HP Expands Retail Portfolio with New Point-of-Sale and Kiosk Solutions

PALO ALTO, Calif., HP today announced new research solutions to help retailers engage with their clients and enhance the shopping experience at every customer touch point.

"Retailers know that consumers want the shopping environment to be as interesting as online experiences," said Ray Carlin, vice president, Retail Solutions Global Business Unit, HP. "Savvy retailers are upgrading their in-store research - especially at the point of sale - to seamlessly integrate with other channels and enable their clients to shop the way they want to, creating a better in-store experience."

The HP rp5800 Retail System boasts advanced POS performance, manageability and security features that enable retailers to standardize on one system throughout their stores. Second-generation Intel® Core™ processors(2) with Intel vPro innovation(3) provide a stable and reliable IT infrastructure, during dual-integrated graphics ports that support both clerk- and customer-facing displays create a rich and engaging customer experience.

The HP rp5800 as well enables enhanced manageability

The HP rp5800 as well enables enhanced manageability and control for retailers through compliance with industry-leading manageability standards, including Intel AMT, DASH, WMI and DMTF, and support for Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional, Microsoft Windows POSReady 2009 and Microsoft Windows® XP operating systems.

The HP Self-Service Kiosks use Microsoft Windows 7 Professional operating systems and integrated Virtual Sales Assistant software, which includes an easy-to-use setup wizard that enables retailers to personalize a variety of pre-developed user interfaces, upload custom assets, manage content remotely and assign locations and playlists. As seen in a recent Disney deployment, the innovation can be tailored to provide an onscreen host, guiding clients through the interactive applications.

Wall & Shelving Mount: Includes an HP TouchSmart 9300 Elite Business PC with a 23-inch diagonal screen for touchscreen interaction, which as well can be used to display advertisements or messages when not in use. Pro: Includes the HP TouchSmart 9300 Elite Business PC with a 42-inch diagonal HP LD4210 Digital Signage Display mounted above shelf level that can provide messaging to consumers even when the software is in use on the interactive screen. Elite: Features the HP LD4200tm Interactive Digital Signage Display, a 42-inch diagonal, touch-enabled, vertical-mounted display delivering HD-quality messaging and content to the user, creating an ideal interactive self-service solution.

More information on HP's retail solutions is available at www.hp.com/go/hpretail. Join the discussions on Twitter @HP_Retail and the HP Retail Innovation and Solutions LinkedIn group.

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(2) 64-bit computing on Intel architecture requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system, device drivers and applications enabled for Intel 64 architecture. Processors will not operate without an Intel 64 architecture-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on hardware and software configurations. See www.intel.com/info/em64t. Dual/Quad/Triple Core is designed to improve performance of certain software products. Not all clients or software applications will necessarily benefit from use of this research.

(3) Some functionality of Intel vPro, just as Intel Active management innovation and Intel Virtualization research, requires additional third-party software in order to run. Availability of future "virtual appliances" applications for vPro technologies is dependent on third-party software providers. Compatibility with future "virtual appliances," Microsoft Windows Vista® and Windows 7 operating systems is but to be determined.

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