Newsletter | September 12, 2011

09.12.11 -- Mobile POS Sales Opportunities; New PCI Guidance For The Channel; New BlueStar Partnership

Business Solutions Newsletter

| Point of Sale & Payment Processing Edition

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New PCI Guidance Creates Consulting Opportunities
By Brian Albright, staff writer
Earlier this year, new virtualization guidelines were issued for the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) in response to the increased use of hosted or cloud-based payment and processing solutions.
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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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Mobile POS Peripherals: Great Pocket Of Revenue For VARs
By Cindy Dubin, staff writer
In an effort to combine friendly POS (point of sale) service with speedy transaction processing, merchants have turned to technology. Everything from self-service checkout kiosks to new technology in bar code scanners, credit card processors, and touch screens all speed up the checkout process. But, mobility technology is changing the consumer shopping experience again and once more raising the customer service bar for retailers.
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Business Solutions Magazine Voted Best By RSPA Membership
Business Solutions magazine recently won the 2011 Gold Vendor of Excellence award in the customer support category from the Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA). The RSPA Vendor of Excellence awards are the only awards in the retail technology industry where dealers/VARs/software developers vote for their favorite vendors (one vote per member company). The Gold award, which Business Solutions won for the second straight year, is the highest given in its category.
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TransFirst Acquires Solveras
TransFirst, a provider of transaction processing services and payment enabling technologies, has purchased Solveras Payment Solutions, a provider of electronic payment processing services headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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Vantiv Launches New API For Software Developers
Vantiv, LLC (formerly, Fifth Third Processing Solutions), is pleased to announce the availability of the Vantiv Direct API.
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New BlueStar Partnership Brings Servers To POS Market
BlueStar has signed a strategic alliance with Hewlett Packard to distribute their server series and accessories geared toward Point-of-Sale resellers.
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Custom Shows QT10
QT10 is the first PC POS with vertical 10-inch touch screen monitor and standard PC processor with an elegant and compact design ideal for retail.
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Vendor Insight

M2M Is An Idea Retailers Are Coming To Love
Danny Bowman, Sprint

By itself, the term M2M won't send consumers rushing to buy, but mixed with a savvy operator's expertise and imagination, it can be a treasure trove of compelling opportunities for retail operations of all kinds.
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Case Study

How One Retail POS Developer Gained PCI Compliance
By TGate Payments

Based in Greenville, SC, GoldTech is a national software developer for quality retail point-of-sale (POS) and store management solutions. With more than 27 years of working with general retail and grocery clients, the company helps merchants streamline operations and grow their business through a mix of POS technology and consulting services.
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Feature Article

The Battle Over Video Surveillance Business
By Mike Monocello, chief editor

There's a technology trend going on right now that might feel familiar to you, especially if you were around in the early days of VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol). Integrators Kyle Paalman and Tyler DeBruler remember.
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