Business Solutions Announces New National Conference For Retail IT Reseller Channel
Business Solutions is planning a new national conference for retail IT solutions providers that will help you accelerate your business, widen your margins, and gain critical insight into the future. Retail IT VAR Of The Future will debut at Bally’s Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on May 12-13, 2015.
Retail IT VAR Of The Future will provide information on the best opportunities for sustained growth. Education sessions will focus on the four hottest topics in retail IT today:
- POS-as-a-Service
- Mobile POS
- Customer Experience
- Payment Processing/EMV
Business Solutions selected these topics after surveying both small and large retailers on their needs and planned spending, polling our readers, and studying analysts’ data on the market.
According to Business Solutions editor-in-chief Mike Monocello, “Simply put, these are the most significant topics of today and the future. We’ll be spending a half day of deep dives on each topic and building the education just like we build the articles in our magazine. The education at this event will not include shameless vendor plugs or vague surface-level tips, just actionable real-world advice that can directly impact your business for the long term.”
Monocello, a former IT reseller with 14 years of channel experience, will speak at Retail IT VAR Of The Future. Education sessions will include keynote speakers, interactive panel discussions, and workshops. You can access the growing list of speakers at www.retailitvarofthefuture.com/agenda.
“The Business Solutions team is very excited to provide this resource to our subscribers. The topics are very important to every solutions provider in the retail, hospitality, and grocery verticals,” says Jim Roddy, president of Business Solutions and chairman of the board for the Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA).
“This conference will be different from any other channel show because we will map out the future for solutions providers, ISVs, vendors, and distributors. The lineup of speakers and panelists is really shaping up. We have connections with ahead-of-the-curve VARs and analysts and are thrilled to have them tell their stories on this stage,” he says.
The education at Retail IT VAR Of The Future will continue on the exhibit floor, where you can find the latest products and services on the market and network with leading channel vendors.
Monocello adds, “My personal goal is to give attendees the ability to walk around the show floor and, using our show guide or posters at each booth, be able to literally add up the revenue you can earn by partnering with exhibitors.”
Partial proceeds from the event will benefit the RSPA Scholarship Fund. More than $2 million has been awarded to families of RSPA member companies to help ease the costs associated with higher education. The RSPA is also the Exclusive Association Sponsor of Retail IT VAR Of The Future.
For more information on the Retail IT VAR Of The Future conference, visit www.retailitvarofthefuture.com/ or email Events@BSMinfo.com. Active VARs, MSPs, and ISVs can redeem a complimentary registration online by using the promo code “EARLYBIRD” by December 31, 2015.
Retail IT VAR Of The Future is sponsored by Worldpay and the RSPA. Additional sponsors will be announced soon.
Business Solutions is the channel leader in educating solutions providers on the most cutting-edge technologies in the retail, hospitality, and grocery verticals. Business Solutions publishes an Annual Guide To POS & Payment Processing, along with a bimonthly POS-specific newsletter. In July 2014, Business Solutions also published A VARs & ISVs Guide To EMV. BSMinfo.com features a POS/Payment Processing online resource center that regularly posts new, original content about retail IT, cloud POS, mobile POS, digital signage, payments, and loyalty programs. The RSPA has awarded Business Solutions the Gold Vendor Award of Excellence in the category of Reseller Support Services for five consecutive years. At RetailNOW 2014, Business Solutions was also honored with the Gold Medallion Award, given annually to the vendor with the highest number of votes across all categories.