For Immediate Release:
Image Vault and Menusoft
Systems Announce Release of Image Vault / Digital Dining Interface
September 19, 2006 (New
Albany, IN and Springfield, VA) -
Image Vault, the leading provider of end-to-end digital video security
solutions, and Menusoft Systems, an industry pioneer of PC-based point-of-sale
solutions, today announced the release of a custom interface between Menusoft’s
Digital Dining product suite and Image Vault’s DVR software. The two companies
also announced a strategic alliance between Image Vault and Menusoft Systems to
promote each other’s products.
According to Brandon Ring, National
Sales Manager for Image Vault, the benefits for Digital Dining’s user-base of
120,000 restaurant locations are clear. “The Digital Dining / Image Vault
interface will enable restaurants that deploy Digital Dining to simultaneously
view video and transaction information from Digital Dining within Image Vault’s
DVR software.” Ring continued: “suspect transactions from the POS, such as
Discounts, No Sales, and Voids, can be entered into Image Vault’s exception
reporting database for quick and efficient review, and email alerts can also be
set up for instant notification of priority exceptions.”
This interface also greatly
benefits the VARs who offer Digital Dining to their restaurant customers.
Although the benefits of a DVR integrated with the POS have been definitively
proven for the restaurant industry, the technical process of actually
interfacing a DVR to a POS system has been fraught with guesswork because the
DVRs and POS systems are designed and manufactured so disparately. According to
Andre Nataf, Strategic Alliance & Large Accounts Manager for Menusoft
Systems, “since the Image Vault / Digital Dining interface is factory certified
by both Image Vault and Menusoft, it is now a much easier engineering
proposition for a VAR to sell and install a POS that is already integrated with
a DVR.”
The bottom line is that the
business relationship between the two companies and technological enhancement
makes it easier for shared customers and VARs to maximize the use of both these
best-of-breed restaurant industry solutions. The Digital Dining interface is
available now on Image Vault Version 8.6 and on Digital Dining Version 7.3.04.
Please contact Image Vault, to receive software for the interface.
POS dealers and VARs seeking
to increase sales to existing customers by selling Image Vault DVRs interfaced
with Digital Dining should contact Brandon Ring at 888-462-4382 ext #8, 3535 or
brandonr@image-vault.com
or Andre Nataf, Strategic Alliance & Large Accounts Manager, Menusoft
Systems, Developers of Digital Dining at 303-522-2652, andrenataf@mindspring.com.
Interested restaurant owners
and operators should contact their local Digital Dining dealer or Image Vault.
About Image Vault
Since 1998, when Image Vault
developed a digital product that was a plug and play replacement for the VCR
system, its recorders have been proven in many successful applications
nationwide. Advancements in the product family, including the latest release of
Image Vault PRO-Command, continue to enable Image Vault to extend its sales
penetration to other markets that are benefiting equally well from its
established product line. For more information about Image Vault, please visit www.image-vault.com
About FireKing Security
Group
FireKing Security Group
manufactures a broad array of security products with best-in-class service and
support for businesses around the world. The products and services we offer
focus solely on protecting customers’ assets, people, and vital information.
FireKing Security Group’s brands include FireKing fireproof files and safes;
Adesco, EXL, McGunn, Meilink, and Gary home, office, and commercial safes; NKL
and PerfectCash cash-handling and cash-validating products; and Image Vault
digital video security solutions. The New Albany, Indiana-based company is
privately held. Additional information about FireKing is available at www.fireking.com
About Digital Dining/Menusoft
Systems
Digital Dining was originally
developed and installed in Australia in 1978. The product was introduced in the
United States in 1984 and the Virginia Corporation, Menusoft, was formed. Today
Menusoft is both recognized as a pioneer in the hospitality point-of-sale (POS)
market and as an innovator with regards to functionality and features. Digital
Dining is now in its 22nd year of production and development and has been
installed at more than 30,000 sites throughout North America. From quick service
to table service and everything in between, Digital Dining can be configured to
meet any environment using the same application and the same corporate
database. Menusoft continues to grow and develop the software, each year adding
more and more features and capabilities. More information is available at www.digitaldining.com