UTC RETAIL POS-J Store Automation Solution listed as Validated Payment Application; achieves PA-DSS compliance

Rochester, NY May 29, 2009 – UTC RETAIL™, a leading provider of retail management solutions announces the successful completion of a Payment Application Data Security Standards (PA-DSS) review of their POS-J 3.1 Java-based store automation POS software solution. UTC RETAIL POS-J, a browser-based store automation solution delivers an easy-to-use and intuitive register platform backed by valuable administrative applications and an in-depth reporting system.

Read more about UTC RETAIL's POS-J here.

The UTC RETAIL POS-J 3.1 application has been approved by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) as meeting its best practices requirements for protecting privileged card data as outlined in the Data Security Standard Version 1.2 (PCI-DSS V1.2). The importance of this certification is that when a PA-DSS compliant application such as POS-J 3.1 is implemented into a PCI-DSS complaint environment, it minimizes the potential for security breaches leading to compromises of payment card data. The POS-J listing can be found on the PCI-SSC website at:

https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/vpa/vpa_approval_list.html?mn=U.

In addition to being PA-DSS compliant, POS-J 3.1 also incorporates guidance from the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). The OWASP Top Ten Project provides awareness of the ten most critical web application security flaws and the adoption of the OWASP Top Ten promotes the development of secure code.

“The combination of achieving PA- DSS V1.2 compliancy and the adoption of the OWASP Top Ten results in a retail application that retailers can deploy and feel confident about with regards to security”, said Sam Villanti, President and Chief Executive Officer of UTC RETAIL. “As a retail solutions provider we have responsibility to deliver products that meet the ever changing needs of the market and POS-J 3.1 can now facilitate and support retailers PCI-DSS compliance”.

About UTC RETAIL™
UTC RETAIL is a leader in providing seamlessly integrated retail management solutions including software, hardware and professional services to the specialty retail market. Our retail software solutions include Cross-Channel Enterprise and Merchandising, Store Automation, Planning, Loyalty and Retail Management enabling specialty retailers to increase sales, lower costs and build competitive advantage. In addition to best in class software solutions, UTC RETAIL provides a complete set of branded hardware solutions and comprehensive professional service offerings, providing retailers a single point of contact and accountability for all of their retail management solutions. We’re UTC RETAIL. We’re retail solution experts. For more information on UTC RETAIL, visit www.utcretail.com

For more information, contact Kathy Manners, Marketing Communications Specialist, at 585-742-5245 or by e-mail at kmanners@utcretail.com