Ocean State Job Lot With 127 stores throughout the Northeast, Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL) “sells brand name, first quality products at closeout prices.” Envision began working with OSJL in 2011, helping the company with a number of their technology and engineering needs. The partnership and trust that was forged during these early engagements set the stage for one of OSJL ’s biggest technology projects to date – an October 2016 upgrade of the Point of Sale (POS) software that underpins every purchase made in each of their retail locations. Upgrading Outdated Software OSJL received updated POS software based on their specific business requirements, but the aging server hardware at each store was running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. The new POS software wasn’t compatible with Server 2003

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