Discover which technology are using the Top-15 most competitive technology platforms in the retail market.

Introduction: 
 
Without analyzing comparatively the suitability of the use of other development frameworks, such as .NET, and programming languages, such as C # or Delphi, widely developed in the existing bibliography, it can be said that Java technology is positioned as a key in the development of future open applications, multiplatform and multi-device code.
 
POS software applications based on Java are "open" POS applications deployed under the JavaPOS standard (www.javapos.com). The main advantage provided by the adoption of this technology in development, is the independence from proprietary systems of peripheral devices that access the POS, as well as the hardware platforms on which is installed, and the operating systems on that the application is running. This gives the Retailer flexibility in their POS choice infrastructure, and freedom to choose support and suppliers, resulting in reduced maintenance costs and direct impact on the return on investment.
 
According to the Gartner report "Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies, 2016", the adoption of this technology in the POS is in the graphic within the area "Slope of Enlightenment", with standard market solutions and a high level of evolution and implementations.
 
 
 
According to Gartner, "There is still an opportunity in the market for JavaPOS to replace legacy POS applications found in many large retailers, and we expect this technology to reach maturity of adoption in about two to five years". The adoption of open solutions, it will also provide a more agile and flexible migration into the digital business.
 
comerzzia
 
comerzzia platform includes this technology in the POS, ensuring an open architecture with a common base code, abstraction of business logic and reusable components, as well as a layer of REST services centralized in the platform that allows access from any channel (POS, APP, E-commerce, third-parties, etc.). Our platform also supports extensibility through integrations to protect the existing assets of any channel.
 
This fact allows offering functionalities at the POS with the objective of improving the customer shopping experience through conducted sale of products and services based on customer's knowledge, rather than the current approach of simply selling products. Thus, blurring the boundary between on and off channels, and adding new channels, such as integration with social and the IoT. All of this, without sacrificing a decrease of costs resulting from the implementation and updating of new product versions, as well as operational training costs, being an intuitive and friendly solution.
 
 
Analysis of competitive products on the market
 
Based on Gartner "Market Guide for Digital Business Ready POS", the following tables show the use of this technology from the leading software vendors for retailers Tier 1 and Tier2 worldwide. The study was conducted taking into account 15 POS platforms.
 
 
From this comparison, the following conclusions are drawn:
  1. From the 15 software vendors analyzed in the research, 9 of them develop Java-based technology (client and / or server). 
  2. From this, 9 solutions, 6 of the solutions implement it only as a Web Server Applications (Java Application Server).
  3. Only the 3 remaining applications at a worldwide level (comerzzia, Oracle-MICROS and PCMS) have implemented the software in the POS with Java technology in the client and the server (functionality "Java POS based"). Ensuring all the advantages listed at the beginning of this article, regarding full independence from peripheral manufacturers and free choice POS infrastructure.
We conclude that our solution is technologically advanced and ready to face the changes of digital business in retail to allow an improved shopping experience according with every customer lifestyle.
 
 
 
 
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