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Topic 434 PIZZANet
peg:agarton cyberculture zone 1:40 PM Aug 24, 1994
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 12:29:32 +1000
From:king@ozy.dec.com
To: dstc@dstc.edu.au
Subject: Pizza Anyone?
------- Forwarded Message
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--Aug. 22, 1994--(SCO FORUM94)--In a
revolutionary spin on business use of the Information Superhighway, The
Santa Cruz Operation Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOC) (SCO) and Pizza Hut Inc. Monday
announced "PizzaNet," a pilot program that enables computer users, for the
first time, to electronically order pizza delivery from their local Pizza
Hut restaurant via the worldwide Internet.
Pizza Hut will launch the PizzaNet pilot in the Santa Cruz area on Aug.
22 and use it to study the feasibility of expanding the program to other
cities in the United States and around the world. Technology for the pilot
program includes the SCO Global Access product, an integrated Internet
business server solution.
The SCO Global Access incorporates advanced NCSA Mosaic software for
browsing the Internet, and the custom "PizzaNet" application software
developed by SCO's Professional Services organization.
SCO Open Server System Provides Access
"The worldwide Internet, along with SCO Global Access software, present
us with exciting new opportunities to offer home delivery services to our
customers," said Jon Payne, Pizza Hut MIS Director of POS Development.
"The PizzaNet pilot will help us study the technical feasibility and gauge
customer response to these new services, while taking an important step
toward integrating our restaurants with the Information Highway."
To participate in the PizzaNet Pilot, customers in the Santa Cruz area
need computers with Internet access and any version of Mosaic, such as
Windows, Mac or UNIX. Customers use the Internet's World Wide Web to
access the centralized PizzaNet server at Pizza Hut Headquarters in
Wichita, Kan.
This 486 system runs SCO Open Server and SCO Global Access software,
using Mosaic and the Hypertext Transfer Protocol to present customers with
a customized menu page for ordering pizza deliveries. Mosaic is widely
used at many technology companies, government agencies, and universities.
It is rapidly being adopted by many business and home users in response to
the continuing availability of new and innovative business and information
services.
The customer uses the menu pages to enter name, address and phone
information, along with orders for pizza and beverages. The order is then
transmitted via the Internet back to Wichita, and then relayed via modem
and conventional phone lines to the SCO Open Server system at the
customer's nearest Pizza Hut restaurant. The local restaurant can then
telephone first-time users to verify orders.
All money changes hand at the point of delivery.
"Pizza Hut already runs home delivery applications on SCO Open Server at
over 1,000 restaurants, and that makes it relatively easy to integrate
this new application into their operations for the pilot," said Doug
Michels, executive vice president and chief technical officer.
"The primary challenge was to create a graphical menu page that makes it
easy and convenient for customers to order pizza. The Mosaic component of
the SCO Global Access product provided the ideal set of graphical tools
needed for this application."
About SCO Global Access
The SCO Global Access product family provides the foundation for
businesses to develop integrated Internet server solutions. The Global
Access family consists of a supplement for SCO Open Server systems as well
as an integrated desktop product for testing the waters of the Internet.
Santa Cruz Internet users can access PizzaNet by entering
http://www.pizzahut.com. To obtain more information on SCO via the
Internet, enter http://www.sco.com.
Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of PepsiCo., is the world's largest pizza
distribution company, with more than 8,200 restaurants and delivery units
in the U.S. and more than 2,500 units in 87 countries. Voted "Best Pizza
Quality" in a Restaurant & Institutions consumer poll, Pizza Hut is the
recognized leader of the $17 billion dollar pizza category.
SCO is the world leader for UNIX servers (Source:IDC 1994). Businesses
and governments use SCO Open Systems Software to run their critical
operations, accessing information across local, national and international
boundaries and networks. SCO sells and supports its products in more than
80 countries through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers,
systems integrators and OEMs.
Note to Editors: SCO, the SCO logo, The Santa Cruz Operation, Open
Desktop, and Open Server are trademarks or registered trademarks of The
Santa Cruz Operation Inc. in the U.S.A. and other countries. All other
brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to
identify products or services of, their respective owners.
CONTACT: The Santa Cruz Operation Inc.
Elisheva Steiner, 408/427-7252, E-mail: elis@sco.com
09:05 ET AUG 22, 1994