Bernadette Wilson
ARTICLES BY BERNADETTE WILSON
What Role Should Solutions Providers Play In Business' Migration From Windows Server 2003?
July 14 will be the end of service (EOS) for Microsoft Windows Server 2003. And although a sense of urgency to migrate to a new solution has been increasing over the past few weeks, there are still many businesses — some of your IT clients and prospects — who are still at the beginning of the process. David Brisbois, senior manager of assessment and technology deployment services consulting for Softchoice, says, “A lot of the...
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PCI DSS 3.0 “Best Practices” Become Requirements On June 30
Although PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) 3.0 went into effect at the beginning of the year, some elements of the standard were designated “best practices” until they would become mandatory on June 30. In addition to requirements your merchant IT clients need to ensure they comply with in a few weeks, there are also soon-to-become requirements that directly affect you. You will need to provide your merchant IT clients that the...
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BSMtv From Retail IT VAR Of The Future Conference: As-A-Service, mPOS, Payment Security, Customer Experience
Business Solutions editor in chief Mike Monocello and president Jim Roddy discuss the as-a-Service business model, mobile point of sale, and security to introduce BSMtv from the Retail IT VAR Of The Future Conference held May 12 to 13 at Bally’s, Las Vegas.
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Video: mPOS, Cloud Help Retail IT VARs Overcome Objections To As-A-Service
In this installment of BSMtv, Jason Cowan, president of Spark Solutions Group, tells Jim Roddy, president of Business Solutions, one of the benefits of the Retail IT VAR Of The Future Conference, May 12 to 13 at Bally’s, Las Vegas was attending with a diverse group of VARs and ISVs. He said this provided insights into how other solutions providers overcome challenges.
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Video: Competitive Retail IT VARs Keep An Open Mind About New Technologies
At the Retail IT VAR Of The Future Conference, May 12 to 13 at Bally’s, Las Vegas, David Wible of Industry Weapon offered advice to retail IT VARs on how to stay competitive.
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Video: Why Bundling Additional Solutions With Payment Processing Makes Sense
At the Retail IT VAR Of The Future Conference, May 12 to 13 at Bally’s, Las Vegas, Chuck Fillinger, senior associate with The Strawhecker Group, commented there are sizable opportunities for VARs who can provide tier 3 and 4 merchants with payment processing and payment security solutions.
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Video: What Retail IT VARs Need To Consider To Make The Transition To The Recurring Revenue Model
In this installment of BSMtv, Karl Palachuk, owner of Small Biz Thoughts and author of Managed Services in a Month and Managed Services Operations Manual, discusses the as-a-Service business model with Business Solutions president Jim Roddy.
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Video: How RSPA Is Helping VARs With The Transition To EMV
The Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA) is supporting its members with resources and information related to the U.S. migration to EMV. In this installment of BSMtv from the Retail IT VAR Of The Future Conference, May 12 to 13 at Bally’s, Las Vegas, Kelly Funk, president and CEO, says in response to member feedback on the need for EMV resources, the RSPA has devoted an area of its website, “EMV Central,” to content on...
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Video: How Retail IT VARs Can Stay Competitive
At the Retail IT VAR Of The Future Conference, May 12 to 13 at Bally’s, Las Vegas, Kevin Kogler, president of Microbiz, said to remain competitive in a time of change, retail VARs need to think of themselves as providers of business solutions, not as technology providers.
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Video: Take An Active Approach To Selling Payment Processing
At the Retail IT VAR Of The Future Conference, May 12 to 13 at Bally’s, Las Vegas, Chris Allen, director of demand generation for Mercury, said a decision that almost every retail IT VAR will face is whether to add payment processing to the services they provide.
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