How can UnifiedPOS compliance help preserve or lengthen my POS investment?
This ability to deploy the UnifiedPOS architecture on multiple operating systems offers retailers some definite advantages, as it means that every component used in a UnifiedPOS solution is now replaceable. Replaceability provides choice, and choice is important in protecting POS investment. POS is the highest cost component of a retailers IT investment, including hardware, software and retraining of all store associates. Unlike the normal two or three year desktop PC replacement, a seven-year upgrade cycle is not untypical for POS terminal deployments. However, retailers need to continually add new functionality to the POS sales floor application to remain competitive in customer service offerings such as cross-channel sales, loyalty, stored value, and debit cards. Application changes may require hardware changes in peripherals or terminals. Bringing the benefits of the Internet to store operations requires changing the operating system from DOS to a next-generation OS. A UnifiedPOS c
