Platform Wars

October 30, 2008

Having just recently moved back into our house after a major renovation, I have spent the last few days sidelined with a back injury.  A hint for those considering a self move, don’t think carrying a chair up the stairs on your head is a good idea.  In fact, it is a very very bad [...]

Platform: core to the business, not a feature

October 23, 2008

Periodically, when I’m in the middle of a blog post, I will poke through my various interfaces to the world of social media to see if anything interesting (or perhaps sufficiently distracting) is happening.  Just minutes ago, a twitter post caught my attention.  In fact, it was sufficiently compelling that I’ve taken the post I [...]

Commerce Enrollment: Save Time, Make Money, Add Value

October 20, 2008

One of the challenges of providing an integrated payments software solution is activation.
For those not familiar with the vagaries of the payments industry, the process of being approved to process payments is lengthy and frequently confusing.  Typically, the experience involves either downloading or being e-mailed an application form.  This is filled out by hand* and [...]

Innovation In Payments: a reality, not a theory

October 16, 2008

This post is a continuation in my “So…what does IP Commerce do?” series.  Before diving into explanation, I feel it important to discuss a term that is oft misused. 
“Innovation” 
Innovation can be defined as:

A creation (new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

Or, perhaps, more simply as:

The act of introducing something new. [...]

Storing Credit Card Data: an analysis

October 15, 2008

I had planned an entirely different post for today.  In fact, I think I might have even promised a different post for today…but, everyone once in a while I read something that is so well thought out and researched that simply sharing via my shared items feed is wholly insufficient.  Martin McKey at Network Security [...]