NCR and Symbol Technologies Collaborate to Sell Generation 2 RFID Systems

NCR named Symbol PartnerSelect Premier Business Partner

NCR Corporation and Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise Mobility Company, today announced a global agreement naming NCR a PartnerSelect Premier Business Partner entitled to resell Symbols portfolio of enterprise mobility products, including radio frequency identification (RFID) readers and tags.

As leaders in the retail market, Symbol and NCR provide deep industry expertise and high-performance solutions that can help retailers capitalise on next generation data capture technology to significantly improve the customer experience by reducing labour costs, accelerating material handling and increasing visibility within the supply chain.

We are pleased to partner with NCR and offer its customers our industry-leading enterprise mobility solutions and look forward to expanding our alliance in the future, said Sal Iannuzzi, Symbol president and chief executive officer.  Customers seeking to implement RFID into their supply chains can now leverage the domain knowledge of two industry experts helping organizations recognise operational efficiencies and productivity gains through the deployment of complete RFID systems.

This relationship is great news for adopters of RFID solutions who increasingly are seeking established firms that can support large-scale global RFID system implementations, said Bill Nuti, president and chief executive officer of NCR.  Symbol and NCR have the combined capabilities to deliver comprehensive RFID solutions to customers worldwide.

Symbol is a leading global provider of enterprise mobility solutions comprised of advanced data capture products, mobile computers, wireless infrastructure, services, and RFID including high-performance RFID fixed and mobile readers that are compliant with the EPCglobal Generation 2 standard.

NCR delivers end-to-end, global RFID solutions that help businesses solve real business problems.  The NCR TransitionWorks portfolio of RFID solutions encompasses thoughtware, hardware, tags, services and software, including data warehouse solutions from Teradata, a division of NCR.