacturing process development, with a focus on process improvement for ink jet printer cartridges.

Dale resides in Oregon and is married with five lovely daughters.

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Atrium is pleased to announce it is partnering with Colorado College to provide a next generation campus card solution.

The Colorado College (CC) is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, near the foot of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell in his daughter's memory. The college enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduates at its 90-acre (36 ha) campus, 70 miles (110 km) south of Denver. The college offers 42 majors and 33 minors, and has a student-faculty ratio of 10:1.

The Colorado College Atrium solution comprises over six best-in-breed systems, including a new Vivonet Cloud POS (point of sale), Valid ID Cloud card production, ITC Laundry Master, Banner connection, Castles merchant readers for off campus merchants and attendance tracking, Barnes & Noble Bookstore point of sale connection, and Atrium StudentLink online account management.

Tammy Johnson, President and CEO of Atrium, said of the partnership, “Colorado College wanted a modern, non-proprietary, cloud hosted campus card solution that would allow them to both reduce costs and improve cardholder services as compared to their legacy card system. We are excited to work with them to provide a modern alternative campus card solution.”  Tammy continues, “Colorado College also valued that with Atrium, they could select the transactional endpoints that best meet their needs.  We helped them evaluate point of sale (POS) and card production options which led to Atrium providing a new Vivonet Cloud POS and Valid ID Cloud card production system.”

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New York University (NYU) has gone live with Atrium's StudentLink Meal Plan Portal. Student focus group and NYU staff feedback has been excellent. Over 11,500 students and employees are using the new portal.

Founded in 1831, New York University is now one of the largest private universities in the United States. From a student body of 158 during NYU's very first semester, enrollment has grown to more than 50,000 students at three degree-granting campuses in New York City, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai, and at study away sites in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America.

Managing the initial assignment, change and cancellation of meal plans and the associating billing is a complex process at universities and colleges. It is especially complex at NYU given their size and global footprint. NYU has over 23 meal plans (plus Dining Dollar add-ons). Meal plan eligibility, pricing, changes, proration, rollovers and exceptions vary across over 16 different participant groups. Billing management requires connectivity with two different systems of record (Peoplesoft and WorkDay).

NYU's key goals for the StudentLink Meal Plan Portal included:

• Improving the student meal plan management experience using an ADA compliant user interface
• Reducing the indirect and direct costs involved in the meal plan management business process

This project was the ultimate partnership with NYU and StudentLink personnel working closely over several months as a single team.
Tammy Johnson, President of Atrium, said of the partnership, “We greatly value our long-term partnership with New York University. When the opportunity arose to work with them to reimagine their meal plan management process we jumped at it. They have a passionate, highly skilled team and we are
very pleased with the results of this project."

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A Mobile One Card System for Your Students.

Significant Cost Savings for You.Today’s students demand to use their smartphones for everything.  Use their phone as ID.  Order food for pickup and delivery.  Purchase meal plans.  Check in at events.  Submit their ID photo.

Your institution is pushing you to reduce operating costs.

We've reimagined the campus card system to do both.  University of Georgia is saving over $160,000 per year with Atrium while adding Iris scanners to their dining halls!  George Mason is realizing over $1 million in savings over their first five years of use!

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Join us at NACAS on November 6th at Booth 334 to find out what schools like University of Georgia, Creighton University, West Chester University, George Mason University, Oregon State University, and Rutgers University already know.

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University of Georgia's next generation Atrium UGACard solution includes twenty (20) new Iris scanners for their dining venues.

While the Iris scanners were provided by an Atrium Partner, an Atrium App runs on Raspberry Pi's and authenticates card holders using a light pole and turnstile to admit or deny entry.

Other institutions have deployed Iris scanners, but they have typically been connected to Point of Sale systems, where transaction response times range from 2-4 seconds.

UGA felt this transaction response time was too slow and would lead to long lines, given their large size.

Atrium came up with an innovative, low cost solution which boasts transactional responsive times of less than a second. In addition to being very fast, the Atrium App supports offline operation.

This solution has both improved dining operations and the student experience.

Tammy Johnson, President & CEO of Atrium, said of this solution, “The Iris Scanner solution we provided to UGA reinforces the power, flexibility and cost-effectiveness of an open, non-proprietary campus card solution.  This same solution is now available to other clients and supports a myriad of use cases, including recreation sports centers and attendance tracking.  In addition to supporting Iris scanners, the Atrium App supports any USB reader including mag stripe, barcode and contactless cards.”

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Atrium is pleased to announce it is partnering with Clayton State University to provide a next generation campus card solution.

Clayton State University is a public university in Morrow, Georgia, serving Metro Atlanta, and is a selective Senior Unit of the University System of Georgia.  The main campus includes 192 acres (0.78 km2) of wooded grounds, featuring five lakes and a park-like atmosphere. Located in the north-central part of Clayton County in suburban south metro Atlanta, the main campus is a fifteen-minute drive from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and about twenty minutes from downtown Atlanta.  University enrollment is approximately 7,200 students.

The Clayton State Atrium solution comprises over ten best-in-breed systems, including:

• new Atrium StudentLink online account management with Meal Plan Portal for automated meal plan purchasing and billing management
• new campus-wide Vivonet Cloud Point of Sale
• new ITC Kiosk
• new Castles merchant readers for off campus merchants and attendance tracking
• Connections to existing campus systems: Datacard ID Works, Banner, Nebraska Bookstore, Pharos print/copy, Persona door access control and Vending

Tammy Johnson, President & CEO of Atrium, said of the partnership, “Clayton State University wanted a modern, non-proprietary, cloud hosted campus card solution that would allow them to both reduce costs and improve cardholder services as compared to their legacy card system. We are excited to work with them to provide their next generation campus card solution.”

