ARTICLES BY BERNADETTE WILSON
WorldPay Tells How Payment Solutions Can Lead To Recurring Revenue
At Channel Transitions Midwest on October 7, 2014 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Chicago-Oak Brook, Chester Ritchie, senior VP of strategic partnerships at WorldPay, displays payment solutions and discusses how solutions providers can establish recurring revenue streams.
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GFI MAX Demonstrates Patch Management Feature
At Channel Transitions Midwest on October 7, 2014 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Chicago-Oak Brook, Nadia Karatsoreos, community manager for GFI MAX, introduces sales engineer Andrew Crihfield who demonstrates the platform’s patch management feature.
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Sell A Total Solution, Not A “Cloud” Solution
Dave Maffei, VP Global Channel Sales at Carbonite, predicts changes driven by customer demand for the right solutions that solve their specific problems — not necessarily for cloud solutions.
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IT Services Providers' Event Connects Businesses With Solutions
The Denver Technology Partners set out to make the 2014 Denver Biz Tech Expo — an event that connects business decision makers with IT solutions providers — bigger and better. This year’s expo, “Integration, Mobility, Security … Get in front of what’s next,” on Oct. 9 at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver has an agenda filled with can’t-miss features sure to wow the...
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Retail, Grocery, And Hospitality IT News For VARs — September 26, 2014
In the news, EMV is a topic in a recent EMV Migration Forum webinar and at the PCI North American Community Meeting. A presentations shows how to stop a POS hacker by taking the hacker’s point of view, and a new technology could make unattended convenience stores a possibility.
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F-Secure Offers Information, Advice Regarding “GameOver Zeus”
Earlier this year, the Department of Justice and the FBI announced a multinational effort to disrupt “GameOver Zeus,” malware that targets banking and other information from the computers it infects. Infected computers become part of a botnet that work for cybercriminals to continue to look for and exploit more systems and information.
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Retail, Grocery, And Hospitality IT News For VARs — September 18, 2014
In the news, Apple Pay is ready — but the majority of merchants aren’t ready to accept the near-field technology payment solution — and shipping services are gearing up for a late holiday season rush. Surveys shows an increase in retail loss from cash theft and a most Americans are dissatisfied with loyalty programs. Also, Boston-area businesses are testing fuel pumps transformed into “transaction stations.”
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EMV: Challenges And Opportunities For VARs
It’s no surprise the “View From The Top: Leadership Panel” at this year’s Retail Solutions Providers Association’s RetailNOW included a discussion of EMV.
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NTT America Announces New Channel Partner Program
NTT America announced that its Global Solutions (GS) and Data Center Services (DCS) business units are launching the NTT America Global Solutions Channel Partner Program.
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Retail, Grocery, And Hospitality IT News For VARs — September 15, 2014
In the news, The EMV Migration Forum launches a new online resource and plans a one-day workshop for VARs and other solutions providers. Also, card issuers are signing on to work with Apple Pay. In other news, OTAs will begin listing Wi-Fi speeds along with other information travelers can consider before they book, and the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has issued updated guidance on card-skimming prevention.
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