Today, specialist IT provider Maxatec announces that TouchStar technologies has selected its Advantage LX barcode printer product for their TouchPC range of mobile IT systems, provided to the fuel distribution, transport, retail and manufacturing industries. The printer is used to issue payment and invoice receipts in-cab and on-board transport systems.
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Today Maxatec is able to announce the introduction of a new partner “Gaist Communication” strengthening its overall proposition in the mobile computing and airtime market place.
Gaist Communication is an independent supplier of airtime to the UK market place and specialists in SIM-based data communication over GPRS, 3G and HSDPA networks.
It seems that as soon as a piece of IT equipment or software has been installed it’s immediately superseded by a faster sexier version. So what was an ideal IT solution soon becomes out of date. Built-in-Obsolescence is a fact of life and even affects us at a basic level with our home computers. As new power hungry versions of software are introduced we are encouraged (forced) to upgrade our existing hardware to enable us to work normally again.
“For decades just a functional part of the packaging of every item that we purchase, barcodes are undergoing a revolution in Japan.
Design Barcode Inc. is working with dozens of companies here to brighten up the mundane black-and-white stripes that contain information on the product. The new designs still include that data, but are increasingly incorporating company logos or an image associated with the product.”
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The company adds two new two-inch printers to its range of printing solutions.
Today Maxatec announces the availability of two new thermal barcode printers for desktop label printing, the TDP-225 and TDP-225W, which are manufactured by TSC Auto ID Technology Co. Ltd. These low cost, compact printers offer an ideal solution for a wide range of applications including barcode printing for retailers and wristband printing for patient ID and entertainment ticketing.
Many IT analysts have reported that the number one concern that keeps company CEO’s awake at night is security. The IT security industry supplies many and varied IT security products and services and yet still the breaches occur. You only have to look at recent news bulletins about lost government data and the customer banking details that were mislaid, as well as the recent example of the American hacker, Albert Gonzalez, who, along with a Russian gang of criminals, stole data from more than 130 million bank accounts from Heartland Payment Systems. This New Jersey company processes payments for retailers including 7-Eleven Stores and Hannaford supermarkets.
Today Maxatec announces the introduction of a new series of SUMO digital displays for digital signage and in-store advertising display applications. The company’s product portfolio will now include the SUMO ST8A (acrylic) and SUMO ST8MS (metal).
“The government has pumped £80m into mobile devices for police forces, and officers can expect an increasing proportion of their workload to be dependent on them. There is a raft of problems for police forces to iron out, but the clear benefits and relatively low cost mean it is one initiative that is not likely to disappear.” Read the full story
The term ‘Till’ takes many forms; it’s used to describe unstratified soil deposited by a glacier consisting of sand, clay, gravel and boulders mixed together. Also, a public treasury for government funds is referred to as a till and of course you can till the soil. Let’s also not forget the good old fashioned cash box or, as it is today, the POS terminals, which are electronic devices for calculating and recording sales transactions with attached cash drawers for storing money.
“Ever since barcodes were first introduced, companies of all sizes have utilized them to make their businesses run faster and more efficiently. Not surprisingly, a 2006 European Labelling Study, reported that 96% of European companies relied on barcodes to increase efficiency, 32% for increasing the accuracy of ordering and invoicing, and 26% for enabling cost reduction efforts.” Read the full story.
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