A guide to choosing green computing for your IT department. Learn how and why you should consider improving energy efficiency techniques within your business.
Source: www.computerweekly.com
Green computing is no longer just a white-wash expression, as government standards like the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), the Climate Change Agreement (CCA) or the European Union Emission Trading (EU ETS), encourage companies to revaluate their use of IT resources.
Everybody likes data and numbers and especially colored charts (reminds me of colored beads and Indians).
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ Today, Cardless ATM is a reality for banked people but not for the unbanked. In keeping with its tradition, PAYTOO is the first Mobile Wallet to offer this solution to the unbanked population.
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The 1 st ATM was delivered on July 1 st in Florida and after a 90-day testing period testing, a nationwide deployment of several thousands will be done.
I am committed to finding new ways to improve the quality of the customer service experience and decrease your wait time at the Auto Bureau. Our self-serve k…
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When dining out, would you rather have a server or a tablet on the table for self-service? Just one question of many for the future of self-service.
Source: www.plumvoice.com
Technology touches it all: Self-service and other innovations are changing …
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The technology behind self-service, self-payment and choice has begun to infiltrate the food and beverage world in a way that is irreversible and all-encompassing, saving labor, time and money for the operator. Having iPads on the table to pick up, browse, and enter your order means you no longer have a waiter. You simply have a delivery to your table.
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin’s crusade against street kiosks in central Moscow has entered a new phase with the installation of about 60 colossal “new breed” vending machines in the city over the next two months.
Source: www.themoscowtimes.com
The machines, designed by the Moscow-based Art. Lebedev Studio, come in a number of different versions, the biggest being 20 square meters in size and stocking 400 products, according to the website of the operating company, Vsyo Sam.
Malaysia Airlines has closed its economy check-in counters at Kuala Lumpur as the airline moves to
Source: www.ausbt.com.au
First time I have seen “mandatory” for Economy class. First Class & Business still get to talk to people for check-in
I didn’t wanna, you guys. But I do this stuff for you. FOR YOU.
Source: hardballtalk.nbcsports.com
He gives DraftServ credit for running a smooth operation. Well-attended and administered, with someone checking IDs before handing out cash-loaded cards & someone else oping off the area where the taps are so as to keep people from sneaking by. Macrobrews at ballparks is volume business and this is about as efficient as you can get with that.
Cash machine manufacturers Diebold and Wincor Nixdorf have joined forces to found an association that will work to improve ATM security.
Source: www.finextra.com
The partners are inviting banks and their fellow manufacturers and IT suppliers to join them in tackling the threat by improving industry communication and information sharing.
(PHOENIX, Ariz.) – When the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division launched ServiceArizona.com in 1997, it was the nation’s first motor vehicle division online service for vehicle registrations. Over the years, continual technological enhancements and the addition of multiple customer service features allow the website to handle more than eight million MVD-related transactions per year. In recognition of the most recent improvements, the American Association of Motor Vehi…
Source: www.kcsg.com
As part of this program, NCR will deploy more than 100 NCR self-checkout solutionsand 150 POS systems to independent retailers across the country.
Source: www.marketwatch.com
According to Retail Banking Research , NCR is the world’s largest supplier of self-checkout technology and the leader in self-checkout shipments with a total of 71 percent market share.
Now sprouting like mushrooms in San Francisco are kiosks sporting safe-grade electronic locks for customers to receive and send items through San Francisco-based Swapbox, a start-up which views itself as a “super post office,” the company’s chief technology officer and co-founder Nitin Shantharam told India-West.
Source: www.indiawest.com
Swapbox now has 21 kiosks — most of them in San Francisco and a few in Silicon Valley — and is ramping up to 25 kiosks soon. “Our (kiosks) are three times larger than Amazon lockers,” the Indian American co-founder pointed out.
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Android L release could bring the OS to ATMs, self-service kiosks
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While Google has only released a developer preview for Android L, many of the things we will see in the final version of the OS are already here.
Source: tech.firstpost.com
Android Police reports that Task Locking would allow one app to take over your devicewithout letting other apps show notifications or load activities. Users will not be allowed to switch apps either, so that just the top app is running and cannot be closed.
In a first for Major League Baseball stadiums, Target Field has rolled out self-serve beer machines that let fans decide for themselves exactly the size brew they thirst for
Source: www.startribune.com
BYOD is only going to grow and at unprecedented rates. So how can a solid UCC deployment enhance a BYOD platform?
Source: www.cio.com
Let’s take a moment to understand service from a customer’s perspective. And the reality is, customers don’t always want to contact you. They also want access to answers 24/7, which not every company is equipped to provide …
Source: blogs.salesforce.com
Gozo News Malta International Airport introduces self-service check-in kiosks Gozo News Malta International Airport introduces self-service check-in kiosks Malta International Airport has just announced the launch of self-service check-in kiosks at…
Source: gozonews.com
With 60% of customers preferring to self-serve online, many organizations are deploying self-service portals and websites. However, they are often disappointed at the low adoption rates and poor satisfaction ratings from their customers.
Source: www.slideshare.net
I like the advice about skipping the FAQs as they typically do not reflect the question the customer is trying to ask.
The owners of one North Dakota coffee shop have a latte trust in their customers.
Source: www.nydailynews.com
Customers at The Vault, a self-serve café in Valley City, get their own java and pay on the honor system. So far, people have been ‘extremely honest,’
Self-service passport kiosks debut at Newark Liberty Airport myfoxny.com “The self-service kiosk removes, essentially the administrative responsibility from the officer allowing for more efficient and more effective processing times,” said Robert…
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Self-service ordering and check out has been steadily expanding in grocery store delis and at checkout, at hardware stores, and of course, the airlines, but has been slowly adopted in food service. While a few chains such as …
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