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November 28, 2005

Kiosk History - 2006 thru 2004

A personal history log of the self-service kiosk industry. I started in the industry back in 1991 doing Bridal Registry kiosks for Target Stores and haven't been able to extricate myself from it so far...

2006


  • Oct: Media players in the industry, Kioskcom and Networld agree to focus on their core business (kc on shows, and nw on news)
  • Sep: KIOSK spins off new division devoted to high-end internet stations with mmog and mpog gaming
    built-in. http://www.zazoox.com
  • May: Alex Richardson takes over as president of the self-service and kiosk association group run by Networld.
  • Feb: It is with sadness we note the passing of Kevin O'Keeffe. Kevin was best known as the marketing and tradeshow coordinator for Netshift UK. In my full history log, Kevin first appears in 1997 sending out the first newsletter for Daw Systems (the company Netshift was borne from).


    Kevin was extremely well-liked by all who knew him, and those of us who did, will always remember ourselves fortunate to have known him.



2005


  • Jan: Self-Service-Touchpoints website announces it is folding its tent (NCR longtime sponsor)
  • Jan: IBM announces new Anyplace Kiosk which is modified NetVista.
  • Jan: NRF Show in NY -- big crowds and lot of enthusiasm this year. KioskCom run a Self-Service Pavilion for 10 companies.
  • Jul: Kiosknews.org is shut down
  • August -- KioskCom is sold to JDevents. Dvorchik stays on
  • October -- Kiosk Information Systems purchases the kiosk.com domain from Networld Alliance.
  • Nov: Kiosks.org is shut down.
  • Nov: Greg Swistak, after a 18 months of serving as executive director of the KOA, departs Networld and takes position with Elo Touch.
  • Nov: Networld launches selfservice.org. Originally purchased in 2001 the domain finally gets launched.
  • Dec: Kiosk Information Systems launches the new www.kiosk.com
  • Dec: NCR Buys Galvanon
  • Dec: McDonalds Re-Evaluates Music Download in Chicago

2004



  • Oct: Networld announces new spring KioskShow to go along with Fall Show.
  • NCR purchase Kinetics out of Florida and enters the airline check-in kiosk business.
  • Fujitsu does an end-around and acquires Optimal Robotics who was talking to NCR
  • July: Networld purchases the Kiosk Magazine, the Kiosk.com site, and the Fall Kiosk Show
  • April: Greg Swistak joins Networld.

Posted by keefner at November 28, 2005 08:38 PM

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