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Burger King Corporation Selects Radiant Systems as Approved Vendor for the North America, South America, Europe and Australia Markets.


ATLANTA -- BURGER KING(R) restaurant solution includes Aloha and MenuLink software running on Radiant hardware

Burger King Corporation, the second largest fast food hamburger company in the world, has selected Radiant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
: RADS) as an approved vendor for its extensive restaurant community in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Australia markets. The BURGER KING(R) restaurant solution includes Aloha QuickService point-of-sale (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET.

(2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak.

POS - point of sale
) running on Radiant's newest generation of hardware terminals coupled with the functionality of the MenuLink .Net back office application.

The BURGER KING system operates more than 11,000 restaurants in all 50 U.S. states A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and  and in more than 60 countries and territories across the globe. Approximately 90 percent of BURGER KING restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees.

"Radiant is building on an already solid reputation of service and quality within our franchisee network," said Vice President of Information Technology, Jonathan Fitzpatrick, at Burger King Corporation. "The combined strength of the Aloha QuickService POS and MenuLink .Net back office product creates a solution that meets a complex set of functional requirements See information requirements and functional specification.

(specification) functional requirements - What a system should be able to do, the functions it should perform.
 for a multi-unit operator but yet is easy to configure, implement and use by our associates and managers. Reliability is critical for the POS and back office software and hardware in our high-volume, fast-paced environment serving more than 11.8 million guests daily worldwide."

"With more than 50 years experience, Burger King Corporation has held a tradition of leadership within the fast food industry," said Andy Heyman, president of the Radiant Hospitality Division. "Radiant has had a consistent track record of providing innovative technology with more than 500 sites currently installed in the BURGER KING restaurant community. We're proud to extend that relationship both domestically and worldwide."

Aloha QuickService POS reduces team member training time, improves order accuracy and provides comprehensive management of key processes from a central location. MenuLink's .NET product features a rich and responsive user interface and can be deployed via the Web regardless of Internet connection. Designed for harsh retail environments, Radiant's hardware terminals offer investment protection and flexibility through an open architecture.

Company Information

Radiant Systems enables restaurant operators to increase sales, control operating costs operating costs nplgastos mpl operacionales  and build customer loyalty through innovative technology solutions including point-of-sale, back office, enterprise reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. , gift card, loyalty programs, hardware and support. Radiant Systems features the easy to use, award-winning suites of Aloha and MenuLink software products coupled with its reliable, industry-proven hardware products. Radiant Systems' hospitality division is a global technology leader with more than 30,000 sites installed in more than 25 countries.

A publicly traded company publicly traded company

A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market.
 since 1997, Radiant's headquarters is in Atlanta with regional offices in Dallas, Memphis, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Prague, London, Singapore and Melbourne. Radiant has more than 900 employees worldwide and has more than 125 certified sales and service providers. Backed by a global infrastructure, Radiant Systems uniquely offers an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved.

Compare: turn-key solution.
 with the easiest to use and most reliable software and hardware in the industry.

Founded in 1985, Radiant Systems, Inc. (www.radiantsystems.com) provides innovative store technology for the hospitality, petroleum and convenience retail, specialty retail and entertainment industries with more than 50,000 sites worldwide.

Certain statements contained in this press release are "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995, such as statements relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

relating to relate prepbezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc 
 financial results and plans for future business development activities, and are thus prospective. These statements appear in a number of places in this release and include all statements that are not statements of historical fact regarding intent, belief or current expectations of the Company, its directors or its officers with respect to, among other things: (i) the Company's financing plans; (ii) trends affecting the Company's financial condition or results of operations; including the ability to integrate the operations of acquired businesses; (iii) the Company's growth strategy and operating strategy; (iv) the Company's new or future product offerings, and (v) the declaration and payment of dividends. The words "may," "would," "could," "will," "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "plans," and similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's ability to control. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Among the key risks, assumptions and factors that may affect operating results, performance and financial condition are the Company's reliance on a small number of customers for a larger portion of its revenues, fluctuations in its quarterly results, ability to continue and manage its growth, liquidity and other capital resources issues, competition and the other factors discussed in detail in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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