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Safe, secure and highly functional
The 4690 OS has a safe, secure and highly functional foundation for the most advanced point-of-sale (POS) and e-business software, including applications developed for the Java™ 2 specification

Wide external support
Help protect your IT investment by supporting a comprehensive range of hardware and peripherals, including the latest models of the IBM SurePOS™ 700 Series and the IBM SureMark Printers

Maximum Flexibility
Run POS and e-business applications simultaneously on a variety of hardware, with a single access point for POS, back-office and Web-based applications. This helps increase productivity and improve customer service.  

Product Highlights

Supports the latest models of the IBM SurePOS™ 700 Series

Retailers can take advantage of the fastest, most advanced hardware in the IBM portfolio at the POS or in the back office for better investment protection

Supports the latest models of the IBM SureMark Printer

Enables retailers who accept checks to add new printers at the POS and implement cost-effective Electronic Check Conversion (ECC) while minimizing the risk of administrative returns and losses from NSF checks

Generic terminal configuration

Makes it equally easy to configure SurePOS 4694 systems and SurePOS 700 Series systems in the store

Supports InfoZip

Enhances compression capabilities for internal and external (customer-facing) functions

Supports up to 512MB RAM in select terminals

Enables applications to get maximum productivity from POS systems that can use up to 512MB RAM, including select models of the IBM SurePOS 700 Series and IBM SurePOS 4694

Supports the latest level of Java™ 2, including:

-Smaller, faster Java 2 footprint

-Java Virtual Machine (Version 1.4.1)

-Java 2 SDK (Software Development Kit)

-JIT compiler