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MICROS Systems, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Maryland in 1977 as Picos Manufacturing, Inc. and, in 1978, changed its name to MICROS Systems, Inc. It is a designer, manufacturer, marketer, and servicer of enterprise applications solutions for the food and beverage, hotel and retail industries. The Company's solutions consist of application specific software and hardware systems, supplemented by various services. The food and beverage and hotel industries (sometimes referred to collectively as the hospitality industry) include numerous defined markets such as lodging (including individual hotel sites and hotel chains), table service restaurants, quick service restaurants, entertainment venues such as stadiums and arenas, business food service operations, casinos, transportation food service, government operations, and cruise ships. The retail industry consists of retail operations selling to consumers both general and specific products, such as clothing, shoes, food, hardware, jewelry, and other specialty items. The enterprise application information solutions comprise of the food and beverage information systems, hotel information systems, and retail information systems. The food and beverage information systems consist of hardware and software for point-of-sale and operational applications, ecommerce, back office applications, including inventory, labor and financial management, gift cards, and certain centrally hosted enterprise applications. The hotel information systems consist of software encompassing room reservation management systems, sales and catering, revenue management, ecommerce, business analytics, central reservations, and interfaces to third party applications. The retail information systems consist of software encompassing point-of-sale, loss prevention, ecommerce, business analytics, customer gift cards, electronic payments and enterprise applications. It markets its products and services internationally. It also sells hardware to its clients and provides field and remote support.