New Version of KioWare and KioWare Server Kiosk Software Released

Jan. 10, 2013 - PRLog -- Analytical Design Solutions Inc. (ADSI) has released Version 7.0.0 of KioWare Lite, KioWare Kiosk Basic, and KioWare Full; these products act as a kiosk mode, securing the OS and desktop.  Version 4.8.0 of KioWare Server, remote monitoring and reporting software, has also been released.  

There are many new kiosk software features available, most notably the support for Windows 8 for the entire product line and the Mean Time Between Failure Tracking feature for KioWare Server, which changes the kiosk status when the total runtime on kiosk hardware components reaches a defined limit. For a full description of new features for the entire product line click here (http://www.kioware.com/news.aspx?nid=166).  

KioWare Lite (for Windows) new features include:

• Windows 8 Support
• New Toolbar Functionality
• Improved Domain/Page Blocking
• Dialog Blocking (option to log and change the number of times checked)
• Virtual Keyboard (option to always use the generic and to show close box)
•  Additional Scripting Functions
•  Unattended Installation (new substitution variables)
• Enable Frame Navigation Checkbox Bug Fix

KioWare Kiosk Basic (for Windows) new features include all of the aforementioned KioWare Lite features, as well as the following:

• Video Capture Preview for webcams
• Added External Devices Support

The client side console of KioWare Full with Server (for Windows) has all of the aforementioned features, plus these additional new features:

• Event Log Filtering
• Support for Client-side Certificates
• Application Log (write special application log information to be transferred to KioWare Server)

The Server side console of KioWare Full with Server (for Windows) has the following new features:

• Application Log (custom logs can be queried on KioWare Server)
• More Efficient Server Communication
• Content Updating Improvements
• Mean Time Between Failure Tracking
• Accommodation for Kiosk Sleep Time
• New KioWare Server Reports

The Server side console of KioWare Full with Server for Android has the following new features:

• More Efficient Server Communication
• Accommodation for Kiosk Sleep Time

All of these products are available as a free 500-hour demo on the KioWare download page (http://www.kioware.com/download.aspx). Existing clients have the ability to upgrade on the KioWare upgrade page (https://www.kioware.com/downloadupgrade.aspx).  

About ADSI, developers of KioWare Kiosk Software:

Founded in 1991 to provide client server software development, Analytical Design Solutions Inc. (ADSI) developed KioWare (www.kioware.com), award winning kiosk system software for the Windows OS in 2001, and KioWare for Android software in 2012. KioWare deploys browser-based applications into a kiosk mode environment easily and inexpensively, securing the operating system, and allowing users to access only the application.  Each client has the ability to customize KioWare to his or her needs, with a product line ranging from basic browser-lockdown to server based remote monitoring.