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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago

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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago

The Third Week of February 2017

Wanted to give some upgrades on where we're at with some of our new video and blog series.  Starting today and then running every Saturday for the next 7 weeks is our "The Ins and Outs of Leasing" which will premier on "Better Call Art" and YouTube (then moved to this site).  Please like and subscribe to be alerted to new content as it drops.

50 Copiers in 50 Days is on hold just because I haven't had the time to finish. I'll be pushing this off until the 2nd quarter of this year.  Please PM or email me if you would like o be involved.

Enjoy These Incredible Copier Threads from 5 years Ago This Week!

Konica Minolta Production Printing Users Group Announces First Global Conference

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LANGENHAGEN, Germany — February 17, 2017 — PROKOM, the independent community of Konica Minolta production printing users, has today announced its first global conference that will give members from all over the globe a ‘hands-on’ opportunity to network, learn and grow their business in a multi-channel world. The Power of PROKOM conference in Vienna, Austria, from May 10-12, 2017, is being sponsored by Konica Minolta and will be “packed with industry-leading keynote speakers.” PROKOM, Konica
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Re: Who Would be a Viable Buyer for Toshiba Tec

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I will keep my ears peeled to the rumor mill to see if Kyocera is kicking dirt about this. Looks like Kyocera is getting votes but I just don't see it. Just my thought.
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Re: Who Would be a Viable Buyer for Toshiba Tec

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Same answer, none of the above. Toshiba Tec (TTEC) is an independent corporation from Toshiba Corp. TTEC has already disclosed its financial results on February 7, 2017 with shows significant improvement and increased operating profit compared to last year. With approximately $494,000,000 in net cash, TTEC Group is in good financial positioning. See similar sentiment from Industry Analyst and open letter from Toshiba America (TABS) president. http://industryanalysts.com/to...2E%3d_cebid=101
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New user-friendly Ricoh printers deliver high quality output in eco-friendly small footprint

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application helps today's mobile workforce connect to the devices for quick and easy printing directly from their smart device, and the standard web browser allows access to critical information directly from the web. The RICOH SP C840DN and RICOH SP C842DN – which print at 45 ppm and 60 ppm, respectively – leverage Ricoh's Workstyle Innovation Technology to help users easily, quickly and reliably print needed documents. Customizable menus, document presets and mobile device connectivity help
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Re: Ricoh and Canon Pull Printing Success?

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Thank for the feedback guys. Hearing similar info outside of this forum: Canon AA Print has been great for those selling it, haseven helped one secure business...and that Ricoh solution works, butmay not be seeing same level of success...
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New EFI Fiery Digital Front End Powers High-performance Ricoh Production Printers

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, finishing, scanning and late-stage editing; A connection to Fiery Navigator™, a cloud-based digital print management platform for Fiery Driven digital production presses; Powerful integration to EFI Productivity Suites to establish certified, end-to-end workflows. “ The RICOH Pro 8200 series empowers printers to produce a wide variety of applications very quickly and efficiently ,” said John Fulena, Vice President, Production Printing Business Group, Ricoh USA, Inc. “ The new EFI Fiery EB-34 DFE helps
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New user-friendly Ricoh printers deliver high quality output in eco-friendly small footprint

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Connector application helps today's mobile workforce connect to the devices for quick and easy printing directly from their smart device, and the standard web browser allows access to critical information directly from the web. The RICOH SP C840DN and RICOH SP C842DN – which print at 45 ppm and 60 ppm, respectively – leverage Ricoh's Workstyle Innovation Technology to help users easily, quickly and reliably print needed documents. Customizable menus, document presets and mobile device
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Dealer Warranty Program Insights & Feedback

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Hi All – Looking for any insights and feedback you guys have on warranty programs (esp. Canon, KM, Ricoh, Xerox). Specifically what's the typical program offerings/higher tier benefits , details and experience with claims/reimbursements , and especially benefits ofparts warranty (for example, hearing Canon is not great in parts, doesn’t cover some/all once installed). Putting together a summary on this and happy to share when complete (pls PM). Appreciate any and all details/experience. Thank
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Loffler Companies named to Elite 150 of CRN’s 2017 Managed Service Provider 500 (MSP500) list

