The retail industry has been known to lag behind other industries in implementing new technology. One of the major reasons is the razor-thin margins with which retailers work. At RTC, we have pioneered the development of several solutions and services that allow small to medium retailers- to get the same functionality the big guys have, and that consumers have become accustom to, but with an affordable price tag.

Through the use of Virtual Resources, we are able to provide a secure, reliable managed environment that reduces a retailer's IT costs and provides a measurable Return-on-Investment (ROI).

Retail Technologies Corporation (RTC) is pleased to offer many of our software solutions on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, delivering solutions to meet the needs of today's retailers. This cost effective alternative enables retailers to pay a monthly fee for the use of RTC's software solutions, avoiding the up-front capital expense for a traditional software licensing arrangement.

Our pay-as-you-go model offers the perfect solution for growing medium-sized retailers who want to leverage the functionality and flexibility of "Big Retail", but at an affordable price. RTC's SaaS, has minimal upfront costs and delivers a complete solution with professional services, upgrades, maintenance and support.

Benefits of SaaS include:
• •Minimized upfront costs
• •Software usage as a monthly operating expense
• •Maintenance and support included in monthly fee
• •Can leverage same functionality used by larger Retailers
• •Ability to maintain software currency without having to manage 'upgrade' projects

RTC's SaaS model reduces the amount of upfront investment and system administration expenses required in a traditional ownership based software model while leveraging RTC's 20 years of retail store systems development experience.

For more information about RTC's SaaS offering, please contact RTC @ 800-993-3944.