Dan Berthiaume

A security assessor company is creating a division within its company that will focus on offering education, training and validation to help retailer comply with PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards). Compliance and Audit Group announced its TurboPCI unit July 8. TurboPCI offers a blended learning system that includes programmed instructional workbooks, workshops, […]

Impinj, which offers UHF Gen2 radio-frequency identification solutions, is buying Intel’s UHF RFID reader chip operation. Impinj officials said the acquisition, announced July 10, will round out the company’s RFID portfolio. Financial details were not disclosed. “Impinj has the high-performance Speedway RFID reader on the market for long-range applications,” said Kerry Krause, vice president of […]

Ethoca, which sells collaborative fraud management technology to European retailers, is entering the U.S. market. The company has not yet made a formal U.S. announcement, but is in the final stages of signing contracts with several clients, according to company officials. “We allow retailers to work together to fight fraud without competitive issues,” said Andre […]

JDA Software Group, which sells enterprise supply chain solutions, and Oliver Wight, a global supply chain consulting firm, are jointly releasing a sales and operations planning solution that can be used by retailers. The companies announced their strategic partnership June 30. “Traditionally, S&OP technology is aimed at manufacturers who want to balance supply capacity with […]

In an effort to address long-standing problems associated with using UHF RFID tags in harsh environments that contain metals or liquids, RFID technology provider Omni-ID looked at the structure of its tags.Thomas Pavela, CEO and president of Omni-ID, said company officials scientifically examined the problem and believe they have found the answer in nature.“We looked […]

RedPrairie is rolling out a new parcel manifesting system that is fully integrated with the company’s Warehouse Management and Transportation Management systems, giving users a more complete packing and shipping solution. The new solution, introduced June 26, can be implemented as a module of one of these systems or as a stand-alone application. “This has […]

IBM and enterprise solutions vendor Epicor Software are collaborating on an integrated retail system management product for specialty and department store retailers. Announced June 30, the partnership includes an application for managing POS (point of sale) hardware and software via the IBM RMA (remote management agent). “Not only will it provide energy savings and a […]

As we enter the month of July, you can feel the cool breeze caused by thousands of retail IT professionals sighing in relief. With the possible exception of January, July is usually the slowest month on a retail IT employee’s calendar. The enterprise slows down in its last chance to relax before the rush of […]

RFID technology vendor Alien Technology is releasing Intelligent Tag Reader, a reader software platform that uses second-generation radio-frequency identification technology to provide detailed tag data. Alien announced the solution June 23 and will make it available June 30. “Right now, when you read an RFID tag, you know that reader at that particular location saw […]

Checkpoint Systems security vendor is adding two new modules to its CheckPro suite of shrink management software solutions. CheckPro IncidentReporter and CaseManager are designed to offer greater visibility into store activities for managers and executives. “Loss prevention is a complex environment and we try to give more visibility into different things,” said Per Levin, worldwide […]

Symantec is managing the subscription renewal process for its Norton security products with the Vindicia CashBox hosted billing solution. Announced June 23, the Symantec-Vindicia partnership is intended to support ongoing customer protection and retention. “Subscription services are a win-win for everyone,” said Gene Hoffman, chairman and CEO of Vindicia. “By outsourcing to a specialist in […]

Motorola is rolling out the Symbol DS6708-DL digital imager scanner, a 1.3-megapixel, omindirectional 1-D and 2-D imager designed to read and parse PDF-417 bar codes found on the back of U.S. driver’s licenses. “The parsing engine reads the driver’s license, extracts the information and parses it out, where it can be used in various ways […]