Takeaway: Louisville, Ky.-based Rede App contends that CIOs and IT managers are being pushed to embrace mobile interfaces for a variety of audiences that deliver on customer engagement. The bar for being able to afford a mobile application design continues to lower, with mobile platforms, like Red e App, ShopText, and Why Wait for service Read more about A new type of mobile: CRM messaging platforms for B-to-C and B-to-B[…]

In light of retail’s continued evolution, a number of companies with strong ecommerce presence have revamped their strategies, and tactics online, beginning with the one-two punch known as the marriage of “the cloud and open source.” Jason Ordway, CIO for Ice.com, a luxury jewelry site based in Canada, agreed to discuss his solutions approach for Read more about Ice.com: Combining the cloud and open source[…]

Takeaway: At the National Retail Federation’s Big Show this week, every flavor of device seemed to have its place in the enterprise management conversation. At the National Retail Federation’s Big Show this week, every flavor of device seemed to have its place in the enterprise management conversation.  “That’s because it really is a ‘bring your Read more about BYOD is the new buzz in the retail enterprise[…]

Dawn Marie Yankeelov is attending the National Retail Federation’s Big Show in NYC this week. Here is her first report. From the packed show floor of the National Retail Federation’s Big Show in NYC earlier this week (24,000+), retail IT is bursting with exciting challenges from global payments to the right middleware for trusted exchanges. Read more about Retail IT: Scan and swipe not enough[…]