5 Kiosk Design Tips for Scalable Kiosk Applications

By | July 29, 2015
Kiosk Design Applications for Scalability

Kiosk Design Applications for Scalability

Kiosk Software Design Tips

Kiosk Design Tips :  Blog article on designing kiosk application to scale.  Creating a kiosk application capable of scaling from a handful of kiosks at a single location, up to thousands of kiosks spread across multiple regions requires that you design for scalability from day one.

Source: blog.kiosksimple.com

 

1. Offload computation to the kiosk to reduce the workload on the server

2. Choose the right database engine based on the nature of your data

3. Use a reliable content delivery network with geo-location to rapidly deliver content

4. Ensure maintainability through modular design and loosely coupled layers
 
5. Regularly analyze your code to ensure it’s running efficiently
Author: Staff Writer

Craig Keefner -- With over 40 years in the industry and technology, Craig is widely considered to be an expert in the field. Major early career kiosk projects include Verizon Bill Pay kiosk and hundreds of others. Craig helped start kioskmarketplace and formed the KMA. Note the point of view here is not necessarily the stance of the Kiosk Association or kma.global