InvestorsHub Logo
Followers 25
Posts 348
Boards Moderated 0
Alias Born 07/22/2003

Re: None

Thursday, 08/03/2006 1:41:18 PM

Thursday, August 03, 2006 1:41:18 PM

Post# of 249541
Diebold Opteva.

From: Rodman & Renshaw Security
Biodefense & Connectivity Investor Conference in New York
June 19, 2006

We also have a customer up there in Diebold who we actually supply with Intel. Intel motherboards go in ATM machines. We provide the key management software for the Trusted Platform Modules for Diebold.
http://www.unclever.com/wavx/

Intel Trusted Platform Module Chip
Every Opteva ATM includes an Intel® Trusted Platform Module Chip. The chip verifies the authenticity of sources and commands, and ensures a protected exchange of instructions and information. http://www.diebold.com/atmsecurity/hackers.htm

Optimistic outlook

07 May 2004
It took 137 years for Diebold Incorporated to achieve its first $1 billion sales year. Seven years later, in 2003, the company's sales reached the $2 billion milestone.
Eric Evans, Diebold's new president and chief operating officer, said the company hopes to get to $3 billion in just three to four more years.

An ambitious goal -- but one that seems within reach based on the early reception for the Opteva, the company's new line of ATMs introduced in March of 2003, as well as growing opportunities in Diebold's security and election businesses.
Buoyed by Opteva, Diebold's self-service business grew 7.4 percent in 2003, Evans told attendees of the recent Partners in Information Xchange (PIX) conference in Canton, Ohio, an event attended by more than 30 EFT networks, switch providers and software companies.

Up with Opteva

Fifty percent of the ATMs Diebold shipped in the United States were Optevas. The company recently received its first orders for the machines from other parts of the world, including the Middle East, Russia and China, where production is slated to begin soon at Diebold's manufacturing facility in Shanghai.

Certification efforts are under way in Europe, the region that Evans said presents Diebold's toughest challenge.
According to Diebold's research, it is the overwhelming ATM leader in North America, commanding a 62 percent share of the banking market with NCR in a distant second place with 26 percent. In Europe, however, Diebold sells fewer ATMs than either NCR or Wincor Nixdorf.

Again according to Diebold research, NCR is the worldwide leader, with a 36 percent market share. Diebold trails with 32 percent, followed by Wincor Nixdorf at 16 percent. No other single manufacturer comes close to the top three in market share.

Evans hope Opteva can help change those numbers. In 2004's first quarter, orders for the Opteva line topped $60 million, according to the company's most recent earnings report.
Evans identified three market trends that promise continued strong ATM sales for Diebold: network mandates for Triple DES encryption; pending changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act that will require financial institutions to audio enable their ATMs; and Check 21, a piece of legislation recently signed into law that presents "huge cost savings opportunities" for FIs and may drive interest in incorporating check scanners into ATMs.

Dean Stewart, Diebold's director of Product Planning and Management, said that the Opteva drive-up models, the 740 through-the-wall and the 750 standalone island, were especially successful. Diebold sold 56 of the 750s before it started building them in December, he said. Diebold is planning new products for its Opteva line to address other market niches.
The company also anticipates increased interest in its Agilis software, introduced in late 2003. Danny O'Brien, Diebold's senior vice president of Global Product Management, Marketing and Development, called Opteva and Agilis "vitally important steps in making Diebold a self-service solutions provider versus just a provider of hardware or software."
Solid security

Diebold's security business grew 18 percent in 2003. While largely still a U.S. business, Evans said Diebold believes there are growth opportunities elsewhere. Diebold acquired two Australian security companies in 2003, as well as a New England-based integrator and installer of security equipment in the U.S.
Its EMEA division partnered with 3SI Security Systems, a provider of cash staining systems, to offer those security enhancements across its ATM product line.


Join InvestorsHub

Join the InvestorsHub Community

Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.