Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) January 26, 2012

It’s a well know fact that data breaches add up to lost sales and revenue for any business, but even more important are the liability from lawsuits, fines for non-compliance with PCI Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) and damage to a merchant’s reputation and brand. Compliance with PCI requirements and federal privacy laws, even with state-of-the-art data centers, is difficult and expensive since every touch point where data is handled must be secured.

Unfortunately, businesses that accept payment details for checks and credit cards attract criminals who try to steal or destroy personally identifiable information. The increasing frequency and severity of data breaches proves that these types of criminals have become very sophisticated and skilled at identifying merchants who have left themselves open to their attacks. Paymentsite DataVault, a proven data tokenization and payment processing solution, allows merchants to comply with PCI requirements at a very low overall cost and removes the threats that merchants can experience from a data breach.

Plus, when a customer’s payment details are stored in the Paymentsite DataVault, merchants have quick and easy access to the payment accounts they keep on file. Fewer click = faster sales and happier customers!

How Data Vault Tokenization Works

Exchanging or replaced valuable data with substituted values creating an environment where stealing customer details are useless for cyber criminals. On the first transaction, merchants submit cardholder data to Paymentsite DataVault using a secure payment processing network. The Paymentsite Gateway encrypts and stores the customer information and then assigns and returns a token to the merchant’s system.

From that point forward, merchants may send transactions to MGS using the token instead of the customer information. Using tokens speeds up the payment processing see because there is less need for data entry, and the same tokens can be used for sales, refunds, voids and credits – but only through Paymentsite DataVault and the same merchant account.

These tokens have no inbuilt meaning so they are useless to criminals, even if the merchant’s system is compromised and data is stolen.

For example:

An actual card amount, say 4111 3456 5678 6789, would become a token value XEEG 3433 SER5 ED19. Because it’s really not the actual “cardholder data,” a token can be safely familial through a merchant’s network, between various applications, business processes and databases while the sensitive data is securely stored and encrypted in the Paymentsite centralized, PCI compliant data repository.

Paymentsite DataVault leverages MGS’s deep expertise and stores customer data at secure, PCI certified processing centers, and supports all types of transactions. Like completely of the Maas Global services, DataVault is fully integrated into the Paymentsite Platform, the high-performance payment platform that give businesses of every size the ability to manage the increasing complexity of payment and data security requirements.

About Maas Global Solutions
Maas Global Solutions Corporation (http://www.maasglobalsolutions.com) is a transaction technology company that owns and operates a state-of-the-art, fully redundant, load balanced data center that is Payment Card Industry (PCI) Level I, SAS 70 and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) certified. MGS uses the latest security methods to keep sensitive customer information safe and secure. Contact Maas Global Solutions at sales@maasglobalsolutions.com or call (866.293.4055).

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 05, 2012

As consumers embrace the start of 2012, savvy shoppers can give themselves the post-holiday gift of frequent flyer miles. CreditDonkey.com, a credit card comparison website, recently updated their list of the best airline credit cards with lucrative sign-on bonuses and generous rewards.

The right airline credit card depends on the traveler’s travel needs and airline affinity. CreditDonkey.com compared generous rewards, low interest rates, low fees and helpful benefits to determine the best airline credit card deals.

Plus, all CreditDonkey.com airline credit card deals include lucrative introductory bonus offers.

“Historically, consumer enthusiasm for airline credit cards enjoy a January bump as airlines tend to start promoting discount fares for travel during the next few months,” said Charles Tran, founder of CreditDonkey.com. “Getting a card that offers frequent flyer points on top of discounted fares can be a marvelous deal, as long as people maximize the card’s benefits and minimize their drawbacks.”

The experts at CreditDonkey.com recommend the following airline credit cards, depending on your travel needs:

United Mileage Plus Visa – With the United MileagePlus Explorer card, you will earn up to 40,000 bonus miles. Check your first bag free on United and Continental-operated flights. Board your flight before general boarding with priority boarding privileges. Visit the United Club with two complimentary day passes every year. Earn 2 miles for $ 1 spent on tickets purchased from United and Continental and 1 mile per $ 1 spent everywhere else. The $ 95 annual fee is waived for first year.

