CFM Deploys Lantronix's EDS2100, Creates IP-to-Serial Connections

Cash Flow Management (CFM) has implemented Lantronix’s (News - Alert) EDS2100 external device networking technology to create IP-to-serial connections that are necessary to bring its zero-footprint flagship cash automation product on to a network.

“Lantronix is assisting CFM by providing a “best of both worlds” situation, allowing its customers to have a zero-footprint cash automation system and redundancy for business continuity,” said Paul Pishal, vice president of product management at Lantronix.

A professional software provider, CFM is dedicated to servicing financial institutions, core software providers and cash automation hardware manufacturers, with its primary software product, S4, an enterprise-level, cash automation solution with zero footprint at the branch level.

Being server-based, at the branch, a network outage at the CFM server location can interrupt service at the branch. Company officials said that cause unnecessary downtime and reduced business performance.

CFM sought a solution to alleviate network downtime, bringing cash automation on to a network, which wouldn't compromise S4's zero-footprint form factor, said company officials.

The deployed Lantronix’ EDS2100, a hybrid Ethernet terminal/multiport device server that allows remote access and management of virtually any IT/networking equipment or edge device, providing bullet-proof security with built in AES, SSH and SSL capabilities.

Thanks to EDS2100, CFM was able to retain the zero-footprint form factor of its product. In addition, it was also able to provide the redundancy required for business continuity in the event of a network outage.

Company officials said that the deployment of EDS2100 into CFM's Networking Outage Redundancy Module (NORM) design also enabled the company to create the IP-to-serial connection required to bring S4 functionality on to the network.

NORM enables all the functionality of the S4 software to be available on the enterprise server from any branch within the WAN, and once credentials are authenticated, it facilitates access to all cash automation functionality in a highly secure environment.

“Having Lantronix' EDS2100 run on a Linux OS allowed us to cut our development time in half,” said Nathan Moore, product director at CFM, adding that the company is now able to better provide secure, reliable cash automation redundancy that customers need, and have seen a considerable increase in customers seeking our services.

Earlier this year in March, Germany-based Eusotec selected Lantronix’s technology to develop its own flagship product, the “Mini-Data Logger and Web Server.”