ITWeb polled several retailers on their technology adoption and discovered that smart card technology is considered to be too expensive for smaller players and that hardware standardisation is key to success.
Barclays Private Equity has backed the lb35 million management buy-out (MBO) of PC POS.
Circuit City Stores has contracted PC POS to supply it with ePOS diagnostic software.
Intermec has appointed ProScan Systems as a value-added distributor for its solutions in southern Africa.
Jam Warehouse, a Cape-based development house, has won a second contract with Tesco, the UK`s largest retailer.
A Japanese supermarket will implement Axis network cameras for its car park, says local Axis distributor SCS Distribution.
Netscope Training will deliver .Net training at Shoprite to help the retailer meet its .Net migration objectives.
CS Holdings (CSH) will supply, implement and support point-of-sale hardware and software at Shell sites within SA and neighbouring countries.
Local Talgentra distributor PIC Solutions says Courts will use the Talgentra Tallyman system to streamline its customer revenue management process.
Liquor retailer Western Province Cellars is overhauling its retail IT and point of sale systems in a bid to stay ahead in the competitive liquor sector.
Ivory Tower Internet Solutions has launched its expanded suite of travel industry tools.
PIC Solutions will provide the Foschini Group with its Contactor Service for the validation and correction of its customer information.
Local banks and retailers are intensifying efforts to enable the security of their PIN-handling systems to comply with the global triple-DES algorithm standard, says Prism Holdings.