Delta SkyMiles Credit Card – With the Gold Delta SkyMiles credit card, you will earn 30,000 bonus miles when you spend $ 500 on the Card in the first three months from account opening. Check your first bag free on every Delta flight. Receive double miles on Delta purchases and 1 mile for all other eligible dollars spent. Enjoy priority boarding. The $ 95 annual fee is waived for first year.

Southwest Airlines Credit Card – With the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Plus credit card, you will earn a free flight after your first purchase. Get 3,000 points every year on your card member anniversary that can be redeemed for a $ 50 Wanna Get Away Fare. 2 points per $ 1 spent on Southwest purchases and 1 point per $ 1 spent on everything else. There is a $ 69 annual fee.

For travelers with no preference toward any particular airline, CreditDonkey.com recommends Discover Miles credit card. With the Miles by Discover credit card, you’ll earn 1,000 bonus miles every month you make a purchase for the first year. Plus, there is no restriction on travel, fly on any airline, book any hotel or car, with no blackout dates and no annual fee.

“At CreditDonkey.com, we advise only real frequent flyers sign up for airline credit cards,” said Tran. “The average consumer probably won’t use them often enough to reap significant benefits, considering the higher than usual annual fees. Instead, grounded consumers can consider cash back credit cards, which are enjoying a surge in generous sign-on bonuses.”

Consumers can visit CreditDonkey.com for free comparisons of credit card rewards. CreditDonkey.com publishes credit card deals, tips and reviews to help consumers make informed credit decisions. They can search, compare and apply online, finding the best credit cards for their individual needs.

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Scarsdale, NY (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

Capital Access Network, Inc.’s (CAN) Data Services Division’s Small Business Credit Sales (SBCS) Report reveals a continuing lift in year-over-year (YoY) card sales in the restaurant sector as Main Street eateries reported an impressive 1.8 percent increase over recorded Q4 2010 card sales. These sales are reflective of an increase in outstanding revolving consumer credit, as reported by the Federal Reserve in its January 9, 2012 G19 Consumer Credit Report.

The restaurant sector has demonstrated five consecutive quarters of positive card sales, but for the first time since Q1 2011 all categories of “average ticket size” are reporting a lift. “Fine dining” led the way with a 4.3 percent increase, with restaurants processing average tickets of $ 50 to $ 100 reporting a 2.5 percent increase. While November YoY figures showed declines in three out of four ticket categories, December proved to be a strong month for sales across all ticket categories, resulting in an overall quarterly increase.

Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) overall continue to lose ground as YoY card sales declined 2.8 percent in Q4 2011, but for the second straight quarter the rate of decline improved. While restaurants fared better in Q4 2011 compared to Q4 2010, SMB retailers and service providers have reported an accelerated decline for two quarters. Additionally, SMBs overall captured a lesser share of outstanding revolving consumer credit, indicating buyers are choosing to spend at larger businesses and online. Pockets of positive YoY card sales are evident in some MSA’s, such as those with a population less than 100,000, as well as regions of the country, specifically the Southwest.

“The good news is that restaurants have demonstrated a sustained ability to grow year-over-year card sales across a variety of restaurant categories. The bad news is that outstanding revolving consumer credit has been increasing, but small businesses have lost ground the past two months as consumers swiped their cards at Big Box and online establishments instead of at their local, smaller retailer,” said Glenn Goldman, CEO of Capital Access Network, Inc. “We will look for additional growth next quarter in sectors demonstrating strength, including the least populated areas of the U.S., where year-over-year card sales lifted into positive territory.”

The findings were released today in CAN’s Q4 2011 Small Business Credit Sales Report (SBCS Report) and are available at http://www.capitalaccessnetwork.com/sbcsreport.html.

Key findings of the report include:

1.    For the seventeenth straight quarter, small businesses’ Q4 2011 year-over-year (YoY) card sales declined (2.8%), but for the second straight quarter, the rate of decline improved.

