The Business Solutions Network

Just last week I wrote a blog post on our June issue, which highlighted all the great video surveillance content in the issue you should receive any day now. At the end of that post, I revealed some data from a recent survey we conducted. The gist? Forty-six percent of our audience (more than 18,000 readers) expects to add IP cameras/video surveillance solutions to their line cards within the next 18 months.  Continue Reading..

I've covered digital signage for a number of years, but never had much conviction that it was something POS (point of sale) VARs should be adding to their line cards. Until now. I've been reading success stories involving digital signage, seeing innovative new solutions pop up at industry events, and hearing about real implementations from readers.  Continue Reading..

Working in the publishing world is like living in fast forward. While most people are experiencing the month of May right now, we're finishing up the articles for our July (!)  issue, making calls for our August issue interviews, and planning editorial for our September issue. Ugh. Oftentimes, I have trouble recollecting which article is in which issue.  Continue Reading..

If you attended RSPA (Retail Solutions Providers Association) INSPIRE or RetailNOW in the past, you've no doubt met Dean Crotty, president of North Country Business Products (NCBP), one of the larger POS dealerships in the United States. Conversations with Dean are always guaranteed to give you some new ideas about your business. Back in Aug. 2010, I was lucky enough to get a couple hours of time with...  Continue Reading..

The other day I was searching our own web site, www.bsminfo.com, looking for a particular article on payment processing. What I discovered was that in the past month or so, we've posted a number of really good articles on payments-related topics. If you're a POS (point of sale) VAR or software developer interested in staying on top of the latest payments trends, you'll want to take a look at the following articles:  Continue Reading..

I don't think you would dispute the fact that its pretty difficult to grow your business on hardware and software margins alone. Having interviewed many resellers over the years, one stand-out characteristic of the most successful of the lot has been a focus on some service that earns them recurring revenue.  Continue Reading..

I'm convinced the intended takeaway of this article is so important and on point, I'm going to skip right to it: The minute you stop thinking about video cameras as being used only for surveillance, and the minute you can convey that message to your customers, is the minute that you'll realize that video camera solutions are within your core competency and among the technologies that should be on your line card.  Continue Reading..

If you’re like most POS dealers I’ve interviewed, you don’t have a good grip on your financials. But, even if you do, that data is still a very limited way to evaluate the health of your company. Imagine taking those financial measurements of your company and comparing them with other companies in your industry.  Continue Reading..

In January 2010, Business Solutions magazine featured Steve Williams, COO of Intellicheck Mobilisa, a software developer focused on the government vertical. Things were going great for the company.  Continue Reading..

If you've been reading your copies of Business Solutions magazine over the past 18 months, you've no doubt noticed our increased coverage of IP camera technologies. While many of our readers have expressed an interest in adding such technologies to their line cards, some have questioned if video surveillance fits their business model.  Continue Reading..