Agilysys, Vangard partner

Agilysys, a provider of IT solutions to corporate and public-sector customers, has partnered with mobile voice technology provider Vangard Voice Systems to voice-enable a variety of Agilysys' retail solutions, reports TMCnet.

According to company officials, Vangard's Mobile Voice Platform is now voice-enabling applications offered in NextVision by Agilysys Web-based mobile and wireless retail software suite.

The alliance is designed to help customers using NextVision, who can now further optimise retail operations by choosing optional voice-powered capabilities for data entry, application function commands and navigation capabilities.

Retail software provider Celerant Technology recently completed the acquisition of SportzPak, a specialty management system, says Retail Solutions Online.

SportzPak provides services for team sports retailers, which will add to Celerant's growing list of vertical markets.

"The acquisition of SportzPak furthers our efforts to apply our technology towards the individual needs of different vertical markets," said Ian Goldman, Celerant president and CEO.

Galleria Retail Technology Solutions unveiled its automated Promotional Display Optimisation solution, a technology that allows retailers to generate store-specific end-cap display plans to optimise inventory for promotions, states SYS-CON.

With the ability to create automated plans on a store-by-store basis, users can experience increased sales, improved in-store execution and reduced end-of-promotion inventory.

According to an AMR Research article by Kevin Sterneckert, Galleria's solution streamlines and optimises retailers' promotional display planning activities through techniques that allow merchants to plan displays according to local consumer preferences.