VAR White Papers

11. A CEO’s Guide To Choosing An IT Service Provider 10/21/2022

    The decision to select an IT service provider or managed service provider (MSP) is critical to any organization. As a business or technology leader, you need to be prepared to ask the tough, important questions to ensure that your IT provider is qualified to meet your needs. Along with legal and accounting, there are few service categories that require a trusted partner to handle and manage sensitive information as your technology provider. Choosing an IT partner requires someone who can be trusted to design, access, administer and secure your computer networks and data.

12. APG’s Cash Mob 1/21/2014

    APG Cash Drawer is driven to create exceptional customer experiences.  What better way to create an exceptional experience than by a cash mob?  If you are unfamiliar, a cash mob is an organized event held at a local business to promote community stimulus and brand awareness.

13. Fundamental Cybersecurity For Managed Service Providers 10/21/2022

    Developed by subject matter experts who are members of the CompTIA ISAO, this whitepaper provides the fundamental aspects of cybersecurity that a managed technology solutions business serving small-to-medium businesses needs to understand and implement. It is meant to help anyone seeking guidance—or is maybe overwhelmed by—implementing sound, best practice cybersecurity operations, technology, and behavior.

14. Why Brick And Mortar Isn’t Going Away 9/23/2016

    Online shopping has brought consumers an undeniable level of convenience. Who doesn’t appreciate placing an order from the living room couch or kitchen table?

15. Protecting Your Brand Identity Through Channel Partners 9/26/2017

    APG Cash Drawer relies on the indirect sales channel to get our products and solutions into the hands of our end user customers. This involves working with software developers, distributors, POS resellers, and OEMs to ensure our products and services deliver maximum value.

16. CompTIA 2021 State Of Cybersecurity Research Report 11/3/2021

    One of the hallmarks of our digital age is the rapid pace of change. The ability to procure core technology components at lower costs and the ability to connect individuals around the globe have dramatically accelerated the capacity for innovation, and there is often a sense that businesses need to constantly adapt or face irrelevance.

17. Protect Yourself: 8 Security Best Practices For Retailers 10/21/2019

    The retail industry is a favorite target of cyber attackers. Hackers know a successful attack on a retailer can give them access to the data of thousands or even millions of payment cardholders. Cyber criminals can sell that data for a tidy profit to other criminals on the dark web who use it for fraud, identity theft, and phishing attacks. Cyber crime is big business; it’s projected to cause damages of $6 trillion by 2021 on organizations of all types and sizes.

18. Addressing Security And Connectivity With Cash Drawer Configuration Options 9/26/2014

    As a new, lighter point of sale (POS) approach emerges, POS solutions no longer require PCs to operate. Depending on a system’s configuration, the new POS model can leverage thin clients such as tablets, handhelds, and IP-enabled cash drawers to bring flexibility and convenience to in-store transactions.

19. Leadership Is Recognizing You Serve The People You Lead 12/20/2016

    Alan Weinberger founded The ASCII Group, a community of technical companies that install IT networks and full IT solutions in the business, government, and educational verticals, in 1984. At the time, there were 40 members, but ASCII now claims members in every U.S. state and throughout Canada. You no doubt already know the story of ASCII’s rise to nearly 1,500 members over the past 32 years. What you may not know, as Paul Harvey would say, is the rest of the story.

20. What Resellers Really Look For When Partnering With ISVs 1/29/2020

    Ask executives at the world’s leading software companies the secrets to their company’s success and they’ll offer up the usual answers: value, simplicity, the right offerings, a tough interview process leading to the hiring of the right people … the list goes on and you’re most likely already familiar with it. Notice, however, these answers focus on what can be done internally — those things the company has control over.