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Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Live Cast: Learn why PDI is investing $100M in R&D and what it means for you.
Over the past year, PDI has requested feedback from customers and many have asked us to increase our reliability as a technology partner that consistently delivers operational excellence. This week, we're directly addressing that need by announcing the next generation of PDI solutions to help you transform your business and elevate your customer experience.
Please join us on June 8 for a Live Cast featuring PDI CEO Jimmy Frangis to learn what this means for you. You can sign up for a Live Cast notification at www.pdisoftware.com/spark.
- PDI Spark Live Cast
- Tuesday, June 8, 2021
- 10:30 AM ET (9:30 AM CT and 7:30 AM PT)
PDI is committed to this strategic mission.
Over the next five years, PDI plans to invest more than $100 million in R&D to accelerate product integration, increase our support capabilities, and deliver a frictionless customer experience. During the Live Cast, Jimmy will outline the PDI vision and the specific actions we’re taking to help your business thrive.
PDI Innovation Connects the Convenience and Petroleum Industry Ecosystem
ATLANTA – May 25, 2021 (PR NEWSWIRE) – PDI (www.pdisoftware.com), a global provider of leading software to the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale industries, announced today that it intends to invest over $100 million during the next five years to fuel innovation, improve customer experiences, and connect the industry’s software ecosystem—delivering new solutions that propel the entire industry forward.
“PDI has been strengthening its portfolio, bringing together enhancements that use real-time data and connectivity software that are foundational for the ongoing success of this industry,” said Rohit Mehra, vice president, Network Infrastructure at IDC. “They are well-equipped to create pervasive and connected user experiences that will help customers scale securely.”
PDI recognizes the challenges operators face due to lack of time, resources, automation, and tools to deliver on-demand insights. New solutions, tighter integration, and faster innovation are PDI’s top priorities. Notable recent updates include:
- PDI Security Platform: Simplify managing, monitoring, and protecting businesses against cyberthreats.
- Fuel Pricing Data Integrations: Leverage real-time data to automate daily tasks and improve pricing strategies.
- Delivery Platform APIs: Integrate order-ahead and delivery partners, like Vroom Delivery, and allow products to automatically update from the PDI Pricebook.
- Newly formed Innovation Group: Early releases, like Load Board, provide on-demand freight exchange between a company and its carriers, allowing carriers to view or bid on loads based on eligibility.
PDI customers are already leveraging the new technology. Leading petrol retailer Applegreen, with operations in Europe and the U.S., relies on PDI for its ERP, Fuel Pricing, and Security solutions. “The fuel market has been particularly challenging this year, and more than ever we need tools to deliver on our ‘low fuel prices, always’ promise to our customers,” said Lee O’ Connor, head of Retail Fuel and Analytics, Applegreen, Ireland. “PDI’s Fuel Pricing solution has been easy to integrate and implement with our existing systems and provides insight into price fluctuations, helping deliver on our promise.”
“Creating a more seamless customer experience and making it easier to do business with PDI is a priority,” said Jimmy Frangis, CEO, at PDI. “We’re heavily investing in our people and software to help our customers bring convenience and energy to the world.”
Frangis will share PDI’s innovation strategy during the “Spark: Powering Possibilities” Live Cast on June 8, 2021, at 10:30am EDT.
Learn more at pdisoftware.com/spark.
About PDI:
Professional Datasolutions, Inc. (PDI) software helps businesses and brands increase sales, operate more efficiently and securely, and improve critical decision-making. Since 1983, PDI has proudly served the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale industries. Over 1,500 companies, representing more than 200,000 locations worldwide, count on PDI’s solutions and expertise to deliver convenience and energy to the world. For more information about PDI, visit www.pdisoftware.com.
