ICL announces new Fujitsu TeamPoS 2000 Multi-Purpose, In-Store Solution for Retailers.

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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000

Designed for Ultimate Flexibility, System Supports On-Line Customer

Marketing, Provides POS And Back-Office System in One

ICL, a $4.5 billion e-Business services company, announced today the Fujitsu TeamPoS(R) 2000, a versatile and innovative in-store retailing solution that can help reduce costs, improve customer service, support advanced loyalty schemes and simplify how retailers manage, expand and maintain their in-store technologies.

"Retailers are facing tremendously complex and costly IT challenges as they grapple with managing and connecting various IT systems," said Ron Omohundro, senior vice president and general manager for retail systems at ICL. "Systems range from the point of sale and multiple points of service to customer loyalty programs and electronic business. TeamPoS 2000 simplifies these complexities by providing a single solution that is completely adaptable to the ever-changing needs of the retailer. It frees the retailer from dependence on multiple systems and vendors. With its sophisticated design and remote management capabilities, it also simplifies maintenance to reduce total cost of ownership."

The TeamPoS 2000, available immediately from ICL, is powerful enough to run the latest electronic marketing applications, enabling retailers to implement creative and more powerful consumer programs. It can be configured to meet specific needs and works with a virtually limitless array of industry standard peripherals -- including dual independent display screens.

This adaptability transforms ordinary point-of-sale terminals into multi-purpose points of service, including multimedia customer-activated kiosks. It advances in-store efforts to up-sell and cross-sell and can be used to offer interactive advertising, promotions and on-line shopping at the point of sale.

TeamPoS 2000 is designed to be easy to maintain, expand and upgrade -- even by in-store staff -- to protect the retailer's investment. Its one-of-a-kind design is open and standards-based to support the richest POS applications for both fat and thin-client architectures. Additional performance features include substantial memory and disk capabilities, plus high-speed LAN connectivity to help manage multimedia, CRM and e-business applications.

The TeamPoS 2000 platform design, developed by Fujitsu and ICL and based on Intel's 440BX AGPset scalable performance design guide, supports both Intel(R) Celeron(TM) and Pentium(R) III processors -- making the TeamPoS 2000 the first in-store retail hardware system worldwide that supports both. Upgrading the system is as simple as replacing the microprocessor.

"The TeamPoS 2000, based on Intel's 440BX AGPset scalable performance design guide, uses innovative PC technology and enables a true, continuous processor upgrade path," said Joe Jensen, general manager at Intel Corp.'s Embedded Intel Architecture Division. "Intel's scalable performance board design program allows suppliers like ICL and Fujitsu to choose the processor that is right for their particular applications and customers. This ability helps meet the goals of providing customers with easy upgrade paths, investment security and lower total cost of ownership."

Some of the platform's cost-saving features include:

-- unrivaled adaptability, which makes it easy to reconfigure the

system depending on in-store needs for traditional POS,

customer kiosks, multimedia displays or management terminals.

Dual flat-panel displays can be used to present consumer

offers while a clerk is completing a transaction;

-- full industry-standard remote management capability, to reduce

overall helpdesk and support costs;

-- a single platform across the store, which eliminates

unnecessary system replacements and overlapping hardware

purchases that can leave retailers with incompatibilities and

increased maintenance costs;

-- an open architecture that supports off-the-shelf components

and industry standards;

-- easy-to-maintain hardware, designed so that major component

replacements can be completed in minutes by in-store

personnel;

-- a system designed for efficient migration from other systems

and peripherals, including the Fujitsu TeamPoS 5000.

ICL debuted the Fujitsu TeamPoS 2000 today at the Retail Systems 2000 show in Chicago, April 17-19, in ICL's booth, No. 1002.

About ICL

ICL is Europe's leading e-Business services company and employs more than 22,000 people in over 40 countries. It designs, builds and operates e-Business solutions for customers in the financial services, telecoms, retail, government, utilities and travel markets.

ICL's e-Business services portfolio is focused on the transformation of its customers' businesses. It offers an end-to-end services capability -- from new media design, consultancy and systems implementation through to managed e-Infrastructure services that underpin the 'mission critical' requirements of today's businesses.

For the 12 months to 31 March 1999 the company's revenues were $4,458.4 billion (2.735 billion British Pounds) which generated a profit before tax and exceptional charges of $105.1 million (64.5 million British Pounds). Headquartered in London, ICL is wholly owned by Fujitsu of Japan. ICL plans to float on the London Stock Exchange later this year.

Web site: www.icl.com.

NOTE: Exchange rate for restating ICL's revenues in US dollars: 1 British Pound = $1.63.

TeamPOS is a registered trademark of International Computers Limited in the USA.

Technical specifications available, contact Roy Miller, Michael A. Burns & Associates, at 214/521-8596 or [e-mail].