UTC RETAIL Ranked in Top 3 by Retailers for 4th Consecutive Year

Rochester, NY August 19, 2009 - UTC RETAIL™, a leading provider of retail management solutions has been ranked as one of the Top 3 POS solutions providers for the fourth consecutive year in the POS Systems category of the RIS News Hardware LeaderBoard survey. UTC RETAIL is the only POS Systems provider who has consistently been ranked in the Top 3 by retailers all four years of the survey. The RIS News annual benchmark survey ranks retail solution providers in a number of technology categories and on six criteria - all based on retailer responses. The 2009 results represent input from nearly 500 retailer reviews collected by an independent third party research firm. Retailers ranked UTC RETAIL in the top three in Support and Service, Technology Innovation, Price and Value and Overall Performance.

Sam Villanti, UTC RETAIL’s President and CEO had this to say of the 2009 RIS News LeaderBoard results – “We are very proud of being the only POS Systems provider to be ranked by retailers in the Top 3 for overall performance for a fourth consecutive year. These results confirm our ability to deliver proven, high value, quality solutions and a consistent experience to the market not only during the selling and deployment cycle but through post sales service & support as well”.

Greg Buzek, President of IHL Group had this to say of UTC RETAIL’s continued leadership in the POS Systems portion of the survey – “To be the only company ranked in the Top 3 four years in a row is truly a great accomplishment. The results speak to the consistency with which UTC RETAIL delivers, deploys and supports its technology solutions to retailers in the very competitive specialty retail market”.

For complete results of the 2009 Hardware LeaderBoard Survey please visit www.utcretail.com or the RIS News website at www.risnews.com