7 Candid Lessons for ISV Startups
First, some perspective…
In the restaurant world, getting feedback on dining experiences can be very valuable to management and ownership. The trouble is actually getting the feedback. When the first post-dining surveys were rolled out, restaurateurs were so excited to get feedback, they didn’t care what they got. Then, once...
How a Lawyer Launched A Fintech Startup
Georgina Nelson was on maternity leave from her job as a lawyer in London when she decided to launch tech startup TruRating. Her work for a consumer protection association (similar to Consumer Reports) educated her on the consumer review space, including the problems of competitors leaving negative ratings and...
VARs, Integrators, MSPs, CSPs, and ISVs: DevPro Journal is Here to Help Your Software Business Flourish
I’ve seen a lot of changes over the past 17+ years since I started covering the B2B IT space. Four trends stand out from those early years:
RFID. In the early 2000s, the promise of one-cent RFID tags and “lights out warehousing” seemed right around the corner. Like all big ideas, the vision can be years ahead of the...
AT&T Announces Cloud-enabled IoT Asset Management Solution for Rapid Deployment of Asset Tracking and Monitoring Needs
AT&T announced a new IoT solution, called AT&T Asset Management – Operations Center for quick deployment of asset monitoring and management solutions in the Cloud. The solution will run on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, and will use several Microsoft enterprise components, such as Azure Cosmos DB and Microsoft...
Star Micronics, Sudzy Team Up to Provide Turnkey iPad POS to Dry Cleaners
Star Micronics, the global industry leader in point-of-sale printer solutions, has teamed up with Sudzy, a leading-edge developer of POS software for the dry cleaning industry, to provide an all-in-one cloud-based iPad POS solution, featuring Star Micronics mPOP, which is certified with the Sudzy software.
Sudzy POS provides many industry-specific features that...
This ISV is Using Real-Time Business Intelligence to Make Retail Smarter
Today’s retailers face many challenges. Online competitors such as Amazon provide customers with not only low prices and lots of variety, but with convenient and engaging shopping experiences. In response, brick and mortar stores have had to adjust their businesses to simply survive. Many of the adjustments they’ve made...
4 Lessons this Restaurant ISV Learned in its Journey from Startup to Multi-Million-Dollar Success
Prior to launching Toast, Inc., Aman Narang and one of the company’s other co-founders, Steve Fredette, honed their enterprise application and business intelligence development skills while working at e-commerce software developer, Endeca. On a regular basis, they would meet at a local restaurant in Cambridge to discuss their ideas...
Como and Preoday Partner to Offer Integrated Customer Engagement and Online Ordering
Como (www.como.com), a global leader in customer engagement solutions, and Preoday (www.preoday.com), an online and mobile ordering technology company, today announced a new strategic partnership to provide integrated customer engagement and online pre-ordering solutions to their clients.
The partnership will provide clients with a combination of Preoday’s white-label platform for...
A Winning Combination: Cloud-Based POS and Managed Services
Company: Cirra Systems
Founded: 2014
2016 sales growth rate: 150%
2017 projected sales growth rate: 100%
Employees: 10
Verticals: restaurant
Vendors: Amazon AWS, APG Cash Drawer, Apple, Elo Touch Solutions, Epson, Heartland Payment Systems
Distributor: Metropolitan Sales
Phone: (435) 565-1444
Website: www.cirrasystems.com
Cloud based point of sale (POS) and managed services have both been around for several years now, but...
Two Ways to Boost ISV Success in the Unified Communications Market
UC (unified communications) is an IT solution with a lot of earning potential for ISVs. Infonetics Research, for example, forecasts the worldwide cloud PBX and UC services market will reach $12 billion in 2018 with 62.6 million seats in service. UC is a key enabler of collaboration – especially among...
Introducing DevPro Journal: How to Create a Profitable, Sustainable ISV Business
Nearly 20 years ago I became the part-owner of a small IT firm in Erie, PA. We had two sides of the house — a networking and general IT group that installed networks, PCs, and handled desktop support for customers in law, dental, and government; and a B2B software...
BitTitan Launches MSPComplete Publisher Program For ISVs
BitTitan, the global leader in Managed Services Automation and inventor of Automated Runbooks, today announced the launch of its MSPComplete® Publisher Program, a revolutionary new way for independent software vendors (ISVs) to easily publish Automated Runbooks, define and store SOPs (standard operating procedures), and push the latest products and updates...
