IRG delivers next-generation broadband-powered applications and services to retailers and other multi-site organizations across North America.

BETHESDA, MD, April 24, 2013 – Industry Retail Group, Inc. (IRG), a leading provider of retail-centric broadband-based applications and services, recently hosted a round-table discussion with retail leaders and offered their insights into why multi-site retail chains are gravitating toward IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) networks and away from MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) networks. IRG offers both network topologies and will design, implement, and manage either, depending on the customer’s specific needs.

MPLS can be delivered over broadband services like Ethernet, T1 or DSL connection, and is used to create private Layer 3 networks to efficiently implement flow control, traffic shaping, or queuing in support of differential service on the network. Gabriel Martinez, IRG’s Chief Technology Officer stated, “Both MPLS and IPSec have inherent strengths. As retailers set out to change the in-store customer experience, the demand on the communication infrastructure to support feature-rich applications changes as well. Thus, costly T1 access no longer satisfies the need for speed and performance. With the exploding prevalence of super-high-speed and low-cost access technologies, that bottleneck is removed. Customers now have a tremendous amount of flexibility and portability with other topologies that can take better advantage of this new wave of network enablers, such as IPSec VPNs.”

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The company required a solution that delivered both simplicity and scalability. MCF Tech addressed the challenge of connecting distributed field staff and resources with real-time collaboration.

Cleveland, OH – March 22, 2013

MCF Technology Solutions, a leading developer of platform-based technology solutions for companies worldwide, including the Fortune 50, announced its selection by L’Oréal Professionnel Canada to create a cloud-based tracking system for field staff and resources.

L’Oréal Professionnel Canada needed a way to manage resources and schedules for educational and training sessions held in its salons and other venues across Canada. The educational and training sessions are key to the company’s growth, so it needed to improve productivity in this division. About 75 field staff had been manually tracking these events using a spreadsheet system. By nature, the spreadsheet system did not allow for collaboration or real-time updates, which cause scheduling conflicts and misinformation.

Alain LaRoche, Director of Professional Development, shared, “Getting our solution from MCF Tech was so easy. They understood our challenges and delivered the functionality we needed. It’s simple, accurate, and dramatically increases our efficiency in this division.”

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The company is exhibiting for the sixth straight year, where it will also showcase its Second Generation Vault Project Management Portal.

Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) January 11, 2013

Industry Retail Group, Inc. (IRG), a leading provider of retail-centric broadband-based applications and services, announced the debut of its new SecureView, Cloud Security and Analytics for Retailers. The company will hold product demonstrations at the 2013 National Retail Federation’s 102nd Annual Convention and Expo — Retail’s Big Show. The Expo will take place from January 13-16 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

The company has offered the SecureView product for several years, however, the technology, hardware, and resulting business intelligence are completely new, making this in nearly every respect, a brand new product.

Utilizing a new or existing broadband connection, IRG will deliver a technologically-advanced, cost-effective security solution tailored to the retail environment. SecureView Cloud Security and Analytics not only promotes the safety of retail associates, facilities, and other assets, it helps to mitigate losses and risks. As an added competitive advantage, this new solution being offered by IRG can leverage the video data to perform customer behavioral analysis, providing traffic and statistical data for a retailer’s marketing efforts.

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