Bernadette Wilson

Kevin L’Heureux, business development manager and project manager, telehealth for Enovate, demonstrates a telehealth solution that facilitates a consultation via camera and display for a clinician that needs to see a patient in a different location. He also displayed technology cards and wall-mounted solutions at the Smart VAR Healthcare Summit, powered by ScanSource and Business Solutions magazine on August 21, 2014, at the Westin Chicago...  Continue Reading..

Andy Tippet, senior marketing manager, healthcare, for the Americas at Zebra Technologies, tells how Zebra’s products can be applied to areas of healthcare including admissions, laboratory, pharmacy, and mobile specimen collection. Tippet spoke at the Smart VAR Healthcare Summit, powered by ScanSource and Business Solutions magazine on August 21, 2014, at the Westin Chicago Northwest.  Continue Reading..

Shannon Franzen, director of sales at ASAP Systems, provided information on healthcare applications of asset and inventory tracking systems at the Smart VAR Healthcare Summit, powered by ScanSource and Business Solutions magazine on August 21, 2014, at the Westin Chicago Northwest.  Continue Reading..

In the news, a Nielsen report reveals consumers’ intentions to make online purchases have doubled since 2011. In other news, Backoff malware is suspected in more data breaches. Articles this week include a look at why retailers are interested in — but haven’t yet embraced — iBeacon. And the channel is talking about Amazon’s Local Register, as well as Apple’s announcement on September 9 that is rumored to...  Continue Reading..

At the Smart VAR Healthcare Summit, healthcare professionals aimed IT solutions providers at hospitals’ needs — and provided advice for how to contact and capture the attention of decision makers.  Continue Reading..

In the news, there are rumors of a payment platform in the next iPhone. In addition, The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has updated its warning to retailers advising them on “Backoff” point of sale (POS) malware. In other news, Dairy Queen could be the latest victim of “Backoff,” just at the beginning of an investigation. And a study shows digital coupons use is on the rise and in-store service...  Continue Reading..

At the Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA) RetailNOW 2014 Awards Ceremony on August 5, 2014, the association presented its 2014 Gold Medallion Award to Business Solutions magazine. Each year, the RSPA presents Vendor of Excellence Awards — more than 300 vendors were categorized and selected by RSPA reseller members for the awards, which make them the only industry accolade honoring vendors for channel work, given by the retail...  Continue Reading..