NCR, e-Play deliver digital entertainment

NCR is adding bare disc-handling technology from e-Play to its self-service technology portfolio, the partnership will allow bare movie and game discs to be vended and returned at in-store kiosks, states eWeek.

"We're focused on expanding our solution portfolio into the entertainment segment," says Mel Walter, vice-president of corporate development at NCR.

"We purchased technology to deliver packaged media earlier this year, and e-Play created technology to handle bare discs. It offers the potential for verification of playability and buying, selling and trading of media," adds Walter.

Academia RFID, developers of University-level courseware and training seminars, have released their latest offering in industry-specific courses, RFID Retail, reports More RFID.

With real-world experience in process design and understanding of retailers' marketing objectives, the team of professors at Academia RFID developed a RFID course catering specifically to the retail industry and their applications.

Harold Boeck, academic board member at Academia RFID says, "With the abundance of questions being asked and the lack of retail/marketing-specific training in RFID technology, there was no other way of properly serving the retail industry than to develop a two day intensive course that addresses their issues and helps them build the business case."

EFuture Information Technology, a provider of front-end supply chain management software and services to China's retail and consumer goods industries, has signed a contract to provide its mySHOP Retail Business Management System 3.0 to Tiens Group, says FOX Business.

EFuture will install the system at Tiens Group's six distribution centres, 100 subsidiary stores, 100 direct- sales stores and 1 000 franchised chain stores, which have a total customer base of over 10 million.

''With the system's intelligent analysis and decision-making data, Tiens Group will be equipped to streamline its business and increase competitiveness by centralising operations and conveniently evaluating the performance of its individual stores," says Adam Yan, eFuture's chairman and chief executive officer.