March 2005

MICROS Systems, Inc., founded in 1977, is a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, was presented with the coveted Gold Medallion Award for Best Overall Vendor from the Retail Solutions Providers Association (formerly the ICRDA/SDA) at the group's annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA) is the top point-of-sale dealer association, representing thousands of members across the globe. The association recently changed its name from ICRDA/SDA to better represent its membership and the industries served. Every year the association presents awards to the top systems vendors, as voted on by the association members. The highest ranking vendor across all award categories is awarded the Gold Medallion. MICROS received awards from RSPA the past 5 years, including the Gold Medallion in 2004, and the Gold Award for Systems/Software Vendor in 2003, 2002 and 2001.

"We are excited to be recognized by the industry and our business partners again for the 5th consecutive year. Building a strong and mutually beneficial relationship with our business partners is an important factor of our strategy," stated Tom Giannopoulos, Chairman and CEO of MICROS Systems.

MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 150,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 130 countries, and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management systems, state of the art point of sale systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 15,000 hotels worldwide.

MICROS Systems established their first presence in Malta in 1994, and through their local System Partners, Magabyte Limited, rapidly emerged to be the leading hotel management solution providers amongst the four and five star hotels on the island. Micros is currently powering 58% of the Four & Five star hotel occupancy (Currently 19 Four star Hotels and 5 Five Star Hotels) amongst other 3 Star resorts, restaurants and pizzerias, giving them the competitive advantage to facilitate management and maximise their overall operational efficiency and profitability. Micros-Fidelio’s latest hotel management software release, OES V2.6 – Opera Enterprise Solutions provides the ideal tools for the comprehensive services any Hotel may offer, with modules specialised for Front Office, Sales & Marketing, Catering, Revenue Management, Back Office and Material Control (F&B) that can be integrated and customised according to the customer’s requirements and exigencies.

Megabyte as a Micros Systems Integrator offers both pre and post sales consulting for complete solutions for the entire hospitality segment and offers their customers the peace of mind of a full 24x7 support by experienced technology specialists and consultants. Customers benefit from their extensive knowledge base in Hotel Management Systems, and their capability in interfacing and system integration to offer customised solutions and guarantee better quality customer service throughout.
 

Megabyte Ltd Profile

Formed in 1979, Megabyte Ltd (www.megabyte.net), is a leading IT services company providing Total Computer Solutions to private and public sector entities by enabling tem to use information technology to solve complex business or organisation problems, to improve performance and add value to their customers. Megabyte provides these services by continual investment and development of its human resources to engineer and deliver solution using state-of-the-art products and tools from its solution partners, ORACLE (Technology & Applications), MICROSOFT (Technology & Applications), MICROSOFT Great Plains, SYBASE, Hewlett Packard (Enterprise Solutions), DATACARD, ENTERASYS, Excel (Network Cabling Products), DIGI, and MICROS-FIDELIO.
 

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