VAR White Papers

31. Retail Cash Loss: Addressing The Problem With Intelligent Technology 9/6/2019

    Any business that accepts cash for transactions has come to expect that some percentage of it will vanish as a result of fraud, administrative errors and employee misdeeds. Inventory shrink, which includes cash loss, costs retailers an estimated $47 billion annually. It is so prevalent that retailers have a line item for it in their P&L statement.

32. Cash Is Still King 2/26/2015

    Anyone can pay for anything with plastic, but pulling out a wad of cash from your pocket still delivers a sense of gratification no other form or payment can match. Cash is still king, and if you think plastic and mobile payments are about to displace legal tender, consider this: Cash circulation in the United States has increased since 2000, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

33. The POS System You Resell Reflects On YOU: Use A Provider Who Has Your Back 100% 1/18/2023

    State-of-the-art POS system providers know that reliability is the bare minimum, and they offer features that save your clients time while making them more money.

34. AI Best Practices For Business Decision Makers And Practitioners 3/7/2022

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science that uses algorithms (programmatic instructions) to process inputs and deliver outputs that mimic human abilities such as cognition, natural language understanding, speech and image understanding, common sense reasoning, knowledge representation. Machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL), the subfields of AI driving innovation and headlines, have introduced improvements to pattern recognition thereby supercharging tasks such as classification, prediction, and clustering.

35. Blockchain Terminology: A Glossary For Beginners 11/5/2021

    Learn the basic terminology for blockchain technology. From Address to Zeppelin—and everything in between—here’s the entire list of terms beginners need to know. Created by CompTIA’s Blockchain Advisory Council, the glossary is designed to raise blockchain awareness by giving prospective users and customers a better understanding of the technology, its history and use cases in the market.

36. Adding Value With Cash Management Solutions 7/9/2015

    Having lots of cash may seem like a good problem to have. For convenience stores or small retail shops that rely on cash for most transactions, it could become a problem the retailer can’t afford to ignore. That’s because an environment with a lot of cash transactions often is subject to mistakes and mischief.

37. How To Demonstrate Reseller Value And Restaurant POS Relevance 3/3/2023

    Chefs, managers, and owners may be proficient at running their restaurants, but they aren’t necessarily POS system experts. That’s where a restaurant POS reseller steps in as an expert advisor.

38. Why iOS? 1/21/2014

    Revel came together in 2010 when I met my co-founder, Lisa Falzone. We wanted to create a solution in the quick service industry that was best of breed. Point of Sale systems, up until that point, were clunky and archaic—and expensive. Lisa and I wanted to create a sleeker, more efficient, and ultimately more economic solution for merchants.

39. EMV Update: Most Merchants Aren’t Ready 9/30/2015

    The shift to EMV (EuroPay MasterCard and Visa) payment cards became official on Oct. 1, but you could be excused for missing it. Despite all of the discussion over the past few years about this event, some cardholders still don’t have EMV cards and most merchants lack the capability to handle them.

40. Where’s Our Industry Heading? Follow The Distributors 3/1/2023

    Jim Roddy, President & CEO at the RSPA, discusses his prediction for the future of UCaaS (Unified Communications as a Service) and EVCaaS (Electric Vehicle Charging Stations as a Service).