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MICROS acquires e-commerce firm Fry

August 12, 2008

COLUMBIA, Md. — MICROS Systems Inc., a provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, announced the acquisition of Fry Inc., an e-commerce design, development and managed services provider.

Fry helps retailers and consumer goods manufacturers optimize their direct-channel businesses by identifying market opportunities and providing multi-channel solutions. From strategy and marketing through design, development, managed services and fulfillment, Fry provides both the strategic expertise and technical solutions that yield real business results for clients such as La-Z-Boy, Crate and Barrel, Eddie Bauer, Godiva Chocolatier, Meijer, The Swiss Colony and Whirlpool. One of the industry's leading e-commerce solutions, Open Commerce Platform, was developed by Fry.

"Adding Fry to the MICROS portfolio enhances our ability to provide customers with advanced e-commerce solutions and technology necessary to operate retail Web sites," said Tom Giannopoulos, chairman and chief executive, MICROS Systems. "With Fry as part of our portfolio, we now have a suite of services in place through our MICROS-Retail group to deliver the best cross-channel solutions allowing our customers to reach consumers at any point where a transaction may take place."