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Edge Computing, Reliant, and the Evolution of IT Infrastructures
This past year has seen edge computing move from a fringe concept to mainstream adoption. There is a growing realization that edge computing is the key to building architectures that can balance the scale and agility of the cloud with the real world requirements of the physical universe and technology leaders have acknowledged its importance.
read moreNotes From the Field – The New Amazon Store
Amazon opened a new brick & mortar retail store in New York City. Overall, the store embodies the concept of omnichannel and generated quite a bit of press. What is it was all about, and what does it mean to retailers for the future?
read moreAn Adaptive Approach to the Changing Retail InfoSec Landscape – Part 1
Information Security has a relatively short history of 25 years. During most of that time, InfoSec professionals have operated under the doctrine of “defense in depth” but now we need to consider a new, more agile approach to defense in depth…
read moreNew POS Architectures & Reliant
Anyone who works with Point Of Sale (POS), mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) or customer facing retail-based applications is aware of the significant changes that have been happening over the last decade; with major vendors, the core application stack, functionality and...
read moreGDPR and US Retail
Next month the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect in Europe. While practices there are beginning to develop, we have nothing even close to this in the US and most American retailers still take limited steps to protect customer data.
read moreImpressions from Shoptalk 2018
ShopTalk is a relatively new technology conference for retail and is growing very fast to be probably one of the most important retail IT events on the calendar. ShopTalk’s focus is on innovation and challenges in retail – both online and brick & mortar. Many participants are aware of change and are willing to transform. Reliant is about providing a platform for making this possible.
read moreWhat Does SD-WAN Mean For You?
SD-WAN products are the next generation replacement to the traditional fixed router/VPN appliance and provide strong central management of the network and are dynamically responsive to network changes and have the ability to prioritize traffic by application. This all maps very well to Reliant’s architecture.
read moreHow Reliant Platform Puts ‘Edge Computing’ at the Center of the Retail Experience
There has been a lot of buzz around edge computing recently. The use of these micro data centers provide better performance through reduced latency among other benefits. The Reliant Platform is an excellent example of an edge computing application.
read moreThe Evolution of Reliant
In 2018 we will be introducing a number of new product features and several exciting service offerings. Most immediately though, we’ve changed our message to the retail and hospitality industry.
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