Radiant Point of Sale and BlueCube Enterprise Committed at More Than 3,000 Convenience Retail Sites
Software providers affirm commitment to maintaining open interfaces to best-of-breed applications
(October 3, 2006) — Radiant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RADS) and the Retail Productivity Solutions division of RedPrairie (formerly BlueCube Software), announced today that leading retailers in the convenience and petroleum retail industry have committed to installing a technology solution consisting of Radiant Point of Sale and BlueCube Enterprise at more than 3,000 retail locations.
Both Radiant and RedPrairie have embraced a strategy of maintaining open interfaces to their applications, allowing retailers the opportunity to choose the store and headquarters solution that best matches their business needs. By utilizing the Internet to link the companies’ respective POS and back office applications, petroleum and convenience retailers choosing the combination have unparalleled remote access to essential management and control functions in their stores.
“The success of these combined applications shows that convenience retailers have found a best-of-breed approach that provides superior business value for their stores,” said Kevin Saum, vice president of petroleum and convenience stores for RedPrairie’s Retail Productivity Solutions division. “We are committed to supporting interfaces to leading point-of-sale applications that meet the needs of this unique industry.”
“Radiant continues to see success offering our customers interfaces to industry-leading back office applications,” said Mark Schoen, president of Radiant’s global petroleum and convenience retail division. “Reaching 3,000 committed locations with BlueCube shows the positive reaction retailers have shown to this approach.”
About Radiant Systems, Inc.
Radiant Systems, Inc. (www.radiantsystems.com) is a leader in providing innovative technology to the hospitality and retail industries. Offering unmatched reliability and ease of use, Radiant's hardware and software products have been deployed in over 60,000 sites across more than 100 countries. Radiant has approximately 1,000 employees worldwide, 325 certified sales and service partners and over 1,800 field service representatives. Founded in 1985, the company is headquartered in Atlanta with regional offices throughout the United States as well as in Europe, Asia and Australia.
About BlueCube Enterprise
BlueCube Enterprise is a product of the Retail Productivity Solutions division of RedPrairie. It is the leading integrated operations management solution to progressive retail organizations. BlueCube Enterprise helps clients maximize operations efficiency by optimizing workforce and inventory, lowering cost of operations, enhancing the customer experience, and improving profitability.
About RedPrairie Corporation
RedPrairie is the world's leading consumer driven optimization company.
Built on an advanced Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) developed over the past 10 years, the RedPrairie integrated suite of end-to-end (E2eTM) solutions offers on-demand capabilities to over 25,000 sites worldwide for many of the world's largest companies. With 21 global service sites and standard service methods that have been validated over the last 30 years, RedPrairie provides unparalleled service and support.
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