Retail Pos Systems  (English, Paperback, Source Wikipedia)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Point of sale companies, NCR Corporation, EFTPOS, Panasonic, IBM, MICROS Systems, MYOB, American Industrial Systems, IBM 4690 OS, United Bank Card, Retalix, BancNet Payment System, Gilbarco Veeder-Root, VeriFone, Squirrel Systems, Secure POS Vendor Alliance, Radiant Systems, Swedish Bar Systems, Cougar Mountain Software, Wincor Nixdorf, JavaPOS, Ingenico, OPOS, UnifiedPOS, X12.852, Automated sales suppression device, Fujitsu iPAD, Personal shopping system, Association for Retail Technology Standards, Virtual POS. Excerpt: International Business Machines (IBM) (NYSE: IBM) is an American multinational technology and consulting firm headquartered in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. The company was founded in 1911 as the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation through a merger of four companies: the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, the Computing Scale Corporation, and the Bundy Manufacturing Company. CTR adopted the name International Business Machines in 1924, using a name previously designated to CTR's subsidiary in Canada and later South America. Its distinctive culture and product branding has given it the nickname Big Blue. In 2011, Fortune ranked IBM the 18th largest firm in the U.S., as well as the 7th most profitable. Globally, the company was ranked the 31st largest firm by Forbes for 2011. Other rankings for 2011 include #1 company for leaders (Fortune), #2 best global brand (Interbrand), #3 green company (Newsweek), #12 most admired company (Fortune), and #18 most innovative company (Fast Company). IBM employs more than 425,000 employees (sometimes referred to as IBMers) in over 200 countries, with occup...