Restaurants

McDonald's Partners With Microsoft for Global POS
McDonald's will now be using Microsoft Windows XP Embedded as the foundation for its new point-of-sale (POS) platform.
Building Better Service
In restaurant settings, POS systems typically handle food orders, operate as smart cash registers, and perform other mission-critical functions such as labor management, scheduling, food ordering/inventory and even accounting.

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Research: November 2005

North American smart card microcontroller shipments will top 132 million units in 2005 and grow at a rapid 27.7 percent compound annual rate through 2010.
Tangerine Provides HDTV for Mandarin Oriental

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is rolling out Tangerine Global's High Definition Television (HDTV) programming services.
Hyatt Place Debuts Guest Room Prototype

Hyatt Place is unveiling the first prototype guest room at AmeriSuites in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Turning the Tables

It's a Saturday evening and it looks like everyone in town decided to eat at your restaurant. This is great for business, but why did everyone show up at the same time?
High Quality, High Speed

Merely providing high-speed Internet access is no longer enough in many hotel markets. These days, that service must be dial-tone reliable, easy for the guest, available via wired and wireless connection and scale up to offer adequate bandwidth to attract large tech-intensive conference business.
Power Users

Not all foodservice operations are created equal. For some companies, high transaction volume, a large number of point-of-sale terminals, and complex orders necessitate a powerful POS with all the frills. HT talks to some of these power users to find out what they need to keep up and running.
Moore, Horner join HTNG

The ranks of Hotel Technology-Next Generation (HTNG) continue to swell.

McDonald's Partners With Microsoft for Global POS