Many POS companies offer a DataWorks interface solution and the initial discussion typically centers around technical details. We have been publishing point of sale interface standards for many years.
The full scope of Version 7 of DataWorks' NeXT Back Office Inventory system is massive, but here is the short list of enhancements and features that I wanted to highlight. Version 7.26.47 was released on Sunday, November 6, 2011. Most of the work has been centered on our Food and Beverage modules, but plenty of features for Retail have shipped as well. The velocity of new features being shipped in NeXT has really accelerated during the past 3 months.