We are making several important changes to the next version of Patron Edge in an effort to meet PA-DSS rules . These changes are required in order for your organization to reach compliance with Payment Card Industry standards and continue to process credit cards. Patron Edge and Patron Edge Online will...

The PEO Labs series brings you information or advice on items that are geared towards users who can take high-level concepts or sample code and run with them. Please note that many of the things discussed are not supported. That doesn't mean that an item is a warranty-voider; it just means that the...

Sorry for not posting anything last week; I'll give you two great posts this week to make up for it! Patron Edge Online version 3.3.3 introduced a completely new, redesigned Administration site to organize things better and make running the site easier. One of the best new features is Favorites....

Patron Edge Online can be a double-edged sword when it comes to data entry. A user has the ability to enter his own address and phone information so that you don't have to try to track it down elsewhere later on, but when you don't enforce any kind of formatting standard, searching or reporting...

So you've loaded the latest SQL patches and Windows service packs, updated Patron Edge and PEO to the latest version and trimmed down transaction times , but your database just can't keep up with you. Before going out and buying a brand new, top-of-the-line server for your database, try some...

Firefox , the greatest of the modern browsers, released version 3 of their product just about four hours ago and it has already been downloaded nearly 3 million (million!) times. It's more secure, prettier, faster and smarter than anything else out there (yes, even you Safari). I encourage all of...

The PEO Labs series brings you information or advice on items that are geared towards users who can take high-level concepts or sample code and run with them. Please note that many of the things discussed are not supported. That doesn't mean that an item is a warranty-voider; it just means that the...

I know, I know, my posting frequency has dropped off a bit in the last couple of weeks. I've been a little swamped and unable to write as much as I'd like. I haven't forgotten about you though! Things are settling back down and I want to get back to my two or three a week schedule, but I...

One of the easiest things you can do to protect your organization online is to ensure the security of your Patron Edge Online Administration site. I bring this up because the majority of Admin sites that I have seen are not well-protected. While an attacker wouldn’t be able to get credit card numbers...

The PEO Labs series brings you information or advice on items that are geared towards users who can take high-level concepts or sample code and run with them. Please note that many of the things discussed are not supported. That doesn't mean that an item is a warranty-voider; it just means that the...