Data General announces strategic retail software partnership; Agreement with Innovax Concepts Corporation strengthens position in the retail industry.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1996--Data General Corporation today announced that Innovax Concepts Corporation of Irving, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to is offering its Point-of-Sale and retail automation supermarket solutions on Data General's Intel-based AViiON servers. The Innovax software includes the AURORA Supermarket Application, the leading open systems Point-of-Sale solution for supermarkets. AURORA provides features such as flexible item maintenance, item movement tracking and financial accountability, video-based display at the front end and Constant-Scan Fail-Safe Architecture. AURORA already is installed in over 1,000 sites 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. including many of the top fifty supermarket chains in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Innovax also is offering Store Traffic Control (STC STC Supplemental Type Certificate (FAA) STC Society for Technical Communication STC Subject to Change STC Surf the Channel (website) STC Sound Transmission Class STC Singapore Turf Club ), its innovative store automation product on the Data General platform. STC is an in-store database application designed to allow programs such as POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale , Time & Attendance, and Direct Store Delivery to share information. It has received critical acclaim and wide attention since its announcement last year. "We are excited about our alliance with Data General," Bob Johnson, Vice President at Innovax, said, "Data General's advanced computer systems, service and integration services in combination with Innovax's software expertise, including AURORA Supermarket Application and Store Traffic Control, provide complete technology solutions to grocery retailers." John Anderson, vice president of U.S. Channels for Data General, noted, "This agreement with Innovax, one of the foremost technology suppliers to the supermarket industry, strengthens our already solid position as a technology leader to the retail industry." Among the early customers is a major Southeastern U.S. supermarket chain. The relationship will result in Innovax's In- Store Processor (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ) and AURORA Point-of-Sale software running on Data General AViiON AViiON was a series of computers from Data General that were the company's main product from the late 1980s until the company's server products were discontinued in 2001. Earlier AViiON models used the Motorola 88000 CPU, but later models moved to an all-Intel solution when servers in more than 200 supermarkets. Data General's Intel-based AViiON server family offers a broad performance range, from powerful quad-processor 200MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Pentium Pro based enterprise servers to inexpensive, entry-level servers for reseller and workgroup applications. The Intel-based AViiON servers combine Data General's commercial expertise with Intel's superior microprocessor technology to provide a standard for high performance, robust and highly available enterprise computing systems. Innovax is the leader in Open Systems Point-of-Sale and retail automation solutions for the supermarket industry. Its software is installed in over 1,000 installations in North America and is distributed in the United States, Canada, and the Far East. Additional information on Innovax is available on the Internet at http://www.innovax.com. Data General (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DGN DGN Design (file) DGN Dirección General de Normas (Standards Organization in Mexico) DGN MicroStation Design File (file format/extension) ) specializes in providing servers, storage systems, and services that are sold via a direct sales force and an extensive network of channel partners to customers worldwide. The company, with headquarters in Westboro, Mass., reported revenues of $1.2 billion in fiscal 1995. Additional information on Data General, its products and services, is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com. AViiON is a registered trademark of Data General Corporation. All brand and product names appearing in the press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Data General Corp. Jim Dunlap, 508/898-6546 jim_dunlap@dg.com or Innovax Concepts Kenneth Leung, 214/550-8371 kleung@innovax.com |
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