HP Announces Solutions To Help Retailers Engage With Customers

HP has announced new technology solutions to help retailers engage with their customers and enhance the shopping experience at every customer touch point.

The powerful HP rp5800 Retail System is a high-performance point-of-sale (POS) solution that combines enhanced processing and functionality to meet the needs of even the most demanding retail environments.

“HP India is committed to provide end-to-end solutions to Indian retailers. HP provides solutions and services which include back end infrastructure for data centers, network, Point of Information, Point of Interaction and Point of Transaction popularly known as Retail Point of Sales. With rp5800, HP India has delivered its commitment to Indian customers to provide the latest technology retail-hardened POS system. With rp5800 coupled with leading ISV software solution HP believes it can provide large format Indian retailers and SMB retail stores robust point of sales solutions. This machine is top of the line and the configurations are customisable to order. HP is happy to announce the immediate launch of rp5800 for its esteemed customers,” said Rajat Mehta, Country Head, Emerging Business unit, HP PSG India.

Ray Carlin, vice president, Retail Solutions Global Business Unit, HP, said, “Savvy retailers are upgrading their in-store technology – especially at the point of sale – to seamlessly integrate with other channels and enable their customers to shop the way they want to, creating a better in-store experience.”

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

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

With extra memory slots, multiple PCI Express slots and optional optical drives, the HP rp5800 can be customised for a variety of retail environments. It can easily be connected to a range of optional peripherals such as receipt printers, monitors, cash drawers and scanners. The flexibility and management features of the HP rp5800 enable it to be used as a manager’s workstation, placed within a kiosk or as a player for HP Digital Signage.