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10 Event Apps Every Event Planner Needs - 0 views

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  • We’ve put together a list of 10 apps that every event planner needs to stay afloat.
  • . Evernote 
  • Think of this Evernote as your mobile filing event app; organize your venue research notes, coordinate travel itineraries, and quickly share notes with members of your team
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  • Boomset
  • Easily check attendees in with their QR scanner. Event organizers can also use this event app to print badges, or create wristbands. It also has integrations with other event management platforms so that event registration is as painless for organizers as possible. (click to tweet)
  • Bizzabo 
  • Use the Bizzabo platform to manage all aspects of your event.
  • Heytell -
  • Blend old school cool with new school tech with Heytell, an app that turns your smartphone into a walkie-talkie. When you need something even snappier than texting or email, get the app, choose a contact and start talking. Over! (click to tweet)
  • ScannerPro 
  • This system allows you to scan documents with a snapshot, convert them to PDFs and email them right away. (click to tweet)
  • Dropbox -
  • Store all your paperless goodies with Dropbox to access it from any device and even edit on the spot. (click to tweet)
  • Hootsuite 
  • o easily manage all your social channels, use Hootsuite to create streams and stay up to speed with the buzz surrounding the event content.
  • - Managing real life and conference life can be overwhelming. An app like 24me can help you manage your day-to-day responsibilities outside of the workplace with a smart calendar and automated to-do list. Reminders to pay your bills and wish your Aunt Martha a Happy Birthday can be real lifesavers, especially when you’re super stressed with an event around the corner. (
  • 8. 24me 
  • . Asana -
  • Keep track of all the details and orchestrate teamwork directly from your phone while creating a good workflow amongst those assisting you.
  • 10.Super Planner 
  • Super Planner offers calculators for venue capacity, staffing, and catering to avoid these kinds of issues. Use this app to stay on budget and execute all the details to perfection. (click to tweet)
  • mayr0604 on 08 Oct 15
     
    The following article details the top 10 apps for Event Planners in 2015. These apps incorporate social media, financial planning and event success rates all in one. 
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Zaplox integrates its mobile key services with Salto Systems | Hotel Management - 0 views

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  • Zaplox is the first mobile key services company to integrate with Salto Systems. This strategic global partnership allows any property with Salto BLE enabled locks installed to easily implement mobile access functionality for their guests.
  • guests of properties with Salto access control systems will now be able to use their smartphones for guestroom access, while allowing hoteliers to offer and promote revenue creating smart services with full customization and hotel branding on the Zaplox Mobile Key Services app platform.
  • ncludes mobile check-in and check-out, room upgrades, restaurant bookings, room service, special offers, and others.
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  • With recent industry research indicating that more than 70 percent of travelers would opt to use their smartphones as a check-in alternative
  • Zaplox Mobile Key Services allow guests to bypass the front desk altogether. Additionally, mobile keys are highly secure, since a guest's smartphone is less likely to be misplaced than a plastic keycard and typically is password protected. Should a guest lose their phone, mobile keys can easily be revoked and reassigned in real time by hotel staff.
  • mayr0604 on 29 Sep 15
     
    The following article highlights new mobile technology and security within the lodging industry. This new technology is already being implemented in major hotel chains overseas and will soon be integrated in the US. 
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Hotel technology investments to increase in 2015 to match guest expectations - 0 views

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  • Hotels are matching heightened guest expectations with an increase in hotel technology budgets, investing an average of 4.9% of revenue in IT.
  • The biggest spenders by this metric are the mid-scale chains, which will spend 6.6% when compared to the 3.5% at the economy and luxury ends of the market.
  • Technology has moved from only being a boost to behind-the-scenes activities to a guest-facing tool that positively affects the overall hotel experience.
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  • Migrating to the cloud continues to be a priority for many respondents. Services across the boar are being transitioned from on-property to the cloud, including PMS (15% moving to cloud), sales and catering (14%), POS(14%) and CRM (12%).
  • As the shift to cloud-based services continues, hotels must spend more money on security to prevent breaches or other embarrassing lapses
  • Mobile is also a priority when it comes to employees. Given the near-ubiquity of smartphones, hotels can now also consider mobile solutions that address particular employee considerations on this mobile channel.
  • The report also identified the top challenges for the IT respondents. 29% said that guests expect technological progress faster than hotels can reasonably keep up with. 21% find it difficult to properly manage the ROI on new technologies. 16% feel IT is under-budgeted. 15% are challenged by a resistant company culture as far as technology. 11% doesn’t have the appropriate talent to deliver the best IT.
  • Despite all of these investments, IT is still struggling to be accepted into the fold as far as influence and reach — only 40% of respondents agreed that the CIO has influence on par with other C-suite execs.
  • mayr0604 on 24 Sep 15
     
