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www.squirrelsystems.com squirrel systems is a burnaby based point of sale vendor specializing in hospitality management systems . squirrel is based in burnaby canada . 1 contents 1 history 2 squirrel workstation 3 squirrel embedded linux 4 industry awards 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links history edit squirrel systems was founded in 1984 and released the first restaurant point of sale system to use an integrated diskless touchscreen terminal for order management . citation needed originally a wholly owned subsidiary of sulcus hospitality technologies corporation in 1998 sulcus merged with eltrax systems incorporated nasdaq smallcap eltx . 2 squirrel is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of marin investments ltd. 3 squirrel workstation edit one of the unique characteristics of squirrel s original product was the use of hardened lcd touchscreen terminals . unlike other systems that used keyboards and crt monitors squirrel terminals had no moving parts and were easily adapted to any operating environment . the original squirrel terminals reached over 35 000 installed units worldwide and was the first to integrate an lcd panel credit card reader employee id reader and cpu inside a single unit . citation needed later units would incorporate ip connectivity remote booting of a customized linux operating system and a java virtual machine . 4 squirrel embedded linux edit in 1998 squirrel systems released squirrel embedded linux sel a customized distribution of linux for thin client terminal architecture . 5 sel has several characteristics that were unique at the time of development including primary support for diskless workstations customized high volume touchscreen drivers integrated java virtual machine with hardware control and two stage booting from a windows server . 6 7 industry awards edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message in 2010 o charley s named squirrel as its enterprise support partner of the year at the annual inukshuk business partner awards . 8 not in citation given squirrel systems was awarded the 2009 epson envision award for innovation for its squirrel in a box product . 9 squirrel systems was awarded the 1999 independent cash register dealers association silver award for outstanding sponsor in systems software . 10 in 1998 squirrel was the third recipient of the microsoft retail application developer award at the hitec show in los angeles . microsoft recognized squirrelone as the first application to integrate java microsoft sql server and windows nt in the retail market . 11 references edit squirrel systems accommodates expansion with new head office location press release . squirrel systems . 2005 11 22 . retrieved 2010 11 03 . sulcus announces planned merger with eltrax systems inc. press release . eltrax systems . 1998 11 12 . retrieved 2010 11 03 . squirrel systems appoints new president press release . squirrel systems & marin investments limited . may 2008 . retrieved 2010 11 03 . squirrel announces new network ready touch terminal press release . squirrel systems . 1999 06 21 . archived from the original on 2010 11 29 . retrieved 2010 11 03 . better source needed squirrel pos . linux journal . 2001 09 01 . retrieved 2009 07 17 . embedded linux advantages and challenges in a retail pos system . archived from the original on 2013 01 27 . retrieved 2007 03 30 . eltrax announces release of linux version of restaurant application solution . press release . eltrax systems . 1999 12 20 . archived from the original on 2010 11 29 . retrieved 2010 11 03 . o charley s honors partners . nation s restaurant news . retrieved 2010 11 03 . squirrel in a box solution receives top honors at epson annual partner conference press release . squirrel systems & epson . march 2009 . archived from the original on 2010 11 29 . retrieved 2010 11 03 . squirrel wins silver at i.c.r.d.a. convention press release . squirrel systems . 1999 07 29 . archived from the original on 2010 11 29 . retrieved 2010 11 03 . squirrel wins microsoft 1998 r.a.d. award press release . squirrel systems & microsoft . 1998 06 16 . archived from the original on 2010 11 29 . retrieved 2010 11 03 . further reading edit shift4 and squirrel systems partner to offer payment solution to the hospitality industry . entertainment close up highbeam research squirrel one and merchant link integrate solutions wireless news highbeam research payment software from squirrel systems certified by netspi as compliant with latest pa dss standard . information technology newsweekly highbeam research external links edit squirrel systems retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title squirrel systems & oldid 738428593 categories technology companies of canadacomputer hardware companiescompanies established in 1984diskless workstationspoint 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