Product Summary

Multi-application smart cards will require security and seamless interoperability. Datacard offers the world's most robust portfolio of smart card software - including a new operating system based on Java Card™ technology.

The Datacard® Aptura™ Smart Card Operating System is a completely open operating system that brings stability, control and flexibility to your card program.

Until now, many card issuers viewed the implementation of smart card programs as complicated. The Aptura system simplifies all of that.

The Aptura comes pre-installed on a chip and ready to drop into a card plastic. By using globally recognized standards, it provides a highly stable applet platform, and it supports post issuance management of applets through the use of a card life cycle management system, such as the Datacard® Affina™ Platform Management Architecture.

The Aptura system also offers the long-term flexibility you need to attract and retain cardholders. A flexible framework makes it easy to add or update applets after cards have been issued, so you can offer your cardholders fresh, new products and respond quickly to their wants and needs.

In addition to strong product differentiation, the Aptura system also gives you tremendous risk control. It allows you to securely upgrade low-level software using a post-issuance life cycle management system, such as the Affina system. If you discover a potential security risk or operating issue, you can download new software or upgrade existing software without conducting a costly card recall.

Aptura Interoperability

• Conforms to global and industry standards
  
• GlobalPlatform compliant

• Open procurement of card components
  
• Effective supply risk management
  
• Control over card procurement costs

All of these operational and marketing advantages allow you to create smart card products that win and retain customers and strengthen your standing as a high-quality card services provider.