Articles By The Business Solutions Network
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Retail IT Forecast 2017
1/1/2017
Retailers reveal where they plan to allocate their IT budgets in 2017.
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Managed Services, Networking, And IP Video News
12/29/2016
Tigerpaw Software has released a new version of its professional services automation (PSA) software, enhancing its project management capabilities as well as features to merge quotes and consolidate billing from multiple meters.
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Managed Services And Networking News
11/30/2016
Information technology channel firms are caught up in a dichotomy over where cloud computing fits into their business, new research from CompTIA reveals. Nearly 40 percent of companies surveyed for CompTIA’s Sixth Annual State of the Channel report say cloud computing is the number one reason to be optimistic about the channel’s future. At the same time, cloud computing is one of the main reasons that a third of channel firms surveyed are thinking negatively about the days ahead.
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POS, Payment Processing, AIDC, And IP Video News
11/30/2016
Star Micronics recently introduced cloudPRNT, a technology enabling users to print to Star printers directly through a cloud service. The first Star product in this line to be released, the TSP650IIcloudPRNT thermal printer, retrieves and prints orders from any online ordering service integrating Star’s communication protocol. cloudPRNT will work with the online ordering service to store and create print jobs and communicate status with the printer. Cloud ordering services will post orders using a JSON format while the Star cloudPRNT printer will pull these orders on a defined interval.
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It’s Time For Self-Evaluation, Improvement
11/11/2016
We’re coming up on nearly a decade since we launched our annual Executive Insight series, which appears in the magazine each December. The goal of this section is to have leading executives from the industry share their insights on the current year and recommended actions for the upcoming year concerning markets and technologies.
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Lessons From The Road
11/11/2016
As this issue reaches everyone’s mailbox in the first week of December, I’ll be wrapping up my last business trip of the year by attending Ingram Micro’s fall ONE conference in Las Vegas. Including this trip, my fall event calendar was pretty full. Between partner conferences, expos, trade shows, and Business Solutions’ own events, I hit up eight events over the past few months. While each event was different, in looking back through my notebook, I see some repeating trends. Additionally, there are some important comments I haven’t been able to share until now.
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The Future Of The Retail POS Terminal
11/11/2016
With tablet-based POS solutions flooding the market, what does the future hold for POS terminals in retail?
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Use EMV To Sell Higher Margin Solutions
11/11/2016
This VAR looks at EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) terminal upgrades as a way to endear customers and move into conversations around high-margin solutions.
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Stand Apart With Custom Software
11/11/2016
This integrator developed a simple software app that speeds up data entry, leading to opportunities in law enforcement, healthcare, education, fitness clubs, and more.
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Special Report: IT Insights 2017
11/11/2016
Survey data reveals the hottest verticals and technologies in 2016, and what solutions providers are focusing on for 2017.