As technology drastically changes from year to year, it may be overwhelming to keep up with the latest trends or advances. However, with an efficient cloud-based, tablet point-of-sale (POS) solution, you will not only streamline your restaurant's business practices, but also see a boost in revenue through an improved way of interacting with your customers. 

Many smaller restaurants and businesses have been reluctant thus far to adopt cloud-based solutions due to concerns about the security of their data and information. However, Tim Harmon, a principal analyst at Forrester Research Inc., explained to The Wall Street Journal that these concerns will lessen as many owners realize their information may be safer on a vendor's servers than "on a hard drive in the back of your store."

Restaurateurs may also be wary due to fears that the new system may not be reliable during peak business hours. Yet this is often more about a restaurant's own network bandwidth than the actual tablet or app. Restaurants considering a POS for the first time should make sure they have a secure private wireless network with sufficient square foot coverage and plenty of extra bandwidth segmented for dedication to operating their many connected devices, from tablets to kitchen printers. Get more than you think you need. When your restaurant is packed and every customer is on their mobile device you will be glad you did. 

"Cloud-based technology is constantly updated, meaning that whilst restaurants that are implementing this technology are reaping the benefits and learning about new and exciting features, whereas restaurants that remain in the past are missing out," RMagazine writes. "A cloud-based tablet POS also has the benefit of being able to integrate many features for your restaurant service, including loyalty programs, email marketing and rewards systems."

If your restaurant is seeking to make the transition to a Restaurant Tablet POS for your iPad & Apple devices, we recommend that you download the ARMS POS demo available on the App Store. Compared to other restaurant tablet POS systems on the market with similar features costing hundreds of dollars a month, you get unlimited devices, users and transactions for a flat monthly fee of only $39!