Payments, Software, Technology – February 24, 2010
- Branden R. Williams, Business Security Specialist » blog – Subscriptions Deal with Transactions Times Twelve
February 24, 2010 – I’ve always considered the importance of offering multi-service acceptance solutions to meet customer demand and increase conversion at cart, or physical location…i.e. offering payment tenders that your customer demands.It is an interesting thought exercise to consider multi-service offering as a method of decrease PCI scope…
- Payments Views from Glenbrook Partners – NFC vs. Not-NFC, or “Why Put Card Data on the Phone?” A look at Mocapay
February 24, 2010 – In my comments on the PYMNTS.com Briefing Room “Mobile Platform Wars” I mentioned a phone-based gift card system I have used to purchase coffee as of late. (http://pymnts.com/5-burning-questions-ip-commerce-s-tyler-hannan/)This post on Payments Views discusses Mocapay in a bit greater detail.
- CloudAve – SaaS Implementation. A Case Study and a Call for a Deeper Needs Analysis…
February 24, 2010 – SaaS implementation case studies are always intriguing…but this quote cannot be ignored:“Of course this points to a real need for a robust needs analysis prior to implementation but we always new that was the case. SaaS hasn’t changed that requirement (other than arguably making changes easier on the fly).”
- Payments News – from Glenbrook Partners – Payments Friction
February 24, 2010 – I actually enjoy graphical depictions of payments workflows… - Marketing Tea Party by Ron Shevlin – Collaboration Is So Overrated
February 24, 2010 – A recommendation for the folk with whom I argue/discuss/debate collaboration.Read this…be annoyed…rail about the importance of collaboration…pause…breathe deeply…recognize the validity of what is being said…experience a minor existential crisis…get over it…read this again…
and then, get things done. Whether they are collaborative or not.
- CloudAve – Google Gears Gone
February 24, 2010 – I’d still love any recommendations on supporting offline reading via google reader now that there will not be a Gears release for Snow Leopard…I’ve downloaded the forked version of Gears that removes the compatibility check for use in a Fluid SSB…but it seems only intermittent in functionality. - Signal vs. Noise – The cost of being everything to everyone
February 24, 2010 – An interesting perspective on specialization that ties well to the theme I’ve been exploring of Software Companies and their emphasis on workflows that are targeted to specific business pain:“But, like most independent or small developers, I have neither the resources nor the desire to be everything to everyone, and I don’t like the experience of using most products that were designed in that way. Being everything to everyone incurs huge costs in complexity, reliability, and efficiency that I can’t afford, that I can’t tolerate in products I use, and that can’t result in a product I can be proud of.”
February 24, 2010