5 Channel Ops: Dell, Oracle Surveys Show Security, Cloud Good for Your Bottom Line

Grazed from ChannelPartners.  Author: Lorna Garey.

As back-to-school shopping levels off, your retailer customers’ thoughts inevitably turn to the holiday season. If your base includes local chains or specialty shops, check out this article by Evan Schuman on the best way for bricks-and-mortar stores to take on Amazon. TL;DR version: Exploit its two weak spots, delivery and live customer experience.

Security is also on consumers’ minds, and retail is one of the verticals we’re discussing in our Cloud Partners session titled “The Cloud Specialists Are In."  Verizon’s chief security evangelist, Mark Rasch, will join a panel of your peers, moderated by me, to discuss the challenges around PCI and much more…


Sharing Is Good for Security

Speaking of retail and security, this week I spoke with Wendy Nather, research director of the nonprofit Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center, or R-CISC for short. Membership isn’t limited to just stores. Airlines, telecommunications companies with retail locations, hospitality firms, casinos, fast food chains — the list goes on…

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