SPOTLIGHT: After recovering some of their lost share of outstanding revolving consumer credit, it appears that Main Street businesses may be losing ground again. According to Federal Reserve reporting, outstanding revolving consumer credit increased on a month over month basis in September 0.7%, again in October 1.0%, and is projected to have increased 8.5% in November 2011. Small business card sales declined 0.8%, 2.0% and 5.4% on a YoY basis during those same months, respectively, indicating consumers are using their available credit at other establishments – potentially larger or online businesses. (All Federal Reserve figures taken from their January 9, 2012 Statistical Release, G.19 Consumer Credit.)

2.    Restaurants continued to gain, producing the fifth consecutive quarter of positive card sales, tallying a 1.8% YoY lift over card sales recorded in Q4 2010. In contrast, Main Street retailers and service business continued to struggle, reporting a 5.8% decrease in cards sales from Q4 2011. In Q3, 2011, same store card sales had dropped 5.6% from Q3 2010 levels.

SPOTLIGHT: For the first time in three quarters, all categories of “average ticket size” within the restaurant group reported positive Q4 2011 card sales, led by an increase of 4.3% among “fine dining” restaurants (average ticket size of $ 100+). Restaurants with an average ticket of $ 50-$ 100 followed with an increase of 2.5%. Restaurants with an average ticket under $ 25 saw card sales increase 2.1%, and the $ 25 to $ 50 category saw a 0.7% increase. After November YoY declines in three out of four ticket categories, December sales indicated a strong upturn, with increases ranging from 4.5% (for restaurants with an average ticket size of $ 25 to $ 50) up to 9.0% (for restaurants with an average ticket size of $ 100+).

3.    Metropolitan areas (MSAs*) with a population size less than 100,000 saw card sales increase by 1.0% — the first time this MSA has moved into positive territory since Q3 2008. Areas with larger populations continued to show larger declines in YoY card sales in Q4 2011 compared to smaller cities, towns and rural areas. MSAs with a population size of 250,000-999,999 reported a decrease in card sales of 4.6%, while card sales in MSAs with a population of 1 million+ decreased 2.7%. Comparatively, card sales in towns/smaller cities (population size 100,000 – 249,999) decreased 0.7%.

4.    Almost all regions reported YoY card sales declines, with the Southwest Region proving to be an exception with a card sales increase of 1.2%. The other seven regions reported card sales declines in a range of 1.3% (Great Lakes Region) to 4.4% (Rocky Mountain Region).

5.    Over time, results within the “Time in Business” (TIB) categories have juggled between one another, and did so again this quarter. While all TIB categories processed fewer card sales than this quarter last year, more established businesses (15+ years in business) declined less (1.7%) than younger businesses, which had a decline range of 2.6% to 4.4%.

6.    In a sampling of accounts, men-owned businesses’ Q4 2011 YoY card sales declined 1.65% compared to their female counterpart’s decline of 2.4%.

*Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget based on the U.S. Census Bureau data.

About Small Business Credit Sales (SBCS) Report

The Small Business Credit Sales (SBCS) Report is a quarterly report highlighting credit and signature debit card sales trends within small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) nationwide. Sponsored by the Data Services Division of Capital Access Network, Inc. (CAN), a New York-based financial technology company, the SBCS Report features analysis of credit and debit card sales trends based on same store card sales data housed in CAN’s data warehouses, which retain 12 years of data and include more than 50,000 businesses and the “daily” card sales data collected from more than 80,000 working capital transactions from online and “brick and mortar” businesses. Most same store sales retail reports focus on or include data from big-box retail and nationwide/regional department stores, either ignoring or obscuring the trends of the majority of SMBs. The SBCS Report was designed to assist business owners, the processing industry, associations, analysts and media interested in tracking and benchmarking credit and debit card sales trends among SMBs.

To receive the quarterly reports automatically via email, interested parties can sign up at

http://www.capitalaccessnetwork.com/sbcsreport.html, or simply send an email to dnaczi(at)CapitalAccessNetwork(dot)com.

About Capital Access Network, Inc.

