Microsoft Highlights New Solutions for 'Connected Experiences' in the Retail and Hospitality Industry at National Retail Federation Annual Convention & EXPO
Microsoft and its community of partners will showcase how they are delivering exceptional business value in enabling retail customers to deploy and manage mission-critical solutions on the Windows platform.
Where: National Retail Federation (NRF) Annual Convention & EXPO
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 W. 34th St.
New York, NY 10001
When: Jan. 9-12, 2011
What: At NRF 2011, Microsoft Corp. and its community of
partners will showcase how they are delivering
exceptional business value in enabling customers to
deploy and manage mission-critical solutions on the
Windows platform. Microsoft is unique in bringing
together a breadth of consumer and enterprise cloud
capabilities in conjunction with a familiar
technology and productivity platform and a broad
developer ecosystem to provide retail enterprises
with the IT flexibility and choice they need to run
their businesses and compete in today's global
economy.
Microsoft Booth No. 836 will feature the following:
o Connecting customers. Microsoft and its partners continue to help retail
companies succeed in today's competitive global marketplace by meeting
the demand for a highly personalized and connected shopper experience.
Demonstrations will showcase how retailers can engage and serve their
customers at an individual, demographic and local level -- critical
elements to attract and retain customers in an increasingly connected
and mobile world.
o Connecting stores. Microsoft will demonstrate advanced technologies to
help retailers build a modern store architecture that can make their
staff and resources more effective through automating systems
administration, improving sales productivity and improving stock
management.
o Connecting operations. Retailers can help increase productivity and
improve operational efficiencies in the back office with technologies
that are designed to support tighter store-to-headquarters collaboration
and enterprise business intelligence. Demonstrations will showcase how
retailers can build an efficient retail operation, fueled by an
integrated back office with real-time store data feeds, integrated
retail management and enterprise resource planning, multichannel
capability, and ubiquitous business insight.
o Innovation. Microsoft, through its product and engineering teams,
incubation labs, core Microsoft Research organization and university
partnerships, is deeply involved in supporting and advancing the state
of the art in ways that fundamentally transform people's lives and
society as a whole. New product offerings such as Kinect for Xbox 360,
speech recognition features in Windows Phone 7 and touch capabilities in
Windows 7 are evidence of Microsoft's leadership in natural computing
and Natural User Interface that is taking the retail user experience
beyond today's mouse and keyboard and offering a much richer natural
interaction.
Microsoft and Partner News and Highlights:
o Microsoft Dynamics will have a major presence at NRF 2011 to show the
progress that has been made with Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail, and
to highlight customer centricity solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics
CRM.
o Connected operations. Demonstrations will showcase key capabilities
of Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail, as well as complementary
solutions from partners, including Aldata Solution.
o Connected customers. Microsoft Dynamics CRM will be central to the
customer-centric solutions demonstrated by partners Avanade, HCL
Technologies and Retaligent Solutions Inc.
o Windows Embedded will showcase its platforms and technologies tailored
for the retail and hospitality markets, including Windows Embedded
POSReady, Windows Embedded Handheld and next-generation digital signage
products.
o Microsoft partner Retalix Ltd., a leading provider of software and
professional services to retailers and distributors worldwide, will
announce a new store system utilizing advanced Microsoft technologies to
help ensure scalability and resilience, and support an innovative
architecture design.
o Microsoft partner Lokad will announce Salescast, a Web application for
sales forecasting hosted on Windows Azure, for the retail industry.
o The Consumer Goods Forum, together with Capgemini, HP and Microsoft,
will publish a new report on the "2020 Future Value Chain: Building
Strategies for the New Decade."
Other News:
Microsoft and partner executives will participate in NRF's BIG !deas and Super Sessions:
o Tuesday, Jan. 11, 8:30-9:30 a.m.: Super Session: Making
the Retail Business Dynamic
Speaker: Kirill Tatarinov, corporate vice president,
Microsoft Business Solutions, and featured guest Bill
Fields, chairman, China Horizon
o Monday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.-noon: Translate Customer
Understanding Into Differentiated Strategies
Speaker: Randy Misener, retail solutions director, Avanade
o Monday, Jan. 10, 3-3:30 p.m.: Connecting Your Business to
Devices and Customers with Windows Embedded
Speaker: Barb Edson, senior director of marketing, Windows
Embedded, Microsoft
o Monday, Jan. 10, 4:45-5:15 p.m.: Aligning the Agendas of
the CMO and CIO
Speakers: Tom Kersten, national retail director,
Microsoft, and Jeong Woo, retail specialist, Microsoft
o Tuesday, Jan. 11, 11:30 a.m.-noon: Winning in Retail Today
and Tomorrow
Speakers: Dilip Popat, global retail industry director,
Microsoft Dynamics, and Michael Griffiths, global retail
group product director, Microsoft Dynamics
o Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1:45-2:15 p.m.: Connected Customer
Centricity: Customer Relationship Management in the
Digital Age
Speakers: Bill Patterson, director, product management,
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, and Javed Sikander, global
retail technology strategist, Microsoft
Who:
o Bill Gonzalez, general manager, Worldwide Distribution and Services Sector, Microsoft
o Brendan O'Meara, managing director, Worldwide Retail Industry, Microsoft
o Kirill Tatarinov, corporate vice president, Microsoft Business Solutions
o David Gruehn, retail industry solutions director, U.S. Distribution & Services, Microsoft
o Dilip Popat, global retail industry director, Microsoft Dynamics
o Barb Edson, senior director of marketing, Windows Embedded, Microsoft
o David Wurster, senior product manager, Windows Embedded, Microsoft
o John Doyle, group product manager, Windows Embedded Systems and Services, Microsoft
SOURCE Microsoft Corp.
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