Most retailers are looking for a Point of Sale application that will allow them to make changes and updates dynamically. The BPM tools and methodology are ideal for this type of application management.
Retailer also want software that has most of the compliance factors already built in. Things like PCI-DSS, Sox compliance, etc, are very big in the mind of most retaillers. Point of Sale software vendors that want to win business from retailers need to be aware of these compliance requirements
PCI Compliance Deadline - December 2007
- Visa changed all that when it announced a compliance acceleration program last December aimed at larger retailers. It set a Sept. 30 deadline for compliance aimed at level one merchants, those that process more than 6 million credit card transactions per year. Level two merchants, which process between 1 million and 6 million transactions annually, must be compliant by Dec. 31.
