Agilysys Wins RSPA/VSR Innovative Solution Award

    BOCA RATON, Fla., July 16 /EMWNews-FirstCall/ -- Agilysys, Inc.

(Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative IT solutions announced

today that it has received an Innovative Solution Award for its

NextManager(TM) software solution, winning for the supermarket category in

the first annual award presented by the Retail Solutions Provider

Association (RSPA) and Vertical Systems Reseller (VSR). The award, which

recognizes outstanding achievements in technologically advanced

multi-vendor solutions serving small to medium businesses, was presented to

Agilysys on July 15 at an awards banquet during the RetailNOW expo in Las

Vegas, Nev.



    



    "Enhancing the shopping experience through improved customer

satisfaction is critical in today's competitive retail environment," said

Paul Civils, vice president of Agilysys Retail Solutions Group.

"NextManager is a unique product, allowing retail managers to expedite

several functions from within their store, all from a hand-held device. We

are honored to be recognized for this technology, which has proven to be

instrumental in boosting both productivity and customer satisfaction."



    "We have been very pleased with the functionality of the NextManager

solution and it has enabled us to run our front-end store more

efficiently," said Alan Aront, vice president of the Technology Division at

Wakefern Food Corporation, who uses the NextManager solution in a number of

ShopRite supermarkets located throughout their trading area.



    Judging criteria for the RSPA/VSR Innovative Solutions Awards were

based on creativity, uniqueness, the ability to enhance the industry as a

whole, cost-efficiency and impact on end user.

    About Agilysys



    Agilysys is a leading provider of innovative IT solutions to corporate

and public-sector customers, with special expertise in select markets,

including retail and hospitality. The company uses technology -- including

hardware, software and services -- to help customers resolve their most

complicated IT needs. The company possesses expertise in enterprise

architecture and high availability, infrastructure optimization, storage

and resource management, identity management and business continuity; and

provides industry-specific software, services and expertise to the retail

and hospitality markets. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., Agilysys

operates extensively throughout North America, with additional sales

offices in the United Kingdom and China.



    Contact:



    Maureen Morreale, Agilysys, Inc., 440-519-8161,

[email protected]