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February 9, 2007 |
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The Gaming Standards Association has
announced the release of a third-party toolkit for its System to
System (S2S) protocol. Illinois-based Digital Dynamics created its
S2SConnect, which enables gaming manufacturers to quickly add the
S2S protocol to their gaming devices and other systems.
S2S is an industry open gaming standard that allows casino operators to connect all of their systems together to share information with other systems such as hospitality or POS systems. The S2SConnect system allows manufacturers to equip their games and peripheral technologies with the S2S protocol easily and efficiently. S2SConnect features synchronous and asynchronous support, client and host support, automatic communication retries, message validation, a pluggable network transport layer and type safety. The Gaming Standards Association said last year it was encouraging third-party development of toolkits, and since that announcement, the organization said it had been working closely with companies on test suites for GSA protocols. “Our goal is to encourage third-party companies to develop tool kits for our protocols to drive the speed of implementation. We are very pleased that Digital Dynamics answered that call. We believe that the industry will be excited about their S2SConnect tool,” said GSA President Peter DeRaedt. Founded in 1983, Digital Dynamics is a software engineering firm that focuses on delivering leading-edge technology solutions. The company has been working with the GSA for several years and has designed several development tools and protocol converters to facilitate compatibility with slot floors in new markets. Digital Dynamics has also been a significant developer of IP telephony applications. More information about the new S2SConnect tool kit is available on the company’s website, www.digdyn.com. —Andy Holtmann |
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