Inside ASCII Featured Articles

  1. Examining COVID-19's Impact On The Delicate Balance Between Cash And The Retail And Hospitality Industries 6/11/2020

    Robert Banker, Director of SMARTtill and Partner Sales at APG Cash Drawer, is a retail technology veteran with extensive experience in solution sales of retail technologies. Before joining APG, Robert led the sales efforts around a variety of software solutions for companies including Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, IBM, and Tyco Retail Solutions. Robert spoke with VAR Insights about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the retail and hospitality industries, as well as the future or cash, contactless payment, and cash drawers.

  2. Effective Cybersecurity Training With The New GoCyber App 5/28/2020

    What has become very apparent in the last few years is that all employees, from senior management to part-timers, are the largest cybersecurity vulnerability that any organization faces. With the Covid-19 global pandemic forcing millions of office workers to become remote workers this has created a “perfect tsunami” for cybercriminals seeking to exploit the crisis and penetrate corporate defenses via unsecured home networks.

  3. Increase Revenue With Office 365 Backup 5/4/2020

    Many IT service providers have moved, or are in the process of moving, their customers to Microsoft Office 365. Office 365 offers a variety of user benefits, including improved security, easier collaboration, increased mobility, and simplified pricing, among other things. It also offers benefits for service providers, such as ease of deployment and management, lower operating costs, and a foot in the door to other cloud services. 

  4. Edge Compute Physical Infrastructure Considerations 5/1/2020

    How is Edge compute defined? How does Edge Compute fit within your overall network design? How is Panduit doing it? What are some IoT applications? All that and more!

  5. POS Software Comparison Tool For Resellers 3/11/2020

    Resellers and POS ISVs can download this ISV selection matrix to learn what resellers evaluate before choosing new point of sale software partners. When evaluating different POS software vendors, It is paramount that ISV's be ready to answer these questions and more.

  6. What VARs Need To Know About Cybersecurity 3/4/2020

    Hervé Tardy, president and general manager, Distributed Power Infrastructure for Eaton, recently talked with VAR Insights about all things cybersecurity: from what resellers need to know about it to how to help customers deal with cyber threats.

  7. Future-Proof Your Fiber Infrastructure 1/15/2020

    Increasing traffic within data centers requires fiber optic link bandwidth capacity to keep expanding over time. But how do you avoid repeat rip-and-replace upgrades?

  8. Mobile, The Presentation Layer To Digital 1/2/2020

    With various tools at the disposal of today’s enterprise, it’s a foregone conclusion that employees are able to work smarter, not harder. However, just because we now have more digital applications for business doesn’t mean employees are prepared to handle this influx of information. We sat down with Sean Ginevan, Head of Global Strategy and Digital Partnerships, Android Enterprise at Google, to discuss the role of mobile in today’s digital transformation, and how enterprises can best leverage emerging technologies to improve the lives of both its employees and customers.

  9. Mobility Is The Spark To Move From Analog To Digital 12/23/2019

    Enterprises are constantly looking for strategies and technologies to kickstart their digital transformation efforts. We spoke with Chip Yager, Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Zebra Technologies, to explore this topic and see how enterprise mobility and other Next Gen technologies are impacting the digital transformation.

  10. Overcoming The Skill Gap Between IoT Developers And Designers 12/23/2019

    Octonion’s founders noticed a “skill gap” in the marketplace between developers and integrators who accommodate IoT connectivity (but can’t design devices) and designers who create IoT devices but can’t facilitate their connectivity in the field. In this Q&A, Octonion COO Ongan Mordeniz discusses that “skill gap” and what Octonion did to overcome it.