February 26, 2008O/S Platform news with IBM and MSMicrosoft said Tuesday that their Windows Embedded for Point of Service operating system will come pre-loaded on IBM point-of-sale, self- checkout and self-service kiosks offerings and thereby provide retailers and hospitality operators with a simple, easy-to-manage point-of- service platform. RTTNews - Breaking News, financial breaking News, Positive EPS Surprises, Stock research .... Microsoft Joins Hands With IBM On Windows Pre Installed Service Solution [MSFT] 2/26/2008 3:35:45 PM Tuesday, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), a software products provider, announced its joint venture with IBM Corp. for delivering a powerful Windows Embedded-based plug-and-play solution in order to make the delivery of information and services easier for consumers. The Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft said Microsoft's Windows Embedded for Point of Service operating system will come pre-loaded on IBM point-of-sale, self- checkout and self-service kiosks offerings and thereby provide retailers and hospitality operators with a simple, easy-to-manage point-of- service platform. Microsoft Windows Embedded for Point of Service is a point-of-service operating system platform based on Microsoft Windows technologies intended for the retail industry. It will provide plug-and-play functionality for retail device peripherals as a pre-installed option to its client. The service is offered pre-installed on IBM AnyPlace Kiosk, Self Checkout and SurePOS 700, 500 and 300 point-of-sale systems, IBM's premier open system hardware platforms for the retail and hospitality industries. The operating system fully supports standard retail applications and device peripherals, and will provide an easy upgrade path to Windows XP for Embedded Systems or Windows Vista for Embedded Systems. The operating system includes support for 33 dialects, while equipped to support various industry standards such as biometrics, electronic journal, bill acceptor, SmartCard and ClearInput. Today, Microsoft reported an update to the growth of Windows Embedded in the retail market based on a recent report published by IHL Group Inc., a retail industry research firm. The report revealed a 250% growth in the number of Windows Embedded Point of Service users in North America. Further, the company said IHL found 63 percent of retailers were seriously considering a Microsoft Windows Embedded operating system for their next POS purchase based on a second study conducted with RIS news. MSFT is currently trading at $28.50, up $0.66 or 2.37% on a volume of 81,236,514 shares on the Nasdaq. Posted by staff at February 26, 2008 03:16 PM |