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Everything You Need to Know About Wireless Site Surveys

In a previous blog, we discussed the steps you can take to eliminate dead zones in your office or building. One of the steps we recommended was conducting a wireless …

Wifi Site Surveys Can Combat Dead Zones

Whether it’s your workplace, your home or even your favorite store or restaurant, you probably know the spots in each place with the strongest wifi signal and best cell reception. …

Five Network Security Risks Created by Windows EOL

At the time of its release on July 22, 2009, Windows 7 was arguably the most secure desktop operating system at that time. As mentioned in previous blogs (EOL Dates: …

Window EOL is underway and organizations should be prepared with an audit of hardware, machines, and identify what needs to be upgraded or replaced.

Windows 7 EOL: 3 Things To Do Right Now

Support for Windows 7 comes to an end on January 14, 2020. As we discussed in a previous blog, there are several important Windows 7 EOL milestones that you should …

Amazon Go test stores are now providing a checkout-free shopping experience for customers with smart phones who have downloaded their app.

Everything You Need to Know About Amazon Go

Depending on how the store is staffed, and the length of lines at the checkout, your weekly grocery shopping can range from quick and easy to exhausting and frustrating. Amazon …

Retail Chains Using Cisco’s Meraki to Maintain Data Security

Retail chains worry about a lot more than just sales figures and customer happiness. They must also deal with store operations, supply chain issues, data security (for both themselves and …

Keeping up with PCI compliance standards is a moving target for many retailers and credit card companies thanks to ever-evolving threats and hacks.

10 Things To Know About PCI Compliance

While consumers are focused on protecting their credit cards from fraud, retailers and credit card companies are busy maintaining their PCI Compliance standards so that consumers stay protected. PCI DSS …

There's still time to plan and prepare your company for Windows 7, POSReady 7 and POSReady 2009 End of Life.

EOL Dates: Windows 7, Windows POSReady 7 & POSReady 2009

When Microsoft launches a new version of Windows, it kicks off End of Life processes for the previous version. This creates a cascading affect: users adjusting to the new updates …

Point-of-Sale or POS intrusions are one of the biggest causes of data breaches in the United States costing retailers and consumers billions of dollars each year.

4 Ways Retailers Can Secure POS Systems

Technology has greatly improved our quality of life in many ways – but it has also made us targets for cyber crimes like identity theft. A simple, everyday act like …

Blockchain technology is in the early stages of adoption and is essentially it is a shared, trusted, public ledger that everyone can inspect, but which no single user controls.

What is Blockchain Technology and Why Should You Care?

If you ask a group of people what Blockchain Technology is, you’ll get a split response. Half will say they’ve heard the term, but can’t explain what it is or …