Tag Archives: connected devices

2017 IoT Predictions: Get ready, 2017 is going to pave the way for IoT adoption

| By Steve Latham

Make room for IoT. It’s a necessary step to moving any business forward. What can the world expect from IoT technology in the upcoming year? IoT implementations that bring in new revenue streams and deliver real-time business insights. We’ll see a rising trend in the intersect of virtualization and IoT. As the number of connected […]

IoT is Real, and The Economics Are Pretty Compelling

| By Steve Latham

It wasn’t that long ago when the first smartphone came out, and we saw the pace of connected devices and associated mobile applications accelerate beyond what anyone could have imagined. Shortly after that, something incredible happened, we reached the point where there were more connected devices than people on the planet. Since then, we’ve used […]

The ABC’s of PCI and EMV compliance. What do small businesses need to know?

| By Webb Morris

There are some very basic steps you can take towards making your payment processing solution compliant with PCI and EMV. Payment Card Industry (PCI) and Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) compliance are concerns of any payment processing solution today. $20,752 is the average cost to a small business due to hacking, up from $8,600 in […]