Sooner rather than later carrying cash around with you is going to be a way of the past. According to Mark Bolsom a business development director at Moneymailme “Consumers want to pay in the most convenient way for them, so with debit and credit cards so easy to carry around, and with the growing popularity of e-wallets, holding cash is simply not at the forefront of consumers’ minds any longer.”

Canada came in at the top of the list of the top cashless countries as the average Canadian carries two credit cards each, instead of having high levels of contactless cards. In Second came Sweden “Sweden is proof that a move to a cashless economy is not just a concept but very nearly reality. With electronic payments making up 95 percent of all retail transactions, it’s clear that in no time at all Sweden will have phased out cash altogether.” Bolsom Said.

To learn more visit realbusiness.co.uk for the full article. And read Mark Bolsom’s article on why it’s time to adapt to the cashless economy.

You can take a look below to see how the rest of the top 10 came out.

Honeywell’s Voyager 1202g-bf and Xenon 1902g-bf both incorporate the latest in battery-free technology, all while offering the freedom of Bluetooth wireless technology and without the long recharge time associated with traditional batteries. Both Scanners deliver aggressive barcode scanning performance even on poor quality or damaged barcodes.

The Voyager 1202g-bf Bluetooth technology allows the user the freedom to move around up to 33 feet away from the base in the right environment. It’s an ideal scanner for applications where occasional wireless scanning is a need. Voyager is a plug-and-play scanner that features a multi-interface design with automatic interface detection.

The Xenon 1902g-bf offers fast and accurate scanning from up to 33 feet away from the base without the recharge time, expense, and environmental impact of a battery. An ideal scanner for applications centered around POS, workstations, and counters.

Epson’s Mobilink P60II and TM- T88VI allows you to print directly from any mobile device and server. With the mobile connectivity, makes it easy to add web and mobile POS services to a traditional PC- based POS system.

The Mobilink P60II provides you the features to print on the go, it is designed to meet the needs of both retail and hospitality receipt printing.

Epson’s TM-T88VI’s compact desktop design is perfect for use in restaurants, bars and other commercial business.

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Zebra Technologies commission a global study to analyze trends and challenges that impact manufacturing companies. The survey asked 1,100 executives from automotive, high tech, food, beverage, tobacco, and pharmaceutical companies for their insights on adopting technology on the plant floor to increase their competitive position. The study includes the benefits of having IIoT, RFID, and Asset Management on a plant floor.  To read more about the results of the study click the link below.

2017 Vision Study

For further information visit www.zebra.com/manufacturing

Always the industry leader, Zebra’s new ZC10L is the only direct-to-card ID printer that can print large format edge-to-edge full color cards. Avoid the waste, hassle, and costs involved with pre-printed cards and unusable leftover cards by printing at the pace that your business demands.

Get the most out of your ID card investment without sacrificing quality or convenience with the new Zebra ZC10L

Speech-based voice-directed solutions have proven themselves to improve and increase productivity while reducing errors in item picking applications. With TekSpeech Pro 4, you can marry speech with all the capabilities of your Zebra mobile computers to create flexible next generation multi-modal speech-directed solutions that turbocharge efficiency by providing more ways for workers to collect and access more information.

TekSpeech Pro provides the tools you need to make voice-directed workflows easy.  From dialogue scripting to host integration, deployment and solution management, this truly open solution gives you freedom of choice to design a solution that meets your specific business needs. Choose your mobile computer, your choice of accessories, your choice of application functions, and your choice of backend business systems.

Everyone wants to get the most out of their wireless network and provide reliable service that isn’t a bottleneck in any application. From the warehouse floor to access for your customers, a faster, more capable network is essential to any business.

As wireless technology continues to improve the changes can be hard to keep up with. Many networks today are based on 802.11n which have been a larger improvement from previous Wi-Fi standards but 802.11ac is the next big step.

In essence, 802.11ac is a supercharged version of 802.11n. 802.11ac is dozens of times faster, and delivers speeds ranging from 433 Mbps (megabits per second) up to several gigabits per second. To achieve that kind of throughput, 802.11ac works exclusively in the 5GHz band, uses plenty of bandwidth (80 or 160MHz), operates in up to eight spatial streams (MIMO), and employs a kind of technology called beamforming that sends signal directly to client devices.

This convenient infographic helps illustrate all the capabilities 802.11ac provides and how is can improve your wireless experience. For more help finding the right access points and controllers to migrate to 802.11ac contact one of our wireless specialists.

Organizations around the world trust BarTender to help them meet evolving industry regulations and practices, with its ease of deployment and secure, configurable technology.

BarTender’s four editions enable you to easily upgrade your system as your business grows, without the extra cost and complexity of buying add-on products.

Honeywell’s new Duratran XL 4×6 labels offer you the opportunity to lower costs while increasing printing. Lower price per label. Less change over time. Less warehouse space. Lower shipping costs. More printing per roll. With 1500 labels/roll, there are 50% more labels/roll than a standard roll.