    This article reviews the newest technological investments that are being made within the lodging industry. The article outlines the industries greatest opportunities and accomplishments  concerning IT development. 
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POS Security: 4 Ways to Reduce Employee Theft in Your Restaurant - 0 views

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  • According to the National Restaurant Association, employee theft accounts for about 75 percent of restaurants’ inventory losses; this equals more than three percent of annual sales
  • 1. Deploy video surveillance cameras and integrate them with your restaurant POS system.
  • Sweethearting” – offering free or deeply discounted food and beverages to friends or family – is another common act of employee theft.
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  • 2. Track and limit POS system access.
  • To control and keep tabs on who logs into your POS system and when, consider issuing magnetic stripe cards employees must successfully swipe through a magnetic stripe reader before they gain access to it
  • 3. Set different POS security levels in your restaurant POS software.
  • Using log-in information (e.g., records of magnetic card swipes and fingerprint submissions) should enable you to track every employee and transaction, heightening POS security by giving you the documentation necessary to hold employees and managers accountable for their actions.
  • 4. Conduct background investigations of prospective employees.
  • Additionally, run a criminal background check. Previous employers may not uncover problems with an individual to whom you’re considering offering a job. With a criminal record (or the lack of one) on the table, there’s no ambiguity.
  • mayr0604 on 17 Sep 15
     
    Increasing POS Security is a must when confronting employee theft within the hospitality industry. The following article highlights four effective ways in which hospitality companies can reduce internal loss and more effectively manage their staff. 
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The Advantages of E-Business | Chron.com - 0 views

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  • Cost-Effective MarketingWith an e-business, all of your marketing efforts end with one goal—to drive target traffic to your business website.
  • Most of these online marketing efforts are very low cost or free, so an e-business allows for highly cost-effective marketing strategies.
  • Flexible Business HoursE-business breaks down the time barriers that location-based businesses encounter, according to eCommerce Education. Because the Internet is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, your business never closes. An e-business can literally be making money while you are fast asleep.
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  • Eliminates Geographic BoundariesAn e-business also allows you to broaden your reach. An online business can reach customers in the four corners of the Earth. As long as someone has an Internet connection, you may be able to reach and sell your product or service to these visitors to your business website.
  • Reduces Transaction CostRunning an online business reduces the cost per transaction because it takes less manpower to complete an online transaction.
  • Low Overhead CostsRunning an e-business cut back or out most of the costs involved in running a physical location. E-businesses have less expensive phone, rent and utility bills than businesses with physical locations
  • Some e-businesses do not require any additional space and can be run out of your home, which you are already paying rent for or your mortgage payment.
  • mayr0604 on 09 Sep 15
     
    The article written by Kristine Loretta, details five key benefits of why business owners should launch themselves into the e-business market. 
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Arguments Against the Cloud - What Is Cloud Computing? | PCMag.com - 1 views

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  • n part, that comes from the potential for crashes. When there are problems at a company like Amazon, which provides cloud storage services to big name companies like Netflix and Pinterest, it can take out all those services (as happened in the summer of 2012). Last year in 2014, outages afflicted Dropbox, Gmail, Basecamp, Adobe, Evernote, iCloud, and Microsoft. Usually for just hours.
  • After all, there's no central body governing use of the cloud for storage and services. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is trying. It created an IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative in 2011 to establish standards for use, especially for the business sector. Last year's Supreme Court ruling against Aereo could have told us a lot about copyright of files in the cloud... but the court side-stepped the issue to keep cloud computing status quo. Cloud computing—like so much about the Internet—is a little bit like the Wild West, where the rules are made up as you go, and you hope for the best.
  • mayr0604 on 02 Sep 15
     
