Newsletter | August 13, 2012

08.13.12 -- How Big A Threat Is NCR To Retail VARs?

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How Big A Threat Is NCR To Retail VARs?
By Mike Monocello, chief editor
As you may have heard, NCR recently announced NCR Silver, an iPad-based retail POS solution targeted at small retailers. Since the announcement, I’ve been inundated with outraged calls and email from resellers and other channel executives saying that this new product, from one of the industry’s largest players, threatens the livelihood of retail solutions providers.
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Beyond Security: IP Camera Capabilities Create New Opportunities For POS VARs
By Pedro Pereira, Business Solutions Magazine
With a focus on innovation, today’s IP cameras can be used in creative new ways to solve customer problems.
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Healthcare ISV Reaps Benefits Of Mobile Payments, PCI Certification
By Mike Monocello, chief editor
This software developer uses payment security and mobile payments as two ways to increase success in the healthcare vertical.
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pcAmerica Integrates Payroll Processing With POS Packages
pcAmerica, a leading developer of retail and restaurant point of sale software, unveiled a new payroll integration in its point of sale software packages, Cash Register Express™, Restaurant Pro Express™, and Cash Register Express™-Fuel Edition.
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Mercury Delivers Mobile, Social Loyalty Offering To Boost SMB Revenue, Retention At POS
Mercury® announced MercuryLoyalty™ — the industry’s first cardless loyalty solution that integrates mobile and social technology into point-of-sale (POS) systems across the country.
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Aldelo, Sterling Payment Technologies Launch Restaurant POS Subscription Service
Aldelo, LP, one of the nation’s leading POS software developers, and Sterling Payment Technologies, a customer-focused payment processor, announced the launch of Sterling Bundled Services (SBS), a totally new, full service point-of-sale (POS) solution for restaurants of all types.
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Honeywell Introduces First Android-Based Enterprise Digital Assistant
Honeywell unveiled its first enterprise digital assistant with an Android operating system (OS), offering mobile workers a device with the same platform that many use in their personal lives.
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From The Editor

Who Else Wants To Be More Profitable?
By Mike Monocello, chief editor

Some may argue this, but the purpose of a business is to be profitable. Based on a recent survey of retail solutions providers, most POS dealers aren’t very profitable, if at all.
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From The Editor

Thrive As A POS VAR: Here’s How
By Mike Monocello, chief editor

During the Industry Vision Panel at RSPA RetailNOW, panelists repeatedly hammered home one message: the world of retail technology is changing, and those who don’t change with it will be left behind.
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Executive Commentary

The Future Of Payments: Converging Payment Types And Customer Programs Are Creating Disruption
By Merchant Warehouse

Near field communication (NFC), EMV, QR and bar codes, and mobile wallets are just a few of the new payment types entering or expected to enter the marketplace in the coming year.
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