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Michael Squires

How to Test Drive Behavioral Advertising

August 31, 2010

If your hotel – or government agency – is considering using online behavioral advertising, you might want to test drive it yourself first to see what your guests will experience. At its best, behavioral advertising makes you feel like royalty; at its worst it’s like a pesky mosquito that will not go away. The key [...]

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Darwin’s Handheld: Cool Survival at HITEC 2010

July 14, 2010

Mainframes →Minis → High-speed RISC computing → PC LANs → ASP cloud →Handheld. The force behind mobile-ready development, iPhone apps, and having a mobile-ready website goes way beyond being cool.  It is about company survival and meeting travelers where they are with effective tools to make business decisions. Fast-moving business travelers today are not hairy-knuckled [...]

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How Do Hotel Vendors Manage Cost for PCI PA-DSS Compliance?

July 6, 2010

Hospitality tech companies that handle credit card data have invested time and money to earn compliance certification for the Payment Card Industry Payment Application Data Security Standard (PCI PA-DSS).  These vendors and their hotel company clients are focused on July 1, 2010 when the payment card industry’s penalties (http://ow.ly/17WoX) for non compliance kick in.  Vendors [...]

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How to Prepare Your Hotel for PCI Compliance by the July 1, 2010 Deadline

June 24, 2010

Nearly every hotel operator has heard of PCI and some have already complied with its mandated requirements.  But if you run a hotel and still have questions about what PCI involves, this blog post is for you. What is PCI and When is The Deadline? PCI is short for Payment Card Industry, and refers to [...]

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