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A very happy New Year! For the IT industry, the association between January and its mythological inspiration, the Roman deity Janus, is fitting, summoning up as it does, images of gateways, portals, and new beginnings. Moreover, Janus was frequently used to symbolize change and transitions such as the progression of past to future, of one condition to another, and of one vision to another with an ability to see both forwards and backwards at the same time. This seasonal dichotomy is reflected in this edition of Logic Matters. We look ahead to the future with The Logic Group exhibiting at the forthcoming Retail Business Show; launching Smart-TPS, a new end-to-end card processing service; working with the insurance sector to ensure PCI-DSS compliance; introducing new members of the sales and consultancy teams; and predicting key industry themes for 2007. Our future is necessarily shaped by our past, however, and we also talk about the replacement for communications networks within our Managed Services offering; we consider our loyalty and insight capability; we assess the benefits for our procurement of third party services in enabling outsourcing; we feature purchasing cards; and finally, analyze our predictions for 2006.
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The Logic Group Today |
Who is The Logic Group and what does it do? As established partners and clients, you may think you know all about us. But here, we set out our stall for the year ahead: letting you know what you, as valued customers, can expect from us; where we’re going, and what we are doing to meet needs in the market over the next twelve months and in the future.
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PCI DSS Compliance: Impacting Insurance
With the deadline for the grace period for the introduction of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) rapidly approaching, Mark McMurtrie, Marketing Director at The Logic Group, gives an overview of the implications for the insurance sector, and what needs to be done to ensure compliance.
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Replacing X.25: Improved Communications Networks
As multi-channel retailing becomes the norm, most existing networks simply cannot respond fast enough to cope with rapidly-changing business requirements or offer the resilience required to support these challenges. The Logic Group is launching a new secure IP based managed communications infrastructure to replace old legacy X.25 networks which can enable business consolidation and future growth.
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Consultancy is King: Global Procurement and Outsourcing
Outsourcing is a key strategy for achieving improved service and cost effectiveness. Businesses are increasingly looking for ways to increase their performance, profitability and competitiveness. For companies seeking to gain and maintain competitive advantage; operate more efficiently without surrendering productivity; and to enable their overstretched workforce to concentrate solely on core business, the benefits and value of outsourcing are legion. The Logic Group has global experience in transformational outsourcing.
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8. Curb Your Costs: the Benefits of Purchasing Cards
In North America, purchasing cards create in excess of $28 million in cost savings on an annual basis. Purchasing cards enable companies to minimise the amount of manpower required to undertake some purchasing and accounts payable activities. It facilitates the tracking of supplier spending compliance and eliminates the need for petty cash. Recognising the potential for purchasing cards within the UK, The Logic Group has developed the first ever three-in-one product for Visa, MasterCard and American Express.
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9. The New Face of Sales and Consultancy
In the last quarter, The Logic Group has welcomed key new personnel to bolster its sales team and to offer specialist consultants with high-level expertise of enabling PCI DSS compliance. Here, we introduce you to the leading new faces.
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Business Predictions for 2007
The year ahead will witness a remarkable number of innovations, in terms of products and services which should inform or shape best practice as well as helping to improve business processes and implement cultural changes across industry sectors. The Logic Group looks forward to some of the key themes for 2007.
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11. You Heard It Here First…
This time last year, The Logic Group outlined a series of predictions for 2006; these included the challenges faced by the company, together with innovations which would change the way that both we and our clients and partners would do business over the last 12 months. Take a look at how prescient we were.
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