COLUMBIA, Md., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- MICROS Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Live Nation, owner of the world renowned House of Blues, selected the MICROS 9700 Hospitality and Retail Management System (HMS) solution for its venue at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. House of Blues Las Vegas, perched on the top floor of Mandalay Bay facing the Las Vegas strip, went live in January 2007 with 42 MICROS Workstation 4 terminals spread throughout the restaurant, bar, concert venue, company store and Foundation Room.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the House of Blues is undergoing steady growth, opening two new sites each calendar year. After assessing several technologies, the company selected MICROS 9700 HMS for its new POS solution. The most widely used POS system in the leisure and entertainment marketplace, MICROS 9700 HMS offered House of Blues several enterprise-wide solutions, including reservations and table management tools, food and beverage catering modules, and web reporting, auditing and analysis applications. MICROS 9700's web-delivered and enterprise-enabled features provide the company ease-of-use with a reduction in total cost of ownership.

"We are very pleased to have MICROS as our new technology partner," stated Tony DiCenzo, Senior Vice President, Information Systems & Technology for Live Nation. "Our selection of MICROS 9700 HMS was primarily based on MICROS's track record of providing superior software and software support, the low cost, easy-to-manage benefits offered by the MICROS Workstation 4 hardware platform, and the ease of integration MICROS 9700 offers with many casino-based applications. And we feel confident that MICROS 9700 HMS provides the highest security for our credit card business as it is the only large enterprise POS system certified and listed on Visa's website as PCI / CISP / DSS compliant."

"A long-time MICROS user throughout 9 other U.S. locations, we are pleased that House of Blues highly regards our level of service," stated Dan Interlandi, Executive Vice President, North American Distribution for MICROS Systems, Inc. "The scalable, fully-integrated, and enterprise features of MICROS 9700 HMS are well-matched to the House of Blues' sophisticated technology needs and we look forward to serving the company as it continues to open new sites around the country."

About MICROS Systems, Inc.

MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 220,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 130 countries, and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 20,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point- of-sale and loss prevention products through its subsidiary Datavantage for more than 50,000 specialty retail stores worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS.

For more information on MICROS and its advanced information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact Louise Casamento, Vice President of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (866) 287-4736. You can also visit the MICROS website at http://www.micros.com/ or send an email to info@micros.com.

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CONTACT: Louise Casamento, vice president of marketing, MICROS Systems,
Inc., +1-443-285-8144

Web site: http://www.micros.com/