    This article explains the basics of Cloud Computing and how more companies are converting to the "Cloud." The article will also detail the pros and cons of Cloud Computing and highlight current issues concerning this growing technology.
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Data Mining: What is Data Mining? - 3 views

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  • For example, one Midwest grocery chain used the data mining capacity of Oracle software to analyze local buying patterns. They discovered that when men bought diapers on Thursdays and Saturdays, they also tended to buy beer. Further analysis showed that these shoppers typically did their weekly grocery shopping on Saturdays. On Thursdays, however, they only bought a few items. The retailer concluded that they purchased the beer to have it available for the upcoming weekend. The grocery chain could use this newly discovered information in various ways to increase revenue. For example, they could move the beer display closer to the diaper display. And, they could make sure beer and diapers were sold at full price on Thursdays.
  • Data warehousing is defined as a process of centralized data management and retrieval. Data warehousing, like data mining, is a relatively new term although the concept itself has been around for years.
  • ata mining is primarily used today by companies with a strong consumer focus - retail, financial, communication, and marketing organizations. It enables these companies to determine relationships among "internal" factors such as price, product positioning, or staff skills, and "external" factors such as economic indicators, competition, and customer demographics. And, it enables them to determine the impact on sales, customer satisfaction, and corporate profits. Finally, it enables them to "drill down" into summary information to view detail transactional data.
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  • WalMart is pioneering massive data mining to transform its supplier relationships. WalMart captures point-of-sale transactions from over 2,900 stores in 6 countries and continuously transmits this data to its massive 7.5 terabyte Teradata data warehouse. WalMart allows more than 3,500 suppliers, to access data on their products and perform data analyses. These suppliers use this data to identify customer buying patterns at the store display level. They use this information to manage local store inventory and identify new merchandising opportunities. In 1995, WalMart computers processed over 1 million complex data queries. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is exploring a data mining application that can be used in conjunction with image recordings of basketball games. The Advanced Scout software analyzes the movements of players to help coaches orchestrate plays and strategies. For example, an analysis of the play-by-play sheet of the game played between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers on January 6, 1995 reveals that when Mark Price played the Guard position, John Williams attempted four jump shots and made each one! Advanced Scout not only finds this pattern, but explains that it is interesting because it differs considerably from the average shooting percentage of 49.30% for the Cavaliers during that game.
  • How does data mining work? While large-scale information technology has been evolving separate transaction and analytical systems, data mining provides the link between the two. Data mining software analyzes relationships and patterns in stored transaction data based on open-ended user queries. Several types of analytical software are available: statistical, machine learning, and neural networks. Generally, any of four types of relationships are sought: Classes: Stored data is used to locate data in predetermined groups. For example, a restaurant chain could mine customer purchase data to determine when customers visit and what they typically order. This information could be used to increase traffic by having daily specials. Clusters: Data items are grouped according to logical relationships or consumer preferences. For example, data can be mined to identify market segments or consumer affinities. Associations: Data can be mined to identify associations. The beer-diaper example is an example of associative mining. Sequential patterns: Data is mined to anticipate behavior patterns and trends. For example, an outdoor equipment retailer could predict the likelihood of a backpack being purchased based on a consumer's purchase of sleeping bags and hiking shoes.
  • Size of the database: the more data being processed and maintained, the more powerful the system required. Query complexity: the more complex the queries and the greater the number of queries being processed, the more powerful the system required.
  • mayr0604 on 27 Aug 15
     
    This article highlights the topic of Data Mining and the way in which companies use it to become informed and discover new ways to become more effective. Data Mining can be used to increase revenue, cut costs and identify growing trends. This article will feature key examples from major companies such as Oracle, Wal-Mart and the NBA, all of which use Data Mining to enhance their business performance. 
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