Capital Access Network, Inc. (CAN) delivers innovative “Daily Remittance” powered financial products and services for small and mid-sized businesses (SMB) in the U.S. and SMB capital providers internationally. Daily Remittance financial products enable the delivery of more capital to the right small businesses while decreasing provider risk. CAN and its subsidiaries offer transaction request and fulfillment capabilities through multiple channel options which can be white-labeled or co-branded, including online applications and unique web-based social resources, tools, data and information. Learn more at http://www.CapitalAccessNetwork.com, http://www.AdvanceMe.com and http://www.NewLogicBusinessLoans.com.

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Where Next? With Genkiosk – the Kiosk Software in the Cloud – Everywhere!

Sheffield, United Kingdom (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

Genkiosk is the most powerful management system for self-service kiosks. The kiosk software is now expanding geographically around the world.

A new business drive is focusing on bill payment kiosks in countries where demographic and economic factors make the benefits especially attractive – both for end-users and business operators.

The rationale behind the initiative is grounded in both statistical analysis worldwide and local market research face to face, plus hard won experience on the ground elsewhere.

Jed Fraser, Chief Marketing Officer at GWD Media explains: “We have seen huge success with bill payment kiosks in specific markets. Take the Middle East for example. The benefits of being able to pay your bills – especially in cash – straight into a kiosk, whenever convenient, without standing in line, are enormous for significant portions of the population, especially the under banked. We worked hard to identify where else in the world similar services will be most appealing. This drive is the result of that investigation. And a month from now I am looking forward to seeing the progress for myself first hand in Indonesia and the Philippines where we are running a review in a month’s time.”

Genkiosk has seen bill payment kiosks growing hugely in popularity over the last few years.

Not everywhere, but in certain parts of the world, wherever the commercial proposition makes sense for customers:

    Either 1) to pay bills for a specific utility or service on the premises of the provider

    Or 2) to have the choice of paying a variety of bills, normally in a more public space such as a gas station, a shopping mall or even on the street.

In both scenarios, end-users benefit from the speed, ease and convenience of self-service.

No more waiting in line for human assistance – and often customers even have the ability to conduct transactions outside of normal business hours. The commercial benefits include improved efficiency and customer service. There is also the added advantage of acting as a magnet – attracting extra custom to the location.

As well as bill payment, self-service is growing wherever the business case makes sense for unattended kiosks to help customers:

    Print photos

    Access the Internet or information

    Transfer money

    Browse and shop.

The kiosks are simple and fast to use. The availability is high – up to 24 hours a day – and they often remove the need for customers to stand in line or wait for human assistance.

The result for end users: they get what they want – quick and easy.

Speaking from Hawaii where he is participating in PITA (the Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association), Trevor Pathak of GWD Media expanded: “Our first client in the Pacific Islands was in Fiji, managing Internet access via kiosks and Wi-Fi hotspots. Now that we are getting further involved in the region, we see that the potential – for both public service and commercial return – is huge. Self-service kiosks – including Internet access and bill payment – make sense for both business and the population.”

Genkiosk supports self-service customers in bill payment, Internet and information, photo, money transfer and retail – in countries as far apart as the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. The new geographical drive now takes the kiosk management software full circle.

Commercially, self-service improves reach and delivery: operators can maximise their access to customers at whatever time that suits them best. Margins also improve, by reducing costs, especially for maintenance.

With Genkiosk it is straightforward to get the most out of an estate of kiosks by managing:

    Sales

    Performance

    Service.

It’s not just a question of keeping on top of things technically – to ensure the kiosks run smoothly while keeping visits and cost to a minimum – that is just the beginning. Genkiosk also underpins effective retail management: checking which locations are performing best, so operators can bring the rest of the estate up to scratch.

Core functionality comes cost-effectively along with the standard platform of Genkiosk. Customisation – to co-ordinate with specific software, hardware, peripherals, functionality and content distribution – sets each client apart.

Genkiosk was first developed in Europe, and has now gone global. Location is no longer critical to taking full control of self-service estates, as James Oladujoye, CEO of GWD Media explains: “Going into the Cloud – where Genkiosk computer services are delivered remotely regardless of global region – has transformed our business. Customers everywhere deserve– and demand – the very best. Nowadays, why should it matter which part of the world you are in, as far as software services are concerned? Our new clients everywhere will enjoy the latest and the best – just like our existing customers in Dubai, London, Seattle or wherever.”

