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Apple HolicBy Jonny Evans

Apple Watch: the retail revolutionary

How has a failing firm reviled as a "toy maker" for selling candy-colored iMacs become the driving force in retail and enterprise IT?

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A guide to top mobile payments options

The launch of Apple Pay last month jump-started the mobile payments business, with several firms now pushing hard to become your preferred payment method.

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10 Best Practices for Cloud Business Intelligence: Enabling the Business

Business driven Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics represent a shift in the enterprise that is perfectly aligned with the value proposition of cloud-based analytic solutions.

apple pay will generate millions of dollars this season

Apple HolicBy Jonny Evans

Apple Pay will generate millions of dollars this season

Apple could generate a billion dollars through its currently U.S.-only Apple Pay service across the next year, and is likely to generate millions of dollars on Black Friday sales alone.

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IT BlogwatchBy Richi Jennings

Home Depot lost 53 million email addresses (this POS story isn't getting any better)

Beware of phishing email 'from' Home Depot: Among the sorry story of stolen card details is the revelation that HD also leaked customers' email addresses. Oh, brother. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers hope their spam filters are up to the...

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Home Depot attackers broke in using a vendor's stolen credentials

Home Depot said hackers used login credentials belonging to another company to access its network.

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Apple Pay rival MCX defends security after hackers steal emails

The Merchant Customer Exchange, a consortium of 58 U.S. retailers whose mobile payment network will take on Apple Pay next year, today fired back against concerns over a hack that pilfered consumer email addresses.

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10 Best Practices for Integrating Data

Data integration is often underestimated and poorly implemented, taking time and resources. Yet it continues to grow in strategic importance as customer data and touch points grow with the emergence of cloud, social and mobile

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Airline pilots group concerned with Amazon drone safety

An organization representing thousands of commercial pilots in the U.S. and Canada says it's concerned about the safety implications of Amazon flying drones at a site near Seattle.

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Here's why Rite Aid and CVS turned off Apple Pay

Recent moves by the drugstore chains to stop taking mobile payments from Apple Pay and other NFC-enabled systems are part of a heated battle between retailers and credit card companies,

the apple pay refuseniks at cvs wont win this battle

Apple HolicBy Jonny Evans

The Apple Pay refuseniks at CVS won’t win this battle

The CVS network's decision not to support Apple Pay doesn't matter too much -- its alternative mobile payments system won't catch on and customers will just pay cash.

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Want to use Apple Pay or Google Wallet? Avoid Rite Aid

Just days after the launch of Apple Pay, Rite Aid has stopped accepting the payment system at 4,600 stores in the U.S.

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10 Common Problems APM Helps You Solve

Practical advice for you to take full advantage of the benefits of APM and keep your IT environment performing at its peak at all times.

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Automation arrives at restaurants (but don’t blame rising minimum wages)

McDonald's this week described plans to install self-ordering kiosks and mobile ordering at its restaurants. It isn't the only food chain turning to automation.

Update: Amazon builds sales, but quarterly losses pile up

Amazon.com increased its sales last quarter but losses also mounted.

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Apple Pay's next move: phone-to-phone payments?

The NFC standard that's at the center of Apple Pay also allows payments to be made directly between smartphones.

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Staples confirms data breach investigation

Investigative journalist Brian Krebs reported that multiple banking sources were seeing a pattern of credit and debit card fraud. The common thread between each case were purchases made at Staples Inc. stores in the Northeastern U.S.

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10 Considerations in Moving to a Cloud-Based Contact Center

This ebook offers ten key considerations when moving to a cloud-based contact center. What are your organization's business goals and requirements?

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Apple Pay could be a big deal for Android users

The launch of Apple Pay on Monday has brought considerable publicity to a technology that's already embedded in millions of Android smartphones yet has so far failed to take off.

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Intel preps new technology to secure credit card transactions

Intel's Data Protection Technology for Transactions works with Apple Pay

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Google's biggest search competitor? Amazon

Google sees Amazon.com as its biggest search competitor, ahead of traditional rivals like Yahoo and Bing.

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Kmart hacked, customers' card numbers exposed

Sears Holding Corp. said the payment systems at its Kmart retail chain had been breached as a result of malware, compromising shoppers' credit and debit card numbers.

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