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in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. Recognized as the number one Minnesota Canon copier dealer , the top Konica Minolta dealer covering Minnesota and Western Wisconsin, as well as an HP Elite Partner dealer, Loffler’s 485 employees work hard every day to exceed the expectations of clients, partners and the community. In addition, Loffler is one of the top 10 Canon and Konica Minolta dealers in the country, a Konica Minolta bizhub PRO specialist and Konica Minolta Pro-Tech Certified (top 2% in
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New Ricoh MFP series offers advanced applications and features at an affordable price point

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. New black-and-white models leverage the power of Ricoh's Workstyle Innovation Technology, offering advanced capabilities to help enhance customer productivity MALVERN, Pa. , Feb. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced a new black-and-white multifunction printer (MFP) series that combines flexible information sharing capabilities with raw processing power and print speed. Aimed to affordably drive productivity and efficiency in today's new world of work, the RICOH MP 2555

Canon Australia announces clean sweep of BLI’s across the Wide Format Printer Category

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Canon Australia is proud to announce the latest string of BLI wins in the world of wide format. 1. 2017 Wide Format Line Of The Year Award 2. Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-2000/PRO-4000 Series - Outstanding Professional Photo and Fine Art Wide-Format Printer Series, Winter 2017 3. Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-4000S/PRO-6000S Series - Outstanding Poster and Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-6000S Series Indoor Signage Wide-Format Printer Series, Winter 2017 BLI’s coveted Line of the Year designation is awarded once a
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My Two Cents on Toshiba and Toshiba Tec

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headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Stop the fracking madness! "Copier Group up 17% on news". Maybe we need to call this "fake news"! The headline is eluding to the fact that the Copier Group is up 17%. IT IS NOT, it's the entire Toshiba Tec. I just checked the stock TSHTY and yes the stock for Toshiba Tec has performed well in recent weeks. Toshiba Tec was up 17% which encompasses all of the products that they manufacturer and support. NOT just copiers! What Will the Future Hold for Toshiba Corp
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Re: Selling Price Alone, Whats the Problem with Reps, Sales Managers and Dealers

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I thought about commenting on that discussion, but decided not to... Here is my $0.02. Pricing is important. We are selling a commodity. It's a copier... People don't care about it unless it breaks... Most of our customers are small to medium businesses. They want something that prints, copies, scans and faxes in colour. They don't give two ****s about workflows. If they want a workflow, they are not going to contact a copier company for that! Software, workflows and PDF editing software are
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New RICOH Healthcare Administrative Solutions smooth, streamline revenue cycle for health systems of all sizes

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, enhance sustainability and boost business growth. These include document management systems, IT services, production print solutions, visual communications systems, digital cameras, and industrial systems. Headquartered in Tokyo , Ricoh Group operates in approximately 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2016 , Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,209 billion yen (approx. 19.6 billion USD ). For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com © 2017 Ricoh USA , Inc
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Canon, a Leading Healthcare Solutions Provider, Helps Customers Realize Essential Actions for Healthcare Transformation at HIMSS 2017

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actions needed for transformation while considering information exchange requirements under Meaningful Use. While experiencing the high-quality imaging and productivity enhancing solutions that earned Canon a 2017 Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) PaceSetter award for Healthcare in the Hospital Networks category and learning why the brand was recognized by survey respondents as a top shared printer/MFP brand in hospitals 1 , visitors can also attend presentations from Canon collaborators, including Box
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3 Ways A Servant Led Mindset Helps Sales Reps Crush Quota

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truly want to get to know your clients and prospects then take the sales hat off, roll up your sleeves and engage in healthy conversation. Here lies the issue - How many sales reps have truly meaningful conversations with their clients outside of the selling process? The best sales reps know how to bring conversation out in the open. It is about uncovering the conversation your client or prospect is having with themselves. In doing so this enables open and honest communication to what is really
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Re: Kyocera TASKalpha 5002i vs Ricoh MP 5054SP side by side comparison

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You did a comparison of Kyocera TASKalpha 5002i vs Ricoh MP 5055SP comparison--but this says 5054. 5054 doesn't have emergency print but the 5055 does? Or did the #s get mixed up (5054, 5055) ?
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Re: Kyocera TASKalpha 5002i vs Ricoh MP 5054SP side by side comparison

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JeffR posted: You did a comparison of Kyocera TASKalpha 5002i vs Ricoh MP 5055SP comparison--but this says 5054. 5054 doesn't have emergency print but the 5055 does? Or did the #s get mixed up (5054, 5055) ? This has been corrected. The Ricoh equipment is the MP 5054SP and there is no emergency print available for that device. There is no emergency print available for the 5055SP either.
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Sharp on track for 1st pretax profit in 3 years

