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Siemens Nixdorf Joins 3Com's POS Partners Program to Deliver Industry Leading Networked POS Solution
Wednesday, February 11, 1998 12:02 PM
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 1998--3Com Corporation (NASDAQ:COMS) and Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems, Inc. (SNI) today announced an alliance that combines the benefits of 3Com's Point of Sale (POS) Partners Program and award-winning store network products with SNI's POS hardware, retail application software, and professional services.
Under the alliance, Siemens will deploy 3Com's Total Control(TM) remote access concentrators, network interface cards (NICs), SuperStack(R) II family of PS Hubs, Ethernet and ATM switches, and frame relay routers as part of Siemens' retail systems architecture.
"Many of our customers have already standardized on 3Com products because of their excellent reliability, performance, and manageability for their POS and in-store networks," said Jan Andersson, vice president of retail systems at Siemens Nixdorf. "By joining 3Com's POS Partners Program, we can now offer our customers a more comprehensive networked solution with the best price/performance in the industry."
Very large-format store retailers, such as department stores and hypermarkets, have more complex requirements for networked POS solutions than most other retailers. These larger POS solutions must deliver extensive scalability, future-proofing, fault-tolerance, and remote manageability. POS networks must be affordable today, yet provide a smooth and cost-effective migration to faster technologies that are capable of supporting bandwidth-intensive store applications.
Many of the world's largest-format retailers, including The Home Depot, Ross Stores, Hudson's Bay, and Harrods in the UK, have already deployed large-scale POS and back-office store networks based on 3Com products and technologies.
"Siemens Nixdorf has extensive expertise and professional services capabilities that are vital to the success of large-scale networked POS deployments," said Jeff Siegel, retail industry group manager for 3Com. "This alliance ensures that retailers get more than award-winning products; they get a comprehensive networked solution designed specifically for their requirements."
3Com's POS Partners Program was developed to deliver comprehensive end-to-end networked POS solutions working together with POS vendors, systems integrators, and application vendors. The program brings together the industry's only single-vendor portfolio of network products, which constitute a complete networked POS solution. The 3Com single-vendor solution greatly simplifies network support for retailers, ensuring the highest degree of product integration and POS application performance while offering the industry's highest degree of network scalability and store network management.
"With our network specialists fully trained on 3Com's products, they can develop sophisticated network designs specific to the unique requirements of each customer while ensuring the lowest cost of ownership, true fault-tolerant network infrastructure, and a high degree of investment protection in POS and in-store network architecture," stated SNI's Andersson.
About Siemens Nixdorf
Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems, Inc. supplies and integrates advanced information technology for business and industry in the Americas marketplace. Offerings include servers for Unix and Windows NT, retail point-of-sale systems and specialized software, along with a broad range of professional services. Visit SNI at sni-retail.com.
Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems is the U.S. subsidiary of German-based Siemens Nixdorf Information Systeme AG. With operations in 45 countries worldwide, $9.1 billion in revenues and approximately 35,000 employees, it is the largest European computer firm and ranks among the world's leading information technology specialists. Siemens Nixdorf is the largest subsidiary company of Siemens AG, the world's foremost supplier of advanced technology in the electronics and electrical engineering industry. In the latest fiscal year, Siemens had $63.5 billion in combined revenues and 379,000 employees in more than 120 countries.
About 3Com
Retail organizations throughout the world use 3Com enabled networks for their point-of-sale and back-office in-store networks as well as for building retail enterprise intranets which connect stores, distribution centers, and regional and corporate offices. 3Com is a founder of the Retail Network Innovation Awards, a program designed to recognize retailer innovation in the use of networked applications. Additional information on 3Com's innovative solutions for retailers is available at 3com.com.
3Com Corporation enables individuals and organizations worldwide to communicate and share information and resources at anytime from anywhere. As one of the world's preeminent suppliers of data, voice and video communications technology, 3Com has delivered networking solutions to more than 100 million customers worldwide. The company provides enterprises, network service providers and carriers, small businesses and consumers with comprehensive, innovative information access products and system solutions for building intelligent, reliable and high performance local and wide area networks. For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at 3com.com, or the press site at 3com.com.
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CONTACT: 3Com Corporate Communications, Peter Ruzicka, 408/764-5853, Peter_Ruzicka@3Com.com or Siemens Nixdorf Tony Adamoli, 800/225-1484 x3888 Adamoli@sni-retail.com |
