It has been a while since I've built any commerce systems, and none specific to
the LAM domain. But speaking as an entrepreneurial technical businessperson,
I'd put PCI compliance/exposure at the top of the list whether you do an
in-house solution or off-load it to a 3rd party payment processing service.
(I'm not speaking to the interactive POS aspect of your system choice, but to
the 'back-end' of payment processing and data security.)
It is my experience and belief that This wasn't my fault, and I couldn't have
prevented this from happening do not cut it as getting you off the hook in the
event of identity theft or financial loss due to lack of PCI compliance (the
credit card industry's security compliance standard).
So as long as you are 100% sure you know your PCI-compliance related exposure
and have mitigated it to your acceptable level, then whatever solution you pick
should be a good one.
BTW, like buying cars... if you educate yourself about PCI compliance and have
some good no bull questions to ask, you will quickly be able to tell if a
product or service vendor takes PCI seriously.
(https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/)
Note, too, PCI standards are not just technical (i.e. software) security
requirements. There are business policy, physical access/security dimensions as
well. Here in the U.S. the Target stores physical breach of POS terminals is a
case in point.
What you and everybody else did a few years back, doesn't matter. You have to
keep current on PCI standards and keep in compliance. Failure to do so can be
VERY expensive and consume VAST amounts of your time and energy defending and
fixing if/when a breach occurs.
This is why, I believe, we're seeing a real power curve in the marketplace as
a few big name mainstream brand payment processes become the primary service
providers. They have the technical and financial means to meet PCI security
standards and make using their services affordable and increasingly easy to
use/customize.
Hope this helps without making your too scared... :-) (I just want you to be
appropriately scared.)
--Jim Salmons--
www.SoftalkApple.com
www.FactMiners.org
-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Glen
Barnes
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:16 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Gift Shop Point of Sales Solutions (Blackwell, Katherine)
I would have to put a plug in for fellow kiwi company VendHQ who are making
waves worldwide with their cloud based POS system - http://www.vendhq.com.
The main thing I have seen feedback on is that whatever you choose you need to
make sure you set it up properly to start with - Make sure the accounting
department is on board, you hook it in with existing systems, etc.
One of the key strengths of a cloud based POS system is cost - You can get up
and running at a fraction of the cost of traditional POS systems. The data is
also available across multiple sites so you can just pick up an iPad and use
the same POS system at an offsite event or separate venue.
Thanks
Glen
I'm investigating point-of-sales systems for use in a gift shop
environment. I noticed some discussion in the archives about Retail
Pro, Gateway and Counterpoint. I'm curious what other solutions
people are using.
If you are using a gift shop POS system, I would love to know:
1. How well the system has been received at your institution by key
stakeholders (end users, IT, finance).
2. What key strengths and weaknesses have been observed.
3. What the hosting model is. Has anyone used a cloud solution?
Your insights are much appreciated. Thanks!
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