Genkiosk, from GWD Media was first developed to run and manage pay-as-you-go Internet kiosks. It has now grown to cover the full range of self-service applications.

After launching in Europe, it expanded first to the Americas, then the Middle East and beyond, going global via multinational customers and now with direct clients as far afield as Fiji in the South Pacific.

Genkiosk is delivered via the Cloud, maximising service and availability in every region of the world.

VeoVend, the sister of Genkiosk, provides the same monitoring and management services for more traditional vending (snacks, drinks, beverages, retail.) A hardware plug-in, with mobile phone SIM, gives online access to even the most basic vending machine.

GWD Media is headquartered in Sheffield, UK, and operates worldwide.

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Medford, OR (PRWEB) January 27, 2012

Tuition Express, the integrated payment processing solution from Procare Software, has earned the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard Level 1 Service Provider Certificate for 2012.

“The security of account information is our highest priority”, says Jeffrey Blum, President of Procare Software. “The annual PCI audit we go through is intense and thorough.”

PCI DSS was developed by VISA International, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and others to help organizations that process credit card payments prevent credit card fraud and various other security threats. The payment card companies require banks to ensure that companies that process, store or transmit payment card data demonstrate PCI DSS compliance or risk losing their authorization to process credit card payments.

The audit process validates a company’s compliance with numerous requirements including building and maintaining a secure network, establishing programs that protect cardholder data and developing a comprehensive information security policy. The audit was conducted by Coalfire of Seattle, Washington.

“From concept to implementation, security has always been a major focus of the Tuition Express architecture,” said Darren Gapp, Chief System/Software Engineer. “This focus has been strengthened by technological advances we have adopted over the years. The result is an isolated and extremely secure processing system, utilizing industry accepted encryption standards that exceed Government requirements for securing sensitive information.”

“Being a Level 1 Service Provider is of the utmost importance to Tuition Express. Our merchants’ information is secure – and so is the information of their customers,” added Blum.

This is the fifth year in a row that Tuition Express has earned the PCI Level 1 Service Provider Certificate and since its inception, Tuition Express has processed over 12 million credit card and ACH transactions, totaling nearly $ 4 Billion in payments for its customers. Fully integrated with Procare Software – the nation’s number one selling child care management system – Tuition Express automatically posts payments to customers’ ledger cards and sends customers automated emailed receipts.

Tuition Express offers its merchants multiple payment processing options, including recurring credit card and ACH transactions, POS/Card Swipe transactions and Online Payments.

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New York, NY (PRWEB) January 23, 2012

With the new year getting into full swing, wireless dealers are taking stock and looking at market potential and profit making strategies for 2012. B2B Soft, a business-to-business software company specializing in retail management for the wireless/cellular retail industry, is pleased to announce that it will be attending a series of Cricket Profitability Summits. The intensive one day sessions will be held in Raleigh, Greensboro, and Charlotte, NC January 24, 25 and 26 respectively.

The Cricket Dealer confabs will provide wireless agents and their key managers with insights and proven strategies for income gain and market success. As one of Cricket’s valued vendors, B2B Soft will be attending the events and demonstrating why its retail management platform, Wireless Standard, is an essential part of dealer profitability and success.

Offering real-time connectivity across their entire enterprise, seamless activation integration, vendor managed inventory and a host of innovative third party integrations, Wireless Standard provides wireless dealers with a comprehensive business solution from which they can manage every aspect of their business simply and effectively. B2B Soft will hosting a booth at each of the summits from which it can meet with new and existing clients to discuss the latest product features and market trends with.

“Finding new ways to increase store traffic, add incremental sales, capitalize on the latest trends and technology as well as improve customer service are all top of mind for wireless carriers and their dealers,” says Don Rossi, B2B Soft’s VP of Sales and Marketing. “From its intuitive point of sale interface, integrated inventory management, deep customer and resource management, strong administrative and business intelligence tools to integrated value added products like mobile insurance, device recycling, bill pay and credit card processing, Wireless Standard has everything Cricket dealers need to stay competitive, improve sales, and ultimately, be profitable.”

