SUSE Linux Enterprise Point Of Service (SLEPOS)

Overview

As a retailer, you want to focus on what matters most: your customers. To ensure they receive excellent service, you need to optimize your IT systems through applications that enhance product sales, assess which products are selling, increase customer satisfaction and loyalty, cooperate seamlessly with partners and suppliers, and equip managers with insightful information and tools. To do all this, a reliable and secure operating system is crucial.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service is the best-engineered, lowest cost and most reliable platform optimized for the retail environment. Secure and stable, it provides a robust operating platform for point of service / point of sale devices, in-store servers and the data center. It helps you reduce your total cost of ownership through centralized administration and deployment tools, small operating- system footprint images, and support for a variety of applications and hardware. In addition, SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service is backed by the global Novell ecosystem, which includes world-class support and services from Novell and our partners.

Centralized Administration with Local Deployment

You may have a large number of stores and point of service systems to manage. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service simplifies the management of your in-store servers and POS devices by providing centralized administration and deployment tools. Now you can build your operating system images centrally and deploy them locally, cutting down on IT management costs.

With SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service, you get all the stability, cost and flexibility advantages of Linux. For example, you can eliminate operating system licensing fees and pay only for the maintenance subscriptions and services that add value to your business. You can also lengthen the lifecycles of your hardware because SUSE Linux Enterprise easily runs on older machines and is backed by seven years of support. Moreover, you can be confident your systems will run securely and reliably. With its roots in UNIX, Linux offers advanced computing techniques that use processors more intelligently than older operating systems, resulting in longer uptime and ultimately an enhanced customer experience.

Small Operating-system Footprint Images

POS operating systems must be designed to serve the customer quickly and efficiently. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 10 meets these needs through four POS images, all of which have a small operating system footprint. These images provide greater reliability and better performance than other operating system installations and, because you can run a small image that requires only 128 MB of RAM, you can extend the lifecycles of older point of service systems. Or, if you prefer, use larger images with more robust capabilities.

Support for Leading Retail Software and Hardware Vendors' Solutions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 10 is a flexible platform that allows you to easily integrate third-party solutions, retail applications and hardware drivers to customize the point-of-service client image. More than 30 retail software vendors support SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 10, so you can continue to use the retail software you prefer.

Novell has formed partnerships with leading retail software and hardware vendors to provide a complete solution. By integrating Novell partner solutions, you can deploy additional store applications such as inventory management, cash management, workforce management and loss prevention. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 10 has an open and uniform code base that optimizes compatibility with leading retail hardware, software and solutions without requiring time-consuming adaptations or additional infrastructure investments.

Complete Solution Ecosystem

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service has a strong ecosystem of hardware, application, consulting, training and support vendors ready to help retailers. Retail technology leaders, such as IBM, NCR and SAP Triversity, support SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service to ensure world-class retail environments.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service enables retailers to provide richer customer experiences, accelerate customer checkout, respond quickly to customer needs, work more efficiently with partners and enhance overall store operations.