Micros Systems, Inc. (styled lowercase in its logo), incorporated in 1978, was a computer software company. Micros is now owned by

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and renamed Oracle Food and Beverage and Oracle Hospitality (two of the global business units at

). Micros was headquartered in

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, United States, and the current business unit it still based there. Micros manufactured and sold

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, and services for the restaurant

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, hotel, hospitality, sports and entertainment venues, casinos, cruise lines, specialty retail markets and other similar markets. Analyst estimates cited in 2003 put Micros' market share at about 35% of the restaurant point-of-sale business. On June 23, 2014,

announced its intent to purchase Micros Systems for $68 per share in cash for a total value of approximately $5.3 billion.

History

The company was incorporated in 1977 as Picos Manufacturing, Inc. and changed its name to Micros Systems, Inc. in 1978. Micros Systems, Inc. was headquartered in

. The name Micros is an

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for Modular Integrated Cash Register Operating Systems.

Products

Oracle offers multiple products under the Micros name. Oracle Micros Simphony is a cloud-based restaurant POS system. Opera is the Micros property management system used in many large hotel chains, such as

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, Travelodge Hotels UK,

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, Jupiter Hotels,

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, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Resorts and Suites,

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(subsidiary of

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), the

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and the

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. With the purchase of the company Torex from

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, Micros acquired MiRetail Hub, a

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written using

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and designed for the Retail market.

Subsidiaries

References

External links

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