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NCR acquires Galvanon

December 18, 2005

DAYTON, Ohio - NCR Corp. announced in a news release it has acquired Maitland, Fla.-based Galvanon Inc., a privately held company and provider of self-service solutions for the healthcare industry.

"The acquisition of Galvanon represents a significant opportunity to extend NCR's growing self-service footprint and expertise to a new market segment - the healthcare industry - which comprises more than 6,000 hospitals and 600,000 clinics in the United States alone," said NCR senior vice president Lee Schram.

NCR acquired InfoAmerica, leading provider of self-service solutions to the quick-service restaurant industry, earlier this year, and Kinetics, leading provider of self-service solutions for the travel industry, in 2004.

Galvanon introduced the first commercially available patient self-service kiosk solution to simplify the patient registration process, direct patients to healthcare locations, eliminate unnecessary paperwork and reduce lengthy wait times for patients. Founded in 2002, Galvanon has more than 50 customers, including Baylor Health Care System, Westchester Medical Group, Providence Health Systems and numerous urgent care centers nationwide.