The Illusion Of Mobile Payments' Slow Start

Business Solutions Newsletter | February 01, 2016 | View web version here.   In This Issue: The Top 4 Attributes Of Successful MSPs Sell Business Continuity - Not Backup Marketing In The Channel — How Do You Compare? A Look At What's In Store For Business Intelligence In 2016 4 Keys To Rapid AIDC Revenue Growth Survey Underscores Your Manufacturing IT Clients' Need For Efficient Bar Code Labeling Solution 6 IT Changes That Will Bring "True Transformation" In 2016 Costly VAR Marketing Mistakes You Need To Avoid The Illusion Of Mobile Payments' Slow Start IoT Needs More Integration Specialists By Mike Monocello, editor in chief Just prior to 2016 I spoke with a bunch of experts in the field of data collection and learned that many felt the Internet of Things (IoT) was the most over-hyped trend of last year. Understand that this is coming mostly from vendors who always have high hopes that a trend is going to take off and become a boon for business. Featured Articles The Top 4 Attributes Of Successful MSPs How many of these traits does your managed services practice emulate? Sell Business Continuity - Not Backup An MSP sees a huge uptick in monthly billable hours with a large mortgage company after replacing the client’s image backup software with a business continuity solution. Marketing In The Channel — How Do You Compare? Where are your peers finding success and failure in their marketing? What works, what doesn’t, and how much are they spending? A Look At What's In Store For Business Intelligence In 2016 The year 2015 has been big for technology and its methods for helping businesses grow, evolve, and discover new levels of success. And as 2016 begins, it’s clear that business intelligence is going to benefit more than ever before. Survey Underscores Your Manufacturing IT Clients' Need For Efficient Bar Code Labeling Solution According to a study of global companies, manufacturers are poorly equipped to handle labeling challenges, resulting in customer dissatisfaction and loss of revenue. 4 Keys To Rapid AIDC Revenue Growth Instead of becoming a me-too AIDC (automatic identification and data collection) reseller, this startup homed in on four areas where it could differentiate itself and achieve fast growth. 6 IT Changes That Will Bring "True Transformation" In 2016 The year 2016 will be challenging as mobile and cloud force CIOs to adopt a more agile model of information security, policy design, technology evaluation, and lifecycle management. This new approach overturns 30 years of legacy process and mindset, but it can no longer be avoided. Costly VAR Marketing Mistakes You Need To Avoid Marketing mistakes can be expensive for IT solutions providers — not only in terms of money, but also when it comes to time and customers. The Illusion Of Mobile Payments' Slow Start Don’t be fooled into thinking that mobile payments are simply the latest fad. There’s a quiet revolution underway in how consumers make payments and how different that will be in the very near future. Sponsor   Drone Dealer Expo, April 11 to 13, 2016, in Orlando, is a 2+ day event focused on the channel, bringing together drone manufacturers, distributors, dealers, integrators, and VARs to learn about new products and selling opportunities — www.dronedealerexpo.com. Receive a $150 discount off a three-day pass by inserting the code DEALIT when prompted. Most Popular News • CompTIA Shares New CyberSecure Training Course With Premier Members Free Of Charge • IGEL Technology Introduces Support For Signotec Signature Pads • What Solutions Providers Can Learn From The Verizon Retail Index And New Holiday Shopping Patterns • CompTIA Opens Registration, Unveils Featured Speakers For 2016 Annual Member Meeting • Fileless Malware Threatens Systems • IT Professionals Plan On Increasing Advanced Security Solutions In 2016 • 2016 Trends: Enterprise Cloud Backup And Recovery Takes Hold • SOTI Unlocks APIs For Integration With MobiControl 130 Connect With Business Solutions:       Ensure our newsletter reaches your inbox by following these whitelist instructions. If you need to update your Business Solutions user profile, please visit here. This newsletter is being sent to ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. To cancel your subscription to the Business Solutions newsletter, please opt out here. You may also send an email to newsletter@vertmarkets.com.     © Copyright 2016 Vertmarkets, Inc, 5340 Fryling Rd Suite 300, Erie, PA 16510. All rights reserved. All product names contained herein are the trademarks of their respective holders.