Newsletter | September 26, 2011

09.26.11 -- BlueStar Expands Reach Into UK; ScanSource Launches Global Communications Group; Vantiv Launches New Direct API

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Q&A: ScanSource's Yelton Talks All-In-One POS Take Your POS Solutions To The Web TGate's PayLINK Eases Integration While Increasing Security For Emporos' Pharmacy Customers	Mobility Peripherals Are A Pocket Of Revenue For VARs How Video Analytics Can Help Your Customers Honeywell Improves Efficiencies And Invoice Management With Dolphin 9900

	Q&A: ScanSource's Yelton Talks All-In-One POS By Jeff Yelton, president, ScanSource POS & Barcoding A conversation between Business Solutions and Jeff Yelton provides POS VARs with a fresh perspective on the POS industry and how to increase all-in-one sales. *Full article...*



	Take Your POS Solutions To The Web By Mike Monocello, chief editor Sintel Systems is new school POS (point of sale). Whereas most POS VARs stake their claim in their hometowns and expand outward using traditional "feet on the street" sales methods, Sintel Systems looked to initially grow its business nationally via the Internet. *Full article...*

TGate's PayLINK Eases Integration While Increasing Security For Emporos' Pharmacy Customers By TGate Payments Emporos Systems of Charlotte, NC, is the leading provider of pharmacy point-of-sale (POS) software solutions. Its MerchantSoft system addresses the unique needs of pharmacies, enabling pharmacists to quickly verify prescriptions and current customer medications. *Learn more...*

BlueStar Expands Reach Into The United Kingdom With Blackroc Distribution BlueStar, an electronics distributor based in Hebron, Kentucky, and Blackroc Distribution, a solutions-based distributor of specialty AIDC and Wireless Mobility products based in Stafford, England, jointly announced recently the signing of a definitive agreement whereby Blackroc Distribution will join BlueStar as a wholly owned subsidiary. *Read more...*

ScanSource, Inc., Launches Global Corporate Communications Group ScanSource, Inc., a value-added distributor of specialty technology products, has announced the creation of a new Corporate Communications group designed to ensure all key stakeholders are actively engaged with the company on a global level. *Read more...*

	Firich Enterprises Co., Ltd., Announces The Gladius Smart POS Terminal FEC, (Firich Enterprises Co., Ltd.), a provider of POS terminals and POS related peripherals, announced the launch of the Gladius Smart, a 15-inch (resistive or capacitive) fan-less POS terminal based on Intel Dual Core Atom D525 processor (1.8 GHz). *Read more...*

Three Sunbelt Federal Credit Unions Sign With Vantiv Vantiv, a payment processing company, is pleased to announce that it has signed contracts with three Texas and Florida-based credit unions for single-sourced comprehensive electronic processing servicing including debit card services, card production, gateway services, debit portfolio management, fraud mitigation, enhanced chargeback processing, and ATM driving. *Read more...*

Industry Perspective

Mobility Peripherals Are A Pocket Of Revenue For VARs
Cindy Dubin, staff writer

In an effort to combine friendly POS (point of sale) service with speedy transaction processing, merchants have turned to technology.
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Feature Article

ISV Success Hinges On Customer Communications
By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor

Most of you have heard my opinions about the value of working with a small vendor versus a large IT conglomerate. Smaller vendors often remember how they felt when they were too little to be taken seriously and work all that much harder to make their channel partners an integral part of the relationship.
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White Paper

Oklahoma Retail Liquor Stores Benefit From Better Control Of Theft And Cash Management
By PioneerPOS

Back in the late 1980's in Oklahoma City, OK, Mark Jahansouz founded Integrated Software Solutions Inc. (ISSI) and has since focused on the retail liquor point-of-sale industry.
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White Paper

How Video Analytics Can Help Your Customers
By i3 International

As retailers struggle with a pullback in consumer spending, the economy continues to present new challenges for companies' bottom lines. Systems integrators are challenged to help their customers reduce shrinkage, manage liability and loss, and leverage video analytics and surveillance to increase sales and operational efficiency. But how?
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Case Study

Honeywell Improves Efficiencies In Route Deliveries And Streamlines Invoice Management With Dolphin 9900 Mobile Computers
By Honeywell Scanning & Mobility

House of LaRose, an exclusive wholesale distributor of Anheuser-Busch products, is based in Cleveland, Ohio. Its 95 drivers service more than 5,000 customers a day. Recently, the company sought to upgrade its 14-year-old mobile computing solution as it saw a need to ensure accurate customer pricing and invoicing during deliveries.
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