Bally Technologies conference getting underway

"We are very encouraged that more than 400 customers have registered to attend Systems User Conference 6, despite the economic challenges facing the gaming industry," said Ramesh Srinivasan, Bally Technologies’ Executive Vice President, Systems.

"The purpose of User Conference 6 is to show our valued customers how to save costs, streamline operations, extend the life and value of past investments, analyze players and machines better, and further enhance operational profitability, especially during these tough economic times.

"Now more than ever, Bally understands that innovations in the world of enterprise software must be built on customer needs and on a solid foundation of dependable, scalable, and efficient technology backed up by strong professional, technical and customer-support services."

New this year, in addition to regular breakout sessions, will be a series of plenary sessions on both days of the conference covering such topics as: "Making a Personal Connection with Your Customers Through iVIEW," "Gaming Technology That Enhances ROI Today...And Tomorrow," "Driving Revenue Using Bally’s Media-Management Technology," and "Harnessing The Power of High-Speed Networking with Bally and Cisco."

Several new systems technology advancements will be spotlighted during Systems User Conference 6. One of these is Bally’s Systems Version 11.0, which provides new, graphical user interfaces, vertical and horizontal scalability, distributed architectures, and internationalization support across multiple languages and currencies. Bally’s SDS Version 11.0 supports both the Microsoft Windows and UNIX software platform, as well as Microsoft SQL Server and DB2 databases off a single Java code, while ACSC Version 11.0 features a new graphical user interface and universal card.