Clearwater, FL - February 11th, 1999 - Southern DataComm,
Incorporated (SDC), an electronic payments solutions provider, has signed
an agreement with Choice Hotels International, Incorporated (Choice), to
license Southern DataComm's integrated credit and charge card software
to Choice franchisees.
The five-year exclusive agreement licenses Choice to deliver Profit
Manager(sm), its Windows-based property management system, integrated with
ProtoBase(r), SofTrans(r), and PbAdmin(tm), Southern DataComm's credit
and charge card software, to Choice hotel brands worldwide. Choice
hotel brands include Comfort, Quality, Clarion, Sleep Inn, Econo Lodge,
Rodeway Inn, and MainStay Suites hotels. The agreement enables over
4,000 Choice hotels worldwide to utilize Southern DataComm's products for
electronic authorization and settlement of credit/charge card transactions.
Gary Eng, president and founder of Southern DataComm, said, "We are
extremely excited about our relationship with Choice. The latest
releases of our products greatly enhance the credit card interface portion
of Choice's Profit Manager system. We are proud to be partnered with
this worldwide leader in the hospitality industry."
James Mitchell, Director of Property Systems I/S Development for Choice
Hotels International, commented, "The latest Southern DataComm products
are written specifically for ease of integration and provide a seamless
pass through to our front office system. This is our second generation
of integrated credit card processing with the Southern DataComm products.
This agreement now allows us to provide fully integrated credit/charge
card processing to numerous processors from every franchisee purchasing
the Profit Manager system. The integration has been achieved by utilizing
the latest software tools, and great effort has been put forth ensuring
that the software applications are Y2K compliant and fulfill the Choice
commitment of providing software that will remain state-of-the-art well
into the twenty-first century."
According to Southern DataComm, ProtoBase and PbAdmin meet the needs
of front desk staff and night auditors who demand quick response times
for credit card authorizations and settlement during check-in and check-out.
The software also provides accounting staff and night auditors detailed
reports and complete control of transactions at settlement.
Christopher Yellen, Director of Product Management at Choice, commented,
"With the ProtoBase and PbAdmin modules integrated into Profit Manager,
Choice hotel properties can satisfy both front and back-office requirements.
We are very pleased with the Southern DataComm agreement and look forward
to multiple rollouts of the latest release of Profit Manager integrated
with SDC's products."
Southern DataComm Releases New Credit
Card Software
Clearwater, FL - March 12th, 1999 - Southern DataComm, Incorporated
(SDC), an electronic payments solutions provider, has released the latest
version of its integrated credit and charge card software, ProtoBase(r)
with SofTrans(r) and ProtoBase Administrator (PbAdmin(tm)).
Southern DataComm has released new software for distribution to all
of its resellers and end-users including Property Management, Restaurant
Management, Retail Point-of-Sale, and other system vendors. Plans
are for the hotels, restaurants, and retail stores where ProtoBase is implemented
to install the new software before year-end.
Gary Eng, President of SDC, stated, "ProtoBase with SofTrans 4.76 and
PbAdmin 4.3 enable hotels, restaurants, retail stores, and other merchants
to interface to one or many card associations, third-party processors,
acquirers, and banks. Regardless of system configuration or size
of installation, the software can be tailored to best suit the needs of
the operational, accounting, and management staff. Our software saves
merchants money. They are able to shop for the best credit card interchange
rates because the SDC software meets the latest Visa, MasterCard, and American
Express compliance regulations."
All trademarks and copyrights are held by their respective companies.
Southern DataComm, Incorporated is a software development
firm founded in 1985 specializing in electronic payment software solutions.
Southern DataComm products provide a generic interface to enable simple
integration into point-of-sale systems. The software supports transaction
processing for credit/debit/check with virtually any Third Party Processor
or Acquirer. The applications support a variety of vertical markets
including Lodging, Restaurant, Auto Rental, Retail, Gaming, Grocery, Mail
and Phone Order, Subscriber Management, Cable TV, Public Utilities, Internet,
Medical, and Government. Southern DataComm is headquartered in Clearwater,
Florida. |