Busy week so far.

We spent Sunday night through Wednesday this week at the Multi-unit Retail Technology (MURTEC) conference in Las Vegas.  It was a great event for us as we met with 20-30 CIO/GM types from some of the leading retail brands in the industry.  In another sign of how far MVaaS has come there was even a topic table on MVaaS as part of the conference.  While the conference was definitely muted from prior years (at least one of the major POS providers didn’t even come this year), there was a very encouraging vibe at the conference from my perspective.

The vibe was not one of panic nor of hopelessness in the face of the current economic challenges these operators are facing.  Instead it was one of practical determination.  These CIOs and key decision makers were focused on sharing insights and learning about technology solutions that can enable them to help their businesses cope in the current market despite their lower budgets.  For example, there was a session on Cloud Computing (another word for Software as a Service) and how this trend is going to pick up and enable operators to leverage new technologies without the traditional capital and management required to implement and manage software.

I’ve said it before.  This market is going to create an opportunity for SaaS providers like Envysion.  Not everyone yet understands the differences and advantages of SaaS and MVaaS, but we are getting there.