COLUMBIA, Md., June 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MICROS Systems,
Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology
solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, and Elavon, a
leading global payments provider, have integrated their respective
gateway and security products to deliver encryption and
tokenization for the hotel and food and beverage industries,
facilitating a secure environment throughout the entire payment
transaction cycle. With the integration work already completed for
the MICROS OPERA hotel property management system (PMS) and the
primary MICROS food and beverage point-of-sale (POS) platforms,
MICROS clients can take immediate advantage of a seamless, secure
end-to-end process that combines the existing cost-effective and
cutting-edge payment card processing solutions from MICROS with
built-in security features like encryption and tokenization from
Elavon, providing clients with these benefits:
- Opportunity to streamline PCI compliance process and reduce
time and effort associated with maintaining compliance
- Ability to consolidate multiple interfaces and certifications
for electronic payment processing
- Ease of implementation, service and support
"MICROS' innovations in payment processing are allowing us to
add value to our clients, and expanding our capabilities with
Elavon typifies our approach," said Kevin
King, Vice President of eCommerce and Payments. "Our
integrated approach provides business owners with direct access to
a simple-to-implement solution that puts businesses on the
fast-track to data security."
Powered by the MICROS Payment Gateway™ and Elavon's Fusebox™
gateway solution, this next generation payment environment is built
upon decades of proven PMS and payment processing expertise. Robust
scalability offers a great fit for businesses of any size with any
number of workstations – from a single location business to
multi-national brands.
"At Elavon, we are highly focused on providing opportunities
that help our clients grow," said Ian
Drysdale, EVP and Head of Business Development for Elavon,
North America. "Offering an
integrated payments approach with MICROS resolves a pain point for
hoteliers, retailers and clients who face the complexities of
managing a secure end-to-end payments process. We can
eliminate the headache so they can focus on delivering great client
experiences."
About MICROS Systems, Inc.
MICROS Systems, Inc.
provides leading enterprise-wide applications, services and
hardware for the hospitality and retail industries. Serving an
extensive portfolio of clients worldwide, MICROS solutions are
utilized in hotels, casinos, table and quick service restaurants,
retail, leisure and entertainment, fuel and convenience, cruise,
and travel operations in more than 180 countries, and on all seven
continents. MICROS combines its industry knowledge and expertise to
provide cloud-based, mobile and on premise solutions that allow its
clients to streamline operations and successfully engage their
customers.
MICROS applications include point of sale, property management,
central systems, business intelligence, eCommerce, loyalty, CRM,
loss prevention, distributed order management, labor management,
inventory management, and merchandise planning solutions. MICROS
services include hosting and SaaS, platform implementation and
integration, strategic business consulting, interactive marketing,
design services including creative and user experience, and managed
services. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol
MCRS.
For more information on MICROS and its advanced information
technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries,
please contact Louise Casamento,
Vice President of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (866) 287-4736.
You can also visit the MICROS website at www.micros.com or send an
email to info@micros.com. Follow MICROS on Facebook,
LinkedIn, YouTube, and the MICROS Blog.
About Elavon (www.elavon.com)
Elavon is wholly owned by U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) and provides
end-to-end payment processing solutions and services to more than
1.3 million customers in the United
States, Europe,
Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Puerto
Rico. As the #1 provider for airlines and a top five
provider for hospitality, healthcare, retail, and public
sector/education, Elavon's innovative payment solutions are
designed to solve pain points for businesses from small to
enterprise-sized.
Contacts:
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Louise J.
Casamento
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Hallema
Sharif
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MICROS
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Elavon
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Vice President of
Marketing
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Director of Public
Relations
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443-285-8144
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678-731-5149
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lcasamento@micros.com
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hallema.sharif@elavon.com
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SOURCE MICROS Systems, Inc.