VAR White Papers

41. Keeping Up With The Mobile Movement — RetailNow 2012 Takeaways 8/29/2012

    RSPA’s RetailNow has come and gone and yet I still feel the aftermath of the technology buzz. This show is a chance for all retail technology professionals to come together and network, stay up to date on technology, and explore new opportunities.

42. Tips For Successful ISV Relationships With Resellers 4/2/2018

    Partnerships between POS ISVs and resellers provide mutual benefits: They help ISVs scale the distribution of their software solutions while opening opportunities for VARs to add value for their customers.

43. Don’t Let Your POS Provider Lock You Into A One-Sided Processor Relationship 1/18/2023

    Are you in a one-sided relationship with your POS provider? Does it make you frustrated when you can’t move your processing without being penalized to the extreme? If it does, you’re not alone.

44. SMARTtill™: An Automated Cash Management Technology 2/17/2016

    Cash Still Rules. It takes money to make money. This old adage certainly holds true for businesses that process cash transactions. Cash costs U.S. businesses $55 billion yearly. While most of that is due to theft, the figure also includes time spent on processing, counting and transporting bills and coins.

45. The Unknown Truth About Self-Checkout 12/12/2016

    If you’ve been through a self-checkout lane at a supermarket or department store, you’ve probably concluded that “self” is more aspiration than reality. Something always seems to go wrong, prompting the self-checkout machine to inform you an attendant is on the way to help.

46. APG Cash Drawers Going Mobile: Interface Basics 101 1/21/2014

    APG is developing cutting edge cash drawer solutions to keep up with the ever-changing technological era. Mobility has taken hold in retail in many areas including the point of sale system.  Implementing a Mobile POS solution can improve a retailer’s transaction speed, create loyalty, eliminate long checkout lines, save businesses money, and improve the overall customer experience.

47. Expand Your Trusted Advisor Role Through Cash Management 4/6/2016

    Trusted advisors don’t necessarily sell products, they solve problems. In retail, cash management is a pressing problem that POS VARs are poised to help customers solve. Those who can help their customers alleviate cash management challenges help themselves in the long term by becoming trusted advisors. 

48. Boosting Cashier Etiquette With Cash Management Technology 6/29/2016

    Technology gets a bad rap for changing human interaction in unwelcome ways – teenagers using their cellphones at dinner, lack of decorum in social media, and dangerous use of texting while driving, to name a few. So it’s nice when you can point to an example of technology improving human contact.

49. Workforce And Learning Trends To Watch 5/25/2020

    Evolving technologies, demographics and digital business models are changing the workplace at a faster pace than ever before. Meanwhile, available technologies — AI, people analytics, AR/VR, everything-as-a-service and more — promise to reshape the way learning is delivered and consumed. Learning and development (L&D) professionals — and the employers that rely on them for a future-ready workforce — are grappling to understand which innovations really matter.

50. Top 20 Best Tech Cities For IT Jobs 1/30/2020

    The CompTIA Tech Town Index illustrates that IT pros are in demand and have nearly endless options when choosing where to live and work. With overall cost of living an essential to 82% of tech workers, and nearly two-thirds citing weather and commute times as important factors as well, the good news is that tech workers have the opportunity to write their own stories.