Businessweek

NCR Corporation, a global technology company, provides products and services that enable businesses to connect, interact, and transact with their customers. The company’s portfolio of self-service and assisted-service solutions serve customers in the financial services, retail, hospitality, travel, telecommunications, and technology industries and include automated teller machines (ATMs), self-service kiosks and point of sale devices (POS), as well as software applications that can be used by consumers to enable them to interact with businesses from their computer or mobile device. The company complements these product solutions by offering a portfolio of services to support both the company and third party solutions. It also resells third-party networking products and provides related service offerings in the telecommunications and technology sectors. The company provides specific solutions for customers in a range of industries, such as financial services, retail, hospitality, travel, telecommunications and technology. Products and Services The company sells products and services that help businesses connect, interact and transact with their customers. ATMs and Other Financial Products: The company provides financial institutions, retailers and independent deployers with financial-oriented self-service technologies, such as ATMs, cash dispensers, and software solutions, including the APTRA self-service ATM software application suite (providing ATM management systems) and cash management and video banking software, as well as consulting services related to ATM security, software and bank branch optimization. ATM and other financial product solutions are designed to process consumer transactions and incorporate features, such as automated check cashing/deposit, automated cash deposit, Web-enablement and bill payment (including mobile bill payment). Point of Sale: The company provides retail and hospitality oriented technologies, such as point of sale terminals, bar-code scanners, software and services to companies and venues worldwide. Self-Service Kiosks: The company provides self-service kiosks to the retail, hospitality and travel and gaming industries. It provides self-check in/out kiosk solutions to airlines, hotels and casinos that allow guests to check-in/out without assistance. Check and Document Imaging: The company’s check and document imaging offerings provide solutions for both traditional paper-based and image-based check and item processing. Consisting of hardware, software, consulting and support services, its comprehensive check and document imaging solutions enable check and item-based transactions to be digitally captured, processed and retained within a flexible, scalable environment. Consumables: The company develops, produces, and markets a line of printer consumables for various print technologies. These products include two-sided thermal paper, paper rolls for receipts in ATMs and POS solutions, inkjet and laser printer supplies, thermal transfer and ink ribbons, labels, laser documents, business forms, and specialty media items, such as photo and presentation papers. Services: Services are an essential and integrated component of the company’s complete solution offerings. The company provides maintenance and support services for its product offerings and also provides other services, including site assessment and preparation, staging, installation and implementation, systems management, and complete managed services. The company provides Predictive Services, a managed services offering, which is designed to predict and address information technology issues quickly before they happen. The company also offers a range of software and services, such as Software as a Service, hosted services, and online, mobile and transactional services and applications, such as bill pay and digital signage. In addition, the company focuses on expanding the resale of third party networking products and related service offerings to a broader base of customers in the telecommunications and technology sectors and servicing third-party computer hardware from select manufacturers who value a