Part 2: Expect More with Cloud-Based Credential Issuance
Whether your ID card program is large and established or small and streamlined, credential issuance is a big part of the job. Did you choose your issuance technology thoughtfully, based on the best options for your needs – or was it decided for you by your one-card system provider?
Issuance is too important to leave up to a third party. And with the industry’s leading solution nearing its end of life, the time to upgrade is now. In part two of our “Looking Up to the Cloud” series, we present three reasons to expect more from your next issuance solution.
1. Expect More Options
If you run an ID card program, your credential issuance solution plays an important role in your daily operations. Yet too often, these hardware and software choices are dictated by one-card system providers. While your issuance solutions should integrate smoothly with your one-card system, you shouldn’t have to relinquish control of these crucial decisions.
“You will interact with your printer and issuance software every day,” points out Todd Brooks, Vice President, Products & Technology at ColorID. “There are many printer, reader and card technologies available today. You should have the freedom to choose the technology that best supports your unique needs and workflows.”
2. Expect More Modern Features
If you’re facing an upgrade, now is the perfect time to bring in new solutions with features that better support your organization. Today’s cloud-based credential issuance solutions offer a number of options not available in many older, on-premise systems.
More Options for Mobile Credentials
If your one-card system makes managing multiple credentials overly complex or costly, it’s time to consider other options. Cloud-based solutions can simplify your path to mobile credentials — without requiring you to rip out all existing infrastructure. Cloud-based options supporting BLE technology give you the freedom to accept mobile credentials on as many, or as few, readers as you’d like. Plus, they can be significantly less expensive than NFC/wallet-based roll-outs.
Printer Management From Anywhere
Is your credential issuance process tied to a specific workstation? Imagine the efficiencies you could gain with remote, robust printer management. “Remote administration is crucial in today’s era of remote workers, distributed campuses and heightened expectations for mobile convenience,” points out Brooks. “With the right cloud-based technology, you can support your organization from anywhere.”
Mobile Photo Upload
This simple idea — allowing people to submit their own ID card photos from their phones — pays dividends in more ways than one. With intelligent features like background removal and automatic approval/denial, you can serve your customers quickly and move onto other priorities.
Multiple Roles
Your cardholders interact with your organization in many ways. Your credential issuance solution should recognize and support all of them. “For example, someone may be a student at a university and an employee at its affiliated hospital,” explains Brooks. “Modern issuance solutions can account for this without requiring multiple cards.”
3. Expect an Easier Implementation
Is fear of a lengthy, complicated installation keeping you from choosing the best option for your organization? Look to the cloud for an easier way to get the modern features you need with minimal downtime.
“Cloud-based implementations are often faster and require less work from the customer’s end,” advises Brooks. “This has removed a major barrier for many of our clients — letting them choose what is best for their organization, rather than what is easiest for their vendors to install.”
Look Up to the Cloud for More Modern Credential Issuance
It’s time to look up from today’s routines and discover all the options available to you with cloud-based issuance solutions. ColorID offers a portfolio of issuance technology with a variety of printer and credential options, remote printer management, and modern features like photo upload, flexible mobile credential options and more.
Expect more from your credential issuance technology. With flexible, cloud-based solutions, you can choose the best path for your organization. After all, who is better suited to decide than you?
ColorID is a leading supplier of high-quality identification products and services for higher education, healthcare and other organizations around the world. Learn more at www.colorid.com.
Issuance is too important to leave up to a third party. And with the industry’s leading solution nearing its end of life, the time to upgrade is now. In part two of our “Looking Up to the Cloud” series, we present three reasons to expect more from your next issuance solution.
1. Expect More Options
If you run an ID card program, your credential issuance solution plays an important role in your daily operations. Yet too often, these hardware and software choices are dictated by one-card system providers. While your issuance solutions should integrate smoothly with your one-card system, you shouldn’t have to relinquish control of these crucial decisions.
“You will interact with your printer and issuance software every day,” points out Todd Brooks, Vice President, Products & Technology at ColorID. “There are many printer, reader and card technologies available today. You should have the freedom to choose the technology that best supports your unique needs and workflows.”
2. Expect More Modern Features
If you’re facing an upgrade, now is the perfect time to bring in new solutions with features that better support your organization. Today’s cloud-based credential issuance solutions offer a number of options not available in many older, on-premise systems.
More Options for Mobile Credentials
If your one-card system makes managing multiple credentials overly complex or costly, it’s time to consider other options. Cloud-based solutions can simplify your path to mobile credentials — without requiring you to rip out all existing infrastructure. Cloud-based options supporting BLE technology give you the freedom to accept mobile credentials on as many, or as few, readers as you’d like. Plus, they can be significantly less expensive than NFC/wallet-based roll-outs.
Printer Management From Anywhere
Is your credential issuance process tied to a specific workstation? Imagine the efficiencies you could gain with remote, robust printer management. “Remote administration is crucial in today’s era of remote workers, distributed campuses and heightened expectations for mobile convenience,” points out Brooks. “With the right cloud-based technology, you can support your organization from anywhere.”
Mobile Photo Upload
This simple idea — allowing people to submit their own ID card photos from their phones — pays dividends in more ways than one. With intelligent features like background removal and automatic approval/denial, you can serve your customers quickly and move onto other priorities.
Multiple Roles
Your cardholders interact with your organization in many ways. Your credential issuance solution should recognize and support all of them. “For example, someone may be a student at a university and an employee at its affiliated hospital,” explains Brooks. “Modern issuance solutions can account for this without requiring multiple cards.”
3. Expect an Easier Implementation
Is fear of a lengthy, complicated installation keeping you from choosing the best option for your organization? Look to the cloud for an easier way to get the modern features you need with minimal downtime.
“Cloud-based implementations are often faster and require less work from the customer’s end,” advises Brooks. “This has removed a major barrier for many of our clients — letting them choose what is best for their organization, rather than what is easiest for their vendors to install.”
Look Up to the Cloud for More Modern Credential Issuance
It’s time to look up from today’s routines and discover all the options available to you with cloud-based issuance solutions. ColorID offers a portfolio of issuance technology with a variety of printer and credential options, remote printer management, and modern features like photo upload, flexible mobile credential options and more.
Expect more from your credential issuance technology. With flexible, cloud-based solutions, you can choose the best path for your organization. After all, who is better suited to decide than you?
ColorID is a leading supplier of high-quality identification products and services for higher education, healthcare and other organizations around the world. Learn more at www.colorid.com.
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