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 Updates and Analysis for Retail IT Teams

 #16  Thursday 21 January 2010

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Can your PC Breath?

Overheating can cause a lot of damage to your PC. To avoid this damage, there are several ways to ensure proper ventilation most of which are free. The easist thing to do is to make sure your PC or POS has a enough breathing room on all sides that have vents. The standard is 3 to 4 inches. This can be challenging in tight cash wraps - so place as much room as you can allow.

 

Secondly, ensure that the vents of the PC or POS is clear of papers, supplies or dust bunnies - all of which can hinder the fans effectiveness.

 

Click here for more tips on how to keep your PC cool.

 

 

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Stores Within Bigger Stores Help Increase Sales

January 19, 2010

You might notice that department stores, restaurants and grocery stores are beefing up what looks like a store within a store: Peet's Coffee & Tea inside some Raley's grocery stores; Sephora makeup stores inside JCPenney stores; and coming soon, Sunglass Hut stores in Macy's.

 

The collaborations will continue to multiply rapidly, retail analysts say. Read full story here.

 

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What Exactly Is the Impact of End to End Encryption on PCI DSS Compliance? - Tue, 19 January

 

Submitted by VeriFone

 

Many retailers are asking what the real impact of implementing an end to end encryption solution will have on PCI DSS compliance. Implementing a proper end to end encryption solution should allow retailers to reduce PCI compliance scope. This does not mean that they can remove systems that are in the path of payment processing from needing to be PCI DSS compliant, but it means that they will no longer need to implement and maintain many of the required controls on those systems.

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Our PED/ PIN Pad Encryption facility is up and running! Only "street legal" for about 30 days and to date, about 10,000 units in the queue to be encrypted.... We are quickly learning - there is still much to be learned here! As we go through the process, we thought we might be able to provide some additional "value" in this area to our customers by sharing some of what we are learning.

 

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