Month: December 2007

New Smart-Phone Considerations

Smart phones are becoming a key communications, collaboration and customer-relationship tool for many organizations. The choices abound, and IT managers must carefully consider business requirements

The Priceless Value of User Experience

Proving the value of IT is always tricky. You invest thousands—if not millions—of dollars in hopes of creating greater efficiencies that reduce cost or opening

Plenty Of Widescreens For Everyone

In-store Experience For consumers, there’s nothing more frustrating than being told a store has 10 of the latest 1080-dpi HDTVs, only to discover on arrival

E-commerce’s New Dimension

Virtual Shopping For the first few years e-commerce was taking hold, it was challenging for sites to get close to delivering the in-store experience online.

Accelerating Checkouts

Cash Alternatives Retail payment technologies are undergoing radical change, as small fobs dangle off key chains to pay for everything from gas and tolls to

Ringing Up Instant Savings

Mobile Marketing Picture this: A photography lover is taking her latest acquisition-a black-and-white Ansel Adams landscape-to a gallery for framing. After negotiating the price, she