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'The cloud' is a way of delivering business solutions to the retail sector. However, despite its many proclaimed benefits, like the UK weather 'the cloud' can be unpredictable and can raise important questions for retail businesses. One of the key issues to be addressed is:

What happens to my business when there's a 'cloudburst'?!

What is needed is 'a cloud with a silver lining' - a solution which delivers the benefits of cloud computing yet also keeps your business trading - a solution like Accord Momentum (Web Based Epos Software). It combines the efficiencies and cost advantages of cloud/thin client solutions with the robust, resilient nature of traditional till solutions to deliver:

• Zero downtime /true non-stop retailing

• Data integrity

• Fast, flexible, cost effective deployment

Keeping up with technology

In today's fast moving, competitive retail environment the ability to take early advantage of new technologies and implement new retail processes quickly can determine whether a business lives or dies.

Today's retailer cannot afford to have down time through IT infrastructure issues as customers will be lost. Accord-Momentum web based EPoS software solution - now makes true NonStop™ Retail a reality while at the same time providing the agility and flexibility to implement changes to business and retail processes more swiftly and cost effectively than ever before. It provides the cost benefits of thin client technology with real-time control whilst maintaining the efficiency and resilience of traditional till technologies to deliver lower cost of ownership, greater efficiency and better margins, as well as helping retailers to reduce their carbon footprint and negative impact on the environment.

"Non-stop" operation allows trading to continue uninterrupted in the event of network or communications failure with absolutely no change to the appearance, functionality or speed of operation and no requirement for fall-back software to cover these eventualities.

Agile and flexible, Accord-Momentum PoS is available as a web based EPoS solution but will also operate effectively on-premise and on mobile devices. It can be interfaced to any back office, head office, CRM or ERP system and deployed over a LAN, WAN, VPN or Broadband Internet. The EPoS software's component driven Object Orientated Architecture (OOA) facilitates easy development and integration of application extensions.

Accord-Momentum PoS Benefits:

Real time central controlCompany-wide visibility of trading dataEasy deployment from the centre - implementation, upgrades, maintenanceFlexible Web Based EPOS implementation and configuration optionsFully resilient NonStop-Retailing - uninterrupted trading should network or communications fail; no fallback software neededSame appearance, speed, functionality in 'resilient' mode at the point of saleLower cost of ownership - minimises hardware, deployment, support and maintenance costsEnvironmentally friendly - reduces carbon footprint

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