It’s about this time of year that my kids start talking about what they’re going to be for Halloween. Yes, I realize it’s not even July 4th, but you have to plan well in advance for important holidays like Halloween. Happily, this year’s costume brainstorming coincides nicely with a visit from my in-laws. I say “happily” not only [...]
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Archive for June, 2008
Many of our clients own and/or operate business in the restaurant, retail or hospitality space. In my conversations with our current and prospective clients, I’m hearing that staffing continues to be one of the top struggles within their organizations.
Local author Eric Chester of Golden, CO discusses these challenges in great detail in his book “Getting [...]
In my last post I gave some highlights of customers conversations at this past week’s NRF LP show. I also talked to a number of current and potential channel partners for MVaaS services. While there are a number of potential channels that weren’t represented at the show, there were a couple channel segments that were represented.
Traditional [...]
Yesterday I talked about a customer who told me he hated me becuase his video system did not do “that.” The “that” is simply “this.” The Envysion demo the customer saw at our trade show booth showed deep database level integration between Point of Sale data and video, with searchable functionality that would allow him [...]
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Have you heard? Food prices have been increasing.
If this is news to you, to quote ’The Turk’ Sollozzo from The Godfather, ”Te salute, Don Corleone.”
If you are like everyone else, you’ve felt the increases in your wallet. Now imagine the impact to a restaurant owner!
MVaaS providers have achieved initial success in several key markets. Among those has [...]
I view conferences such as the NRF LP show as a great opportunity to connect with four distinct groups within the MVaaS ecosystem. These gatherings give me the opportunity to talk with potential customers, active and potential channel partners, competitors, and other ecosystem participants.
The most obvious of these groups are the potential customers. The National [...]
At a recent trade show, I was performing a demo for a prospective client. Lurking in the background was a tall man with a deep scowl on his face. I finished the demo and the big man approached. “I hate you,” he said as he moved to the demo screen. My first thought was, do I [...]
In an every more connected world security threats seem to be continuously multiplying. Every day there are reports of significant fraud and security breaches perpetrated. These are not even all over the Internet. If you ever paid for parking at Denver International Airport by credit card between about 2000 and 2006 your cardholder information could [...]
As promised, here are some random thoughts from the National Retail Federation Loss Prevention Show in Orlando earlier this week…
Video was everywhere - 3 out of 4 exhibitors at the show had some form of video in their booth, many of them demonstrating some form of video analytics (tracking people in and out of their [...]
Monday, I talked about network plug-and-play. Today, let’s explore how to get your IP camera to work with an MVaaS provider. To start with, you probably need to go hunting for someone with some FM skills. Why? Because there are not yet standards defined to allow any IP camera to communicate with any MVaaS provider.
Why [...]
