Point Of Sale
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Torex eyes Asia for new growth
News Running petrol kiosks alongside convenience stores is a growing business, where rising oil prices are pushing companies to look at retail to stay afloat.
Tags: Business applications, Sales, Asia, India, Kiosk, business analytics, Europe, Stock, software, petroleum
Asian postal agencies dip feet in RFID
News Four postal administrations in Asia are among 21 agencies participating in a worldwide trial to improve service delivery using radio frequency identification.
Tags: RFID, Business applications, Asia, Monitoring System, Singapore, QoS, Finland, e-mail, agency, point-of-sale
S'pore payment vendor extends network services
News AXS upgrades infrastructure and launches pilot rollout of new equipment in bid to widen its payment ecosystem of financial partners and e-services.
Tags: E-commerce, Business applications, LANs and WANs, ATM, Security, e-Service, Financial Company, payment company, payment, electronic payment
Microsoft: Ask us for driving directions
News Software maker announces that it is working on a custom version of the Windows Embedded operating system, called NavReady 2009, designed for in-car navigation systems.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, GPS, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, software company, operating system, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Bluetooth, software, Microsoft Windows
Reports examine causes, victims of data breaches
News A four-year study from Verizon assesses the causes of corporate breaches, while the Identity Theft Resource Center releases its annual look at human victims of identity fraud.
Tags: Security, Verizon Communications Inc., Data Breach, Insider Threat, Attack, Russia, Middle East, identity fraud, China, blog
Europe to have 14 million SIM-toting machines by 2009
News Analyst firm Berg Insight claims there will be 14.1 million machines hooked up to European cellular networks by the end of 2008.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, M2M, Security, Mobile, Connection, Europe, SIM Card, Germany, network, Italy
Convert batch load processes into real-time processes
Techguide Read one college's efforts to drive inefficiency out of their systems and processes, and allow individual departments to focus more on providing services to students.
Tags: Data Management, Storage, Process, SOA, Database, Business Process, printing, food, billing, data management
Tighter budgets but airlines still focus on IT
News Some airlines focus on tech to improve passengers' travel experience, while IT-based onboard merchandising offers carriers another revenue source.
Tags: Music devices, Business development/management, Airline, TV, Semiconductor Industry Association, aircraft, entertainment, phone, monitoring, Web
Tech builds up at S'pore integrated resort
News Resorts World at Sentosa, which opens in early 2010, contracts Dell for servers. Meanwhile, its appointed partner for ticketing, NEC Asia, forms new alliance.
Tags: Servers, Business applications, Infrastructure/architecture management, NEC Corp., Universal Studios, Dell PowerEdge Server, revenue management, Dell PowerEdge, Server, enterprise server
RFID privacy code useful in Asia
News Industry watchers welcome privacy assessments and greater transparency, but warn that costs of adhering to guidelines may be passed on to consumers.
Tags: RFID, Privacy, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Security, Asia, RFID Tag, European Union, Privacy, Singapore
Barclays rolls out contactless debit card
News Barclays Bank has launched a contactless debit card, using RFID technology.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, RFID, Barclays Plc., Security, Chip, Spokesperson, payment, University of Cambridge, debit card, U.K.
Firms can gain from proper BPM deployment
Insight perspective Business process management, or "process for processes", helps CIOs anticipate processing issues and optimize efficient processes.
Tags: Process, Business, middle management, Successful Business Process Management, Satishchandra Nayak, ERP, Business Process, BPM, CIO, information technology
VeriSign grabs Retail Solutions
News The software maker acquires data provider for US$24 million in a bid to expand its presence in the retail market.
Tags: Workplace, Acquisitions
HP picks up multi-million 7-Eleven contract
News Hewlett-Packard said last Friday that it has won a US$55 million, five-year contract from retailer 7-Eleven to upgrade the technology at the convenience store chain in the US.
Tags: IT budgeting
Windows, Linux vie at the cash register
News Microsoft operating systems dominate shipments of point-of-sale hardware, but their open-source rival is making gains.
