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Tracer Utility Is Likely Culprit In Visa’s Fujitsu POS Security Alert
A commonly used testing utility is apparently behind the security alert that Visa issued late last week claiming Fujitsu retail point-of-sale software may have a problem. Shortly after Visa—the owner of the world’s largest electronic payments network—issued an alert warning retailers about security problems with POS software issued by Fujitsu Transaction Solutions, Fujitsu officials said…
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CDW Delivers 16,000 Lenovo Desktops to State Department
The U.S. Department of State made a large enterprise class purchase with Lenovo, buying thousands of the Chinese PC makers ThinkCentre Desktops through direct reseller CDW. The $13 million order includes 16,000 Lenovo desktops, large-format LCD displays and integrated networking and storage components, with some bought from third parties. The desktops have been delivered in…
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Setting Priorities: Channel Can Help
It’s always interesting to track the difference in opinion between senior IT executives and business executives in terms of what their priorities are when it comes to IT projects. That difference in opinion becomes pretty evident when you look at a recent survey of 1,440 Baseline readers. It’s pretty clear that new applications that drive…
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The Challenge Of Checks, CreditCard Purchases In The Field
With more home deliveries and installations, retailers and restaurants are facing the point-of-sale challenge of verifying payments away from the POS while paying higher credit-card fees for card-not-present purchases.Commerciant, a Houston-based wireless paying processing house, is trying to milk those merchants with the introduction of a combination unit that wirelessly authenticates and processes both check…
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Chairman: Lenovo Has Mixed Channel Strategy
Lenovo chairman Yang Yuanqing says the company during 2006 will roll out a much more sophisticated approach to selling products that will encompass the best elements of the direct and indirect sales models. According to Yuanqing, Lenovo will seek to work with partners to service its best customers in a way that allows it to…
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Lenovo Unveils ‘Simpler’ Channel
PC maker Lenovo is going to market with a simplified model of the PartnerWorld program it inherited from IBM when it acquired that company’s PC division last year. Lenovo has simplified membership criteria, incentives, rewards and sales requirements to tailor the program to a PC-only business. The company announced the changes March 13 at IBM’s…
