Vertical Markets

The following section offers current information about vertical markets across the spectrum, including Education, Hospitality, Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing and more. Resellers, business partners, dealers, and integrators can search various topics, such as communications, networking, physical security and AIDC.

ScanSource welcomes new vendors to our 2012 Healthcare VAR Source program!

by Nathan Lord January 30, 2012 Healthcare

ScanSource has had its Healthcare VAR Source program in place for more than 2 years. The program is dedicated to the healthcare vertical and how it relates to our vendors and reseller partners. Participation and support from our vendors has been key to the success of the program, and we’re thrilled that we have added [...]

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Health IT: Not Just For The Big Guys

by Nathan Lord December 13, 2011 Healthcare

Recently, our friends at Healthcare Technology Online released their “Community Hospital Health IT Road Map” edition containing great information specific to smaller market healthcare facilities. They kick it off with a letter from the editor, Ken Congdon, about the state of healthcare and how it affects everyone, not just the big healthcare facilities. Whether it’s [...]

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Mobile Devices in Healthcare: How is the money being spent?

by Nathan Lord November 17, 2011 Healthcare

Typically I like to track down a good infographic, or an article with a lot of graphs and pictures, because I’m a pretty visual learner (which is the professional way of saying I don’t like to read). So I pretty regularly go search the web for different healthcare topics trying to find something that dumbs [...]

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Improving Quality of Patient Care with Mobile Health Solutions

by Nathan Lord October 20, 2011 Healthcare

Recently, prior to our POS & Barcoding Partner Conference in Nashville, TN, we held a healthcare/government event to focus on some specific topics in these verticals. This gave our resellers an opportunity to check out some of the healthcare products that our vendor partners have to offer, as well as gain valuable information from some [...]

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4 Benefits of a Self-Checkout Solution from NCR

by Thomas Peery October 18, 2011 AIDC

In recent weeks, two regional US grocery chains have announced they are removing self-checkout from their store locations.  Both retailers indicated they are removing self-checkout in order to provide better customer service. These announcements have created quite a buzz among the media and internet world. The articles that have resulted are mixed but the overall message [...]

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Learn how to penetrate the state and local government market

by Katharine Peery October 4, 2011 Government

Recently the Government Source and Healthcare VAR Source teams hosted an event for a small group of resellers that have a focus in the government and/or healthcare vertical markets.  This event included an expo with several key vendors, as well as presentations from leaders in government and healthcare sales.  Please take a moment to view [...]

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Insights From SLED Decision Makers – Cisco Survey Reveals!

by Cory Patrick September 29, 2011 Government

Cisco is committed to supporting and providing secure, reliable solutions for local government and education customers as part of their SLED initiative. As part of that focus, Cisco recently conducted a study with decision makers from local governments and smaller education institutions (K-12 and higher education) to reveal the priorities and buying behaviors prevalent in [...]

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Infographic: Digital Healthcare: Where are we now?

by Nathan Lord September 6, 2011 Healthcare

Recently, Iron Mountain Inc, a world leader in information management services, conducted a survey and generated a pretty interesting infographic about how 200 healthcare facilities are scanning paper patient records and what their plans are moving forward. Check out some of their findings.

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Bridging the Gap Between Technology, Business and Education

by Mark Morgan August 29, 2011 Business

Education is the critical path to creating higher paying jobs, and ultimately, more rewarding opportunities.  What role should ScanSource and our partners play in helping to spur this economic growth?  Chris Rezendes outlines the surprising rewards for vendors, resellers, and ISVs who invest in technology, education and training in their local communities.

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Break into the government market with Motorola Solutions and ScanSource

by Jimmi Leigh Griffin August 25, 2011 Government

Right now is a great time to break into the government market, but it can be challenging if you’ve never sold into this space before.  Motorola Solutions and ScanSource have plenty of tools to help you get started.  Below are some great resources to help answer your questions about selling to government agencies or to [...]

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