The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation, or A2LA, has accredited International Game Technology to certify its products according to Gaming Standards Association's “Protocol Certification Program.”
According to a statement from IGT, this is the first such accreditation given to a gaming manufacturer.
“The testing capacity of (IGT’s) Interoperability Center is unparalleled,” said Mohammad Entezari, Director of Software Product Assurance for IGT, in a prepared statement. “For example, a multi-site casino operator with thousands of machines running a variety of IGT and non-IGT products wants to be sure every component is going to work together smoothly. Our engineers re-create the customer's operational environment, run the simulation and identify potential problems.”