IBM Retail Store Solutions

IBM Retail Store Solutions was IBM's division in the retail market segment.[1] During its run, IBM Retail Store Solutions had several product lines, both hardware and software. Hardware products included IBM SurePOS 700 point-of-sale systems or printers. Software products under its portfolio included IBM 4690, IRES (IBM Retail Environment for SUSE LINUX), Lotus Expeditor, Lotus Expeditor Integrator, IBM Store Integrator, IBM Store Integrator Graphic User Interface.[2] Besides those, IBM RSS was responsible for the creation of software such as the 4690 software, IRES.[3] and POSS for DOS. IBM won the 2008 Point of Sale Green Excellence of the Year award.[4] On April 17, 2012, IBM announced a definitive agreement under which Toshiba TEC acquired IBM's Retail Store Solutions business.[5]

  1. ^ ""Why RSS"". Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  2. ^ "IBM is Helping Make Customer Checkout Easier, Faster, Smarter"
  3. ^ "IRES"
  4. ^ "IBM Retail Store Solutions cited for outstanding efforts in energy conservation"
  5. ^ "Toshiba TEC to Acquire IBM’s Retail Store Point-of-Sale Solutions Business"