Media Contact:
Erin Farrell Talbot, Farrell Talbot Consulting, Inc.
erin@farrelltalbot.com
917-232-9309
Friday, April 16, 2021
PDI Security Solutions
Good day. I am Joe Gaeta, a Strategic Sales Representative with PDI Security Solutions. We provide purpose-built security solutions for highly-distributed enterprises. Our solutions are built to unify control with a robust security platform, security appliance, and managed security services. We give businesses the ability to connect, secure, monitor, and scale their environment and protect their data and assets.
Leading the way with our Extended Detection and Response (XDR) service, we make it possible for our customers to rest easy knowing that their business is compliant and agile across all locations and applications.Contact me today to learn more. Or, you can schedule a meeting with me here.
Friday, December 18, 2020
PDI Acquires Cybera and ControlScan Managed Security Services, Expanding into Cloud Security
The company will deliver cybersecurity and networking solutions to multi-site store operators with highly distributed enterprises.
December 18, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PDI (http://www.pdisoftware.com), a global provider of leading enterprise software solutions to the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale industries, announced today that it has acquired Cybera Inc. and ControlScan Managed Security Services (MSS); both are leading providers of managed security solutions to protect customers against cybersecurity threats. The acquisition complements PDI’s existing industry-focused cloud product strategy, bringing customers a fully managed, cloud-based network security solution.
“Security is becoming increasingly important in our industry as many businesses embrace their own digital transformation and deploy more in-store applications and edge devices,” said Jimmy Frangis, CEO at PDI. “We are excited to add these industry-leading solutions from Cybera and ControlScan MSS to our portfolio. We look forward to welcoming their teams, and together we can serve our customers’ needs now and in the future.”
In addition to a growing network of mission-critical applications, this industry has seen a surge in IoT data from the proliferation of edge devices such as POS systems, payments, tank gauges, digital displays and self-service kiosks that capture data and serve as a potential threat vector for would-be cyberattacks. Securing those networks and devices, particularly where distributed enterprises have limited IT staff, is critical to ensure customer trust and loyalty to the brands and locations they operate.
With today’s announcement, PDI expands its global reach and enters the cloud security and software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) space, creating a new line of business called PDI Security Solutions. PDI will be providing convenience retailers, quick-service restaurants (QSR) and other multi-site operators with proven technology and expertise to protect their data, applications, systems and customer experience. Cybera and ControlScan MSS have spent years building their domain expertise, and together will combine to bring:
- Leading, purpose-built security solutions and managed security services to help customers secure their enterprise and consumer experience
- Significant experience serving a variety of customers, from global companies to small business operators
- A unified goal of simplifying the complexity of managing, monitoring and protecting distributed enterprises against cyber threats
“Combining our innovative solutions, teams and expertise with PDI’s proven offerings and commitment to delivering great customer service is a natural fit. We’re excited to be a part of PDI,” said Andrew Lev, CEO at Cybera.
“We look forward to joining PDI and delivering best-in-class managed security services to businesses around the world. As a unified team, we will protect and defend our customers against today’s most significant cybersecurity threats,” said Mark Carl, CEO at ControlScan.
Jefferies LLC and Raymond James Financial Inc. served as exclusive financial advisors to Cybera and ControlScan respectively in connection with the transaction.
About PDI
Professional Datasolutions, Inc. (PDI) helps convenience retailers and petroleum wholesalers thrive through digital transformation and enterprise software that enables them to grow topline revenue, optimize operations and unify their business across the entire value chain. Over 1,500 customers in more than 200,000 locations worldwide count on our leading ERP, logistics, fuel pricing and marketing cloud solutions to provide insights that increase volume, margin and customer loyalty. PDI owns and operates the Fuel Rewards® loyalty program that is consistently ranked as a top-performing fuel savings program year after year. For more than 35 years, our comprehensive suite of solutions and unmatched expertise have helped customers of any size reimagine their enterprise and deliver exceptional customer experiences. For more information about PDI, visit www.pdisoftware.com.
Contacts
Cederick Johnson, PDI
+1 254.410.7600
cjohnsn@pdisoftware.com
