Osprey Retail Systems, Inc. was founded in 1990 by a small group of industry-leading POS integrators to develop state-of-the-art, general retail, in-store software for the Reseller Distribution Channel. We write the software and support our channel who in turn are close to our mutual customers and provide the local support presence that is so crucial to long term systems' success and usage. Osprey chose the suite of technology tools from Progress Software Corporation. Osprey's development environment, Progress, Sonic and their tool sets offer end users operating system and hardware platform independence, bringing new levels of interoperability, scalability, and connectivity through the retail enterprise. The result of Osprey's development effort is UnifyPOS and UnifyHost, a feature-rich, highly robust, scaleable Point-of-Sale (POS) system with supporting Host applications through open hardware platforms, and the Windows Operating Systems environment (XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, & Windows Server 2008). Utilizing advanced, Client/Server architecture, UnifyPOS employs "replicated and distributed" databases to provide full system redundancy without a backup in-store server. UnifyPOS Client/Server design supports TCP/IP and wireless network protocols. Revolutionary developments in relational database design and object-oriented program development allow Osprey to produce a system "kernel" that includes a rich feature set of POS functions for the high volume general retail and supermarket segments as-well-as the specialty store retail marketplace. We define these segments as: Convenience, Department, Discount Stores, Hardware Stores, Home Improvement, Liquor Stores, Chain Drug and HBA, Specialty Stores, Non Profit, Pet Stores and Small Terminal Count Supermarkets. Osprey's approach to personalizing UnifyPOS with parameterized tables and unique "function key programming" has easily satisfied the most demanding requirements of non-traditional POS environments without encumbering front end operation with unwanted features. Perhaps UnifyPOS’ and UnifyHost’s most dramatic virtue is its 4GL heritage that gives Osprey's designers the ability to rapidly personalize in-store software to meet unusual retail and non-retail requirements without the associated delays and copious anomalies commonly found in 3GL environments. By incorporating “smart data objects” Osprey is able to easily add functionality to UnifyPOS without modifying the POS "kernel", thereby insuring product migration in our ever-changing world for customers who wish to leverage their personalization investment for many years to come. Today, the Unify product line is installed in over 2,500 locations, both independent stores and large chains alike. Through unique personalization, UnifyPOS has been able to handle the diverse in-store system requirements of many retail chains.