After the great economic downturn of 2008, it’s no secret that businesses across the nation have significantly tightened their belts. In the slow recovery that the economy has experienced, businesses have kept a watchful eye on spending habits. Many businesses have found that by cutting spending, they can keep more employees and even become more…
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Crystal Reports is one of the most popular environments in the business market today. Companies across the globe utilize the power of Crystal Reports to generate reports from a multitude of data sources, providing immeasurable insight in terms of business analysis, strategic planning, inventory control, and much more. Crystal Reports is also one of the…
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iReport Designer is an open-source report designer that can be used with Jaspersoft Corporation’s JasperReports and JasperReports Server. iReports Designer allows users to design complex, sophisticated layouts that can include a range of valuable elements, from charts, crosstabs, and images as well. One little-known, but very valuable feature is the environment’s ability to utilize a…
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A customer recently came to us with questions about integrating barcode technology in an elementary school lunch program. Barcodes are an excellent way to cut down on human error and are also great for the first-line defense against the theft of important information like numbers, addresses, and other data that may otherwise appear on an…
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Back in September, the Food and Drug Administration announced new labeling requirements for medical devices. Although many manufacturers and other businesses in the medical devices field will have some work to do in preparation for the mandates, it is thought that the inclusion of a unique device identifier (UDI) for each product will be a…
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By now, business owners understand that the best way to increase revenue is to engage customers and make it as easy as possible for them to complete a purchase, stay informed, or complete some other goal of value to the business. The Internet has been a phenomenal tool for businesses to connect with consumers and…
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The FDA’s new Unique Device Identifier (UDI) system was established on September 24, 2013, to increase the safety of medical devices in the healthcare industry while also minimizing the costs of sharing the necessary data through a new, publicly accessible Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID). This new system will allow the healthcare industry to…
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August saw the release of IDAutomation’s highly anticipated FileMaker Pro Plugin, a new font encoder tool that allows barcode generation from fonts in FileMaker. This powerful encoder is included in the Font and Encoder packages for Data Matrix and PDF417, and will soon be included in the font packages for QR Code as well. Initially…
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Security is an important concern on the internet, not only for companies that have E-Commerce and websites intended to engage and interact with users, but also for web surfers who seek out the community or other valuable content online. If a website is not properly secured, then any data that is communicated between the website…
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Business owners and other decision-makers are constantly evaluating products and processes to determine whether they would be a good fit for their business. If a proposed new process or component can provide benefits to a business in terms of increases in production or efficiency or lower operational costs, then it is likely that the process…
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