Busting Lines, Building Relationships: New Fujitsu Handheld With TouchPointMobile Transforms Wireless Retailing.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2001 Fujitsu-ISS Inc. Solution Delivers Mobile POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale , Multi-Channel Management Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. announced today that Integrated Software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. Solutions Inc.'s leading mobile software, TouchPointMobile, has been optimized for Fujitsu's TeamPad 500 handheld computer A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. . Effective immediately, this solution gives retailers complete wireless capability to mobilize and expedite store operations, advance multi-channel points of service and encourage customer loyalty. This hardware-software combination is being demonstrated for the first time at the Retail Systems 2001 Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2001, at McCormick Place McCormick Place is an enormous exposition complex located in Chicago, Illinois. in Chicago. Demonstrations will be performed at Fujitsu's booth, No. 1902; ISS' booth, No. 1341; and the Microsoft Partner Pavilion, booth No. 1002. "This combination of technologies - hardware and software - is a customer-satisfaction solution for retailers," said Ron Omohundro, Fujitsu executive vice president and general manager. "We're transforming wireless retailing from a 'nice to have' to a 'must have.' The TeamPad 500-TouchPointMobile combination presents a multi-channel solution with a rugged, powerful, fully integrated, Web-enabled device equipped to take on every task at hand, be it line busting, price verification, mobile POS, real-time credit authorizations from any location in the store or inventory control." For ISS ISS See Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). President Ken Jenkins Ken Jenkins (born 28 August, 1940) is an American actor, born in Dayton, Ohio. He co-founded Actors Theatre of Louisville. Jenkins is best known as Dr. Bob Kelso on Scrubs (2001-present). , the agreement represents a first in giving retailers a practical, performance-driven solution. "Retailers today are asking, 'How do I improve customer service, gain a competitive edge, build customer loyalty and ensure that store operations and costs are streamlined and simplified? How can I quickly and affordably transform my business?' With the TouchPointMobile-TeamPad 500 solution, and the advancement of wireless as a viable, effective technology, retailers are finding it easier than ever to transform their businesses," he said. "And now, with this combined offering, there's no better time to initiate going mobile, going multi-channel and doing it all in real time." ISS is a leading developer of Web-enhanced, retail enterprise applications. The TeamPad and TouchPointMobile are available immediately from Fujitsu and ISS, respectively. Pricing varies, based on volume. The solution helps retailers: -- add mobility and connectivity to overall store operations, from POS to back-office and legacy systems; -- seamlessly integrate mobile retailing with existing POS systems, terminals and kiosks; -- make "multi-channel" a reality with universal points of service for store managers, store associates and even customers for self check-out; -- expedite shopper check-outs and bust long lines, thanks to the handheld's integrated scanner, mag-stripe reader and receipt printer; -- extend convenience and value-added service with a mobile POS approach that ensures real-time credit authorizations from anywhere; -- manage and monitor store data in real time, giving managers and store associates a tool to check prices, manage inventory, scan coupons, provide customer receipts or review back-office data such as store reports and electronic journals. The TeamPad 500 offers retailers an integrated design The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. with superior functionality, including connectivity to virtually any wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area , OPOS OPOS OLE for Point of Sale OPOS Operating Procedures Outline Sheet OPOS Original Positive OPOS Outside Production Operation Sheet compliance, a Windows(r) CE platform, 150-MHz processor, touch-screen and combined keypad, integrated printer, scanner and magnetic-card reader. It also offers an extended battery life and is weatherproofed and ruggedized to withstand four-foot drops to concrete. TouchPointMobile is a Web-based software application using XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. technology to assist sales associates in expediting credit card-related customer checkout. The software performs price lookup, scans coupons, connects to the store credit network to validate credit card transactions and prints customer receipts all on the Fujitsu TeamPad 500 from anywhere on the sales floor. It operates using ISS' Enterprise Retail Service XML/XSL architecture. About Integrated Software Solutions Inc. ISS is a supplier of retail information software systems and Web-enhanced applications, offering a variety of retail solutions, including Enterprise Retail Server, TouchPointPOS, TouchPointMobile, TouchPointKiosk and more. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , with offices in Raleigh, N.C. and San Diego, Calif., was founded in 1993. Web site: www.issretail.com About Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Fujitsu Limited ((Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock Exchange Main stock market of Japan, located in Tokyo. It opened in 1878 to provide a market for the trading of government bonds newly issued to former samurai. : 6702), a leading provider of Internet-focused information technology solutions for the global marketplace. The company specializes in IT lifecycle solutions for the retail and financial systems markets. The company has almost 30 years experience in providing hardware/software solutions and services for retail point-of-sale (POS), specialized mobile computing and automated-teller-machine (ATM) applications. Its customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) solutions enable Fujitsu customers to build high-value, personalized relationships with consumers. Web site: www.ftxs.fujitsu.com EDITOR'S NOTE: Photos are available of the TeamPad 500 with TouchPointMobile. 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