About B2B Soft

B2B Soft is an innovative software solutions company providing vertical business solutions to improve management, Point-of-Sale and operational business processes for wireless and general retail markets and the consulting services they need to help them succeed in business. Specifically serving Wireless Retail for more than eight years and a leader in building Enterprise Point-of-Sale solutions. B2B Soft’s platform enables companies to engage their customers through proven technology. More information about the company can be found at http://www.b2bsoft.com

About Wireless Standard

B2B Soft’s flagship product, Wireless Standard, is a leading SaaS Point-of-Sale solution that provides access to software and its functions for the wireless industry.   With an innovative approach to application delivery, Wireless Standard  is a Cloud Computing utility designed to address the needs of the world’s largest enterprises in wireless retail but is scalable so small and mid-size companies can also benefit as well from an enterprise class solution.  Wireless Standard capabilities include Inventory Control, POS Transaction Processing, CRM (Marketing & Customer Service), Employee Management, Real-time Web Reporting and Activation and Commission Reconciliation.  Today, over 4,000 wireless retailers deploy Wireless Standard at the Point-of-Sale for better business management and customer relations.  For more information, visit http://www.wirelessstandard.com.

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Hotel Management Software by Frontdesk Anywhere

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (PRWEB) January 24, 2012

Frontdesk Anywhere, a leading web-based hotel property management software company, today announced the introduction of an online payment interface to Authorize.net that provides their joint customers with simplified payment processing and collection. This new integration allows properties to charge their customers credit cards with a single click of a button from within the guest’s reservation and have the funds automatically transfer to the property’s bank account.

Frontdesk Anywhere customers in the United States will now be able to process payments from within their Frontdesk Anywhere account using the Authorize.net Internet Payment Gateway.

According to their website 86% of online purchases were made using credit cards and in 2009, $ 1 in $ 4 of U.S. E-commerce transactions were processed using Authorize.net and CyberSource platforms. Authorize.net is a CyberSource/Visa company, helping over 350,000 merchants fulfill their credit card processing needs.

“Frontdesk Anywhere is focussed on providing easy-to-use web-based hotel property management software solutions,” stated Frontdesk Anywhere co-founder, Thomas Lyle. “Integrating the Authorize.net Internet Gateway into our hotel software allows our customers to process credit card payments right within Frontdesk Anywhere. Payments are processed and posted with a single click and without the double entry hassles that come with maintaining a separate payment processor.”

ABOUT AUTHORIZE.NET
Authorize.net, a CyberSource company was established in 1996, serving over 350,000 merchant customers. Along with processing services Authorize.net offers a large selection of other products to facilitate fraud protection, check processing solutions and a variety of certified solutions for kiosks, mobile and online.
To learn more about Authorize.net products and services visit http://www.authorize.net.

ABOUT FRONTDESK ANYWHERE
Frontdesk Anywhere is a leading provider of innovative hotel management software for independent properties. To date, over 60,000 hotel guests have had their stay managed with Frontdesk Anywhere – from the initial online booking process through arrival, onsite operations and checkout. The companioned is concentrating on converging processed traditionally performed by separate systems into a single all-in-one productivity application. All modules are seamlessly integrated within the application and accessible from any computer and most mobile devices. The company is a privately made corporation based in San Francisco, California.

For further information delight visit FrontdeskAnywhere.com

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CMM Fixture

Olivet, Michigan (PRWEB) December 21, 2011

FixLogix LLC has released two new training videos on their website and YouTube demonstrating simple concepts for building modular CMM fixtures. The quick training videos demystify basic CMM fixture construction, demonstrating fixture builds for stampings, forgings, a tube assembly with compound angles, and a molded plastic appliance part. The concepts shown are relevant to a wide variety of part shapes and materials, utilizing proven locating schemes such as the 3-2-1 method.

FixLogix has changed the game for the CMM fixture industry. Legacy modular fixture systems for a 2’ x 2’ volume would typically cost 4K – 5K. A FixLogix system for the same volume costs $ 1400.00, and offers a highly functional system that for most applications is simpler to implement.. The kit is comprehensive such that the vast majority of part shapes and types can be adequately staged for inspection using the components in the standard kit. The content of the system is 95% + produced in Michigan.