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Atrium is pleased to announce University of Georgia (UGA) selected Atrium to provide its next generation UGA Card campus card solution.

Chartered by the state of Georgia in 1785, the University of Georgia is the birthplace of public higher education in America — launching our nation’s great tradition of world-class education for all. One of America’s “Public Ivies” and a top 10 best value in public higher education, the University of Georgia tackles some of the world’s grand challenges — from combating infectious disease and securing the world’s food supply to advancing economic growth and analyzing the environment. With its comprehensive reach, the university’s 17 colleges and schools enroll 36,000 students.

The University of Georgia Atrium solution comprises over 50,000 cardholders and fourteen best-in-breed systems, including twenty (20) new ColorID Iris Scanners (dining), Tapingo (online food ordering and delivery), Datacard (card production), USATech and MEI (vending), Banner (student information system), PeopleSoft (ERP), WEPA (print/copy), Follett (bookstore), ITC Kiosk, UGA Identity Management (single sign on), Point of Sale and JSA StudentLink (online account management).

Tammy Johnson, President & CEO of Atrium, said of the partnership, “University of Georgia is a prestigious institution and runs one of the largest campus card programs in the nation. We are very excited to work with them to provide their next generation campus card solution. UGA recognized Atrium as a modern, non-proprietary, cloud hosted campus card solution that will allow them to both reduce costs and improve cardholder services by replacing their legacy card system."

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Atrium is pleased to announce it is partnering with University of Massachusetts Boston to provide a new campus card solution.

UMass Boston is a research university located in the City of Boston. Located on the Columbia Point peninsula, the University is surrounded by the Boston Harbor, the John F. Kennedy Library and the Massachusetts State Archives.  UMass Boston is known for its growing and diverse student body of more than 11,000 undergraduates and nearly 4,000 graduate students.

The UMASS Boston Atrium solution will provide a modern, cloud-based One Card system encompassing:

• * Atrium StudentLink online account management portal with Online Photo Upload
• * Vivonet dining point of sale system
• * Barnes & Noble bookstore
• * Lenel door access control and card production system
• * PeopleSoft student information system
• * Pharos print & copy management
• * Castles readers for on campus activities and attendance tracking

Tammy Johnson, President & CEO of Atrium, said of the partnership, “University of Massachusetts Boston wanted to provide a new OneCard system for their expanding campus.  They sought a modern, non-proprietary, cloud hosted campus card solution that would allow them to integrate with their existing best-in-breed campus infrastructure and provide an attractive total cost of ownership.  We are excited to work with them on this exciting project.”

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Atrium is pleased to announce the March 9, 2017 Go Live of its new Employee Cashless Card solution at Butler County Health Care Center.

Butler County Health Care Center (BCHCC), located in David City, Nebraska, is committed to providing high quality, personalized health care in a cost effective and safe manner, as well as providing leadership to improve the health of the community we serve.  BCHCC recently received a Certificate of Achievement for participating in the HRET/Nebraska Hospital Engagement Network (HEN). The hospital achieved extraordinary outcomes in reducing patient harm and providing patient-centered, high quality health care.

The Butler County Health Care Center Atrium solution will enable employees to make cashless payments at new Crane vending machines, Clover Station dining POS and ITC netZtouch mini-POS registers in the pharmacy and store room.

Tammy Johnson, President & CEO of Atrium, said of project, “We are excited to be selected by BCHCC for their employee cashless card solution. The cafe closing at 7 pm made it hard on the employees to have access to healthy food choices. Now they have access to great food choices through the vending machines that hold fresh food made that day."

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University of Georgia (UGA) Goes Live with Atrium for Their Campus Card Solution

The Atrium UGACard solution comprises of over 65,000 cardholders and fourteen best-of-breed systems, including:

• Twenty (20) new Iris Scanners
• Tapingo online food ordering
• Snack and beverage vending
• Banner
• PeopleSoft
• WEPA print and copy management
• Follett bookstore
• ITC kiosk
• UGA Identity Management Single Sign-On
• Dining point of sale
• Atrium StudentLink online account management
• Atrium StudentLink Online Meal Plan Portal automating the purchase-bill-administer-report work process

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University of Georgia's next generation Atrium UGACard solution includes twenty (20) new Iris scanners for their dining venues.

While the Iris scanners were provided by an Atrium Partner, an Atrium App runs on Raspberry Pi's and authenticates card holders using a light pole and turnstile to admit or deny entry.

Other institutions have deployed Iris scanners, but they have typically been connected to Point of Sale systems, where transaction response times range from 2-4 seconds.

UGA felt this transaction response time was too slow and would lead to long lines, given their large size.

Atrium came up with an innovative, low cost solution which boasts transactional responsive times of less than a second. In addition to being very fast, the Atrium App supports offline operation.

This solution has both improved dining operations and the student experience.

Tammy Johnson, President & CEO of Atrium, said of this solution, “The Iris Scanner solution we provided to UGA reinforces the power, flexibility and cost-effectiveness of an open, non-proprietary campus card solution.  This same solution is now available to other clients and supports a myriad of use cases, including recreation sports centers and attendance tracking.  In addition to supporting Iris scanners, the Atrium App supports any USB reader including mag stripe, barcode and contactless cards.”

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