New business opportunities to be made available to convenience banking sector
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), the leading provider of software solutions for the self-service industry, today announced the addition of Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Embedded to its already extensive self-service software offering. This follows the earlier announcement that it will offer the Windows XP Professional platform to its self-service customers. NCR will offer Windows XP Embedded within its EasyPoint(TM) range of products.Windows XP Embedded will provide straightforward incentives for customers to move off older platforms or ones not so widely supported within the industry, enabling them to take advantage of new business opportunities such as ticketing, advertising and one-to-one marketing. NCR is seeing significant activity and progress by its customers that have migrated from OS/2 to its Windows-based APTRA(TM) software products, currently based on Windows NT 4.0. NCR sees Windows XP Embedded complementing its world-leading software solutions and giving it an unequalled breadth and depth of offerings within the self-service industry.
Jim Piggot, vice president of software and services at NCR's Financial Solutions division, said, "Our research and development analysis pinpoints Windows XP Embedded and Windows XP Professional as two ingredients that will continue to mean best-in-class development, security and implementation from NCR. Within APTRA, Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Embedded will provide customers with investment options in terms of new business opportunities and flexible technology choices. This initiative has opened the choices available to our customers in the convenience banking sector, enabling them to enhance the consumer experience while at the same time controlling costs."
APTRA already has strong global coverage. The open platform environment and multivendor self-service software architecture enables customers to offer traditional self-service functionality in a more effective way. It also enables easy development of new business opportunities, quickly and across channels. By using APTRA, customers already are profiting from new deposit automation capabilities, marketing campaign management, personalization, cross-channel selling and compliance with the latest legislative requirements, such as encryption or audio assistance.
"As devices continue to become more intelligent and reliant on rich applications and services, they must be based on a powerful platform that will allow them to attain the highest levels of functionality and connectivity," said Keith White, senior director of marketing, Embedded and Appliance Platforms Group, Microsoft Corp. "NCR is taking advantage of the enhanced functionality of Windows XP Embedded to deliver a superior computing experience to the self service channel and to provide its customers with increased revenue-generating opportunities."
About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leader in providing Relationship Technology(TM) solutions to customers worldwide. NCR's Relationship Technology solutions include the Teradata(R) database and analytical applications such as customer relationship management (CRM) and demand chain management, store automation systems and automated teller machines (ATMs). The company's business solutions are built on the foundation of its long- established industry knowledge and consulting expertise, value-adding software, global customer support services, a complete line of consumable and media products, and leading edge hardware technology. NCR employs 32,900 in more than 100 countries, and is a component stock of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. More information about NCR and its solutions may be found at www.ncr.com .
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