FixLogix applies modern T-slot structures to modular CMM fixture technology. FixLogix T-slot fixture plates are marked with laser engraved reference scales along the T-slots, and each T-slot is also alpha-identified. This provides clear documentation of the fixture setup for easy repeat setups. A major advantage of the T-slot system is multi-axis infinite positioning of components. This simplifies fixture construction by easily allowing the fixture to be “built to the part”, placing locators where they don’t interfere with datums or critical part features. In turn this reduces the average time required to assemble part-holding fixtures.

The FixLogix component kit utilizes ¼-20 threaded components, and is cross-compatible with many other fixture systems, and is also cross-compatible with the FixLogix fixture systems for vision systems and optical comparators. The much lower cost point of the system allows for effective implementation in a variety of other coordinate metrology applications. Users of portable coordinate inspection systems such as articulating arms, white light, and laser scanners have found the fixture system to be very helpful. The system is available in English or Metric versions.

FixLogix LLC was formed in 2007 to produce and sell modular fixture systems for metrology, and other light duty part-holding applications. The company also produces modular fixture systems for vision systems, optical comparators, and laser scanners. The company maintains a
E-commerce website, and takes most major credit cards.

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Kansas City, Mo (PRWEB) January 18, 2012

In a new investigative report from Daily Safety Check ™, the average time before ‘activation’ of malware before committing cyber crimes – such as bank transfers, fraud and information theft – is 8 months.

A recent forensics analysis by Daily Safety Check ™ of a major botnet shows how current cyber-crime botnets place value on collect information using long-term surveillance before committing financial fraud and theft, contrary to the ‘quick smash and grab’ crimes that are commonly focused on by the computer security industry.

Criminals use basic law enforcement technique to watch computers and build a behavior and information profile on their users. “In this case, it’s not a numbers game,” says Jim McKenney, the computer forensics expert who did the analysis, “large malware infection rates look fantastic and garner headlines, but the projected size of botnets and their infection in the consumer computer ecosystem does not accurately capture the threat. This investigation reveals that building in-depth profiles has led to less attention and a higher value payout per event.”

The computer forensics analysis of a botnet comprised of SpyEye and Carberp malware performed behavior profiling of it’s ‘slaved computers’ for an average time of 8 months. During the eight months linkage analysis was used on people who used the infected computer, rated values assigned to activities with higher value activities classified as either One-Time-Event” (OTE) or “Modus Operandi” (MO), a complete profile generated and a confidence value assigned based on possible “crime signatures” established.

Higher valued were assigned to people with strong serial relationships with their computers and online resources, as opposing to those who infrequently used them, or consistently repeated the same activities over time. “A strong serial relationship”, McKenney says, “is one where a person’s behavior is expressed with technology, not only day-to-day activities performed such as emailing friends or checking an account balance, but fantasies expressed – similar that $ 3000 HD 3D TV sitting in my Amazon Wish List, or my travel alerts for St. Thomas.

The current security culture tends to focus on “one off” crimes of opportunity such on stealing Facebook credentials, making money transfers or stealing debit/credit card information as the threat. It also consistently tells us that the future will be better; that security and application vendors are getting better at correcting problems and fixing security issues; that over time security vendors will get breaking at protecting computer owners.

The Daily Safety Check ™, investigative describe says otherwise. In fact, it provides evidence that once a computer is “owned” by a botnet, future anti-virus “updates” system and application patches and fixes do not provide substantial benefits to a consumer. In fact they often give the owner a false feel of security, leading to a higher compromise rate.

“Emphasis is the current computer security market is on preventing an intrusion,” says McKenney, “but there is little that users can do once their infected, unless they are monitoring for cyber-attacks.” Daily Safety Check ™, provides daily monitoring and real time updates of threats against cyber attacks, and alerts network administrators of weaknesses in user security.

For more information contact Jim McKenney, MBA, CISA, CISM, GSNA, GPEN at info(at)dailysafetycheck(dot)com.

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