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Expanding HORIZON’s for food service and point-of-sale systems

Sunday, September 26, 2004

If Horizon Software International is doing its job, you’re probably not going to hear much about it. That’s not to say it’s flying under the radar, but the work it does is not something you’d notice. Its most popular commodity, in fact, is meant to be a behind-the-scenes product. Its name pretty much defines itself: BOSS, or Back Office Software Solutions.

It currently is handling universities, hospitals, retirement homes, and corporations requiring food service management, although it started out much smaller, both in market share and in terms of its customers–kindergarten through 12th graders.

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