Point Of Sale And Data Collection News

By The Business Solutions Network

Sterling Payment Appoints New Executive

Sterling Payment Technologies’ Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Gary Staub recently announced that Anton Wurr joined Sterling as executive director of marketing. “Anton brings more than 20 years of corporate marketing experience to Sterling with a passion for branding and developing innovative marketing campaigns,” says Staub. Wurr has worked at several technology companies, including America II Electronics and Tech Data Corporation. He has experience leading a global team of marketing professionals in diverse activities, including web design and development, lead generation, social media, e-commerce programs, strategic market planning, corporate branding, and communication programs.

Janam, Wavelink Bring Terminal Emulation To XG3

Janam Technologies recently announced that customers of its XG3 mobile computer now have access to a custom Wavelink Terminal Emulation (TE) client. The Wavelink TE client is used for accessing, managing, and maintaining connections to applications resident on host systems.

Wavelink TE offers mobile access to hosts via IBM 5250 and 3270, as well as VT100, VT110, VT220, VT320, HP, and other protocols. With support for multimodal data capture, Wavelink TE enables secure, high-speed data transfer via the XG3’s keyboard, bar code scanner, or touch screen. TE also enables voice inputs when used with Wavelink Speakeasy. Additionally, Wavelink TE is compatible with all leading supply chain applications, eliminating the IT costs associated with developing a custom mobility client, and freeing up resources for other projects that can improve the bottom line.

BIXOLON Unveils New 4-Inch Direct Thermal Label Printer

BIXOLON recently announced the launch of the SLP-DL410, a specialized 4-inch direct thermal label printer designed for a wide range of media types such as fan-fold or large labeling. The unit offers fast data processing and printing speeds up to 5 inches per second. Producing 203 dpi or 300 dpi high quality text, graphics, and 1D/2D bar code printing, the printer also features label printer intelligence with Smart Media Detection — the automatic detection of label and receipt media type — and ships with  free label customization software.

Fully compatible with market-leading programming languages, the SLP-DL410 also features BIXOLON’s Smart Bluetooth Auto Switch, enabling switching from iOS mode to standard Bluetooth mode. The SLP-DL410 also features USB V2.0 and USB Host (WLAN dongle and more) dual interface as standard with optional Ethernet and Bluetooth and MFi iAP2 certification options.

Equinox Payments, NCR Deliver EMV-Certified Solution

Equinox Payments and NCR recently announced the availability of a payment solution that helps increase security and enables EMV-certified technology in their retail POS systems. The Equinox L5000 series payment devices are certified on NCR’s Connected Payments platform — a SaaS payment solution — eliminating the need for retailers and solutions providers to go through the complex and lengthy EMV Level 3 end-to-end certification process.

Customers with existing L5200/L5300 devices can enable EMV immediately via NCR’s Connected Payments platform. The devices utilize Connected Payments’ ability to support point-to-point encryption (P2PE), so that actual card data never enters the POS, reducing the complexities associated with PCI compliance validation.

Payment amounts are passed from the POS to the L5000 terminal, which encrypts the card data using Secure Reading and Exchange of Data (SRED) technology. The Connected Payments gateway routes transactions to the processor of choice for authorization and reports the results back to the POS for transaction completion and receipt printing.

Vantiv Launches Channel-Focused Business Advisory Services

Vantiv recently announced the formation of a new channel-focused business advisory service — PaymentsEdge — that will assist partners in every channel, from financial institutions to independent software vendors. The new group is part of Vantiv’s Xcelerator Solutions, which are designed to optimize partner portfolio revenue growth and attract new customers.

Vantiv also announced that industry veteran Jim Roddy will lead advisory services for the integrated payments channel where he will serve as the Reseller and ISV Business Advisor with a focus on the retail, hospitality, and grocery verticals.

PaymentsEdge Advisory Services for Integrated Payments will assist resellers and ISVs with their employee management, leadership development, change management, succession planning, shifting to the recurring revenue business model, and more.