How do you know when an industry is ripe for a shake-up? It could be when market growth stagnates, end customers lose sight of the value, or the entire ecosystem is broken by new players with new technology. That type of revolution is currently underway in the mobile payment industry.
Tags: Banking // Disruptive Technology // Finance // Mobile Payment
Using WhatsApp as a company poses problems when it comes to the German Data Protection Act, because contacts from the user’s cell phone are transferred to WhatApp’s servers. Corporate users of the service could be held liable (accompanied by significant monetary penalties!), because they are aware of this. Attorneys therefore unanimously recommend not using WhatsApp for professional purposes.
Tags: Compliance // Customer Communication // Data Protection // Enterprise SMS // IT-Security
With less and less people utilizing traditional home phones, the expense of hiring live phone bank operators, and fewer people actually answering their phones, isn’t there a better way to contact interested voters and leave the remainder of us in peace?
Tags: election campaigns // Enterprise SMS // political messaging // Text messages
Les exigences nationales en termes d’identification d’expéditeurs sont très différentes d’un pays à l’autre. C’est pourquoi les entreprises doivent prendre en compte quelques points importants.
Tags: Absenderkennung // Enterprise SMS // Long Code // Sender ID // Short Code
Florian Frick is named the new General Counsel of the Retarus Group. He will advise Retarus’ senior management on all strategic issues regarding international law and regulatory provisions, as well as compliance requirements.
Tags: Florian Frick // General Counsel
If the dunning process does not work, the result is defaults on payments that can quickly have a negative impact on the liquidity of a company. Retarus’ Cloud SMS Services offer companies a quick way to send their late-paying customers a payment reminder by SMS.
Tags: Dunning process // Enterprise SMS // payment reminder
In today’s age, IT challenges faced with a single sourced vendor approach, can lead to significant complications. Like many examples in recent history, such as the Financial Crisis, having no backup plan or limited knowledge can results in costly solutions. Diversification in today’s unsettled market is the framework for ensuring operations during difficult times.
Tags: CLoud Computing // Contingency Planning // IDG // IT strategy
Did you know, PCI DSS Regulations are changing and are due to be in effect as early as June 30th, 2016? With the deadline quickly approaching, what should organizations do to ensure continuing compliance with PCI and information security?
Tags: Compliance // IT-Security // PCIDSS // Regulations
The winkler Group is one of the leading wholesalers for commercial vehicle spare parts in Europe. To keep in communication with an extremely mobile and fast-paced industry, the company has opted in favor of the messaging platform Retarus WebExpress
Tags: Customer Communication // Marketing // Retarus WebExpress // winkler
As of now, Retarus is one of the signatories of the German Charter of Digital Networking (Charta der digitalen Vernetzung), a voluntary entrepreneurial initiative that was set up as part of the « National IT Summit » of the German government. The Charter’s objective is to establish a common platform for dialog between business, science, politics, and civil society.
Tags: Charter of Digital Networking // digital transformation // entrepreneurial initiative