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OSAKA -- Sharp said on Friday it will likely post a group net loss of 27.1 billion yen ($239 million) for the year through March, far smaller than the 37.2 billion yen loss it previously forecast. On a pretax basis, the Japanese electronics manufacturer expects to post its first group profit in three years, at 9.9 billion yen. The previous year, Sharp logged a loss of 192.4 billion yen. The company maintained its full-year sales forecast at 2.05 trillion yen, down 17% on the year. read the rest
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Better Buys Handpicks the imageRUNNER ADVANCE 8500 Series as One of the Year's Most Innovative Products

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and general manager, Business Imaging Solutions Group, Canon U.S.A. , Inc. "Canon strives to provide customers with the latest print technology designed to meet their changing needs. With a strong feature set and a solutions platform that provides consistency and coherence across our imageRUNNER ADVANCE line, we are proud to offer our customers with outstanding dependability with options such as the imageRUNNER ADVANCE 8500 Series." Built upon the reliable performance of the Canon's award
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Re: Xerox WorkCentre 5955 vs Ricoh MP 5055SP side by side comparison

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I had to delete and correct the this document. I have to do some corrections on the others also. Old Glory asked. "what is emergency print?" Emergency print is only available with the Ricoh CW2201SP. Explanation below Also, in a situation where color ink unintentionally runs out, the intuitive Emergency Print feature ensures that you still receive your completed printed documents by automatically switching to precise black-and-white.
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Re: Ricoh Tier (ricotier) Color Page Cost?

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In the end, I got the deal by a wide margin pitching a single tier vs 3 tier pricing. I can only guess that the Kyocera dealer was over confident in the margins he thought that he could get. I had to give away the hardware on a publicly posted tender with a low, low cpc. Definitely, the customer was the big winner, not me

How Toshiba Lost $6 Billion

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Since its founding in 1873 as Japan’s first maker of telegraph equipment, Toshiba has survived a litany of challenges, from the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923, to having its factories bombed into rubble during World War II, to the drubbing of the Zune music player it co-developed with Microsoft. Now the conglomerate may be undone by four nuclear power plants under construction in the American South. Blown deadlines and budgets at the reactors in Georgia and South Carolina overseen by Toshiba’s
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PrintReleaf Certifies First Reforestation Project in the United States

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PrintReleaf Certifies First Reforestation Project in the United States Partnership with Trees, Water People activates first project in Pine Ridge, South Dakota PrintReleaf’s Certified Global Reforestation Partner, Trees, Water People [TWP], has activated the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation as PrintReleaf’s first US-based reforestation project . Located in South Dakota, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Wazí Aháŋhaŋ Oyáŋke in Lakota) is an Oglala Lakota Native American Reservation
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IBM and Ricoh Transform Corporate Meetings with Industry-First, Watson-Powered Interactive Whiteboards

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IBM and Ricoh have announced a major shakeup in the corporate meeting room with Ricoh's new cognitive-enabled interactive whiteboard which uses IBM's Watson intelligence and voice technologies to actively support people in meetings by responding to commands, taking notes and actions and even translating into other languages. The Intelligent Workplace Solution leverages IBM Watson IoT and Ricoh's easy-to-use interactive whiteboards to change the way teams meet and collaborate through new
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Quotas for Sales Reps

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I’m interested in, How often does your monthly quota increase? When your quota increases, does your base salary also increase?
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Re: Selling Price Alone, Whats the Problem with Reps, Sales Managers and Dealers

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I feel that the days of picking which customer type you choose to sell to are gone. It used to be that all I had to do was keep enough in my pipeline and I could hold the line on price and let the others fall. Anymore, I would starve if I only sold to those who appreciate my skills enough to pay a premium. Now I get revenue where I can even when there is no G.P. and I get G.P. where I can. Usually there are few sales inbetween.
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Re: Kyocera TASKalpha 5002i vs Ricoh MP 5054SP side by side comparison

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Corrected version, no emergency print available
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Re: Kyocera TASKalpha 5002i vs Ricoh MP 5055SP side by side comparison.pdf

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There is no emergency print available for this, please disregard. I will post corrected version soon
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Re: Selling Price Alone, Whats the Problem with Reps, Sales Managers and Dealers

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I feel the same way as well. How about everyone else? John, Larry, Jason, Mike, Bill?
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Re: Selling Price Alone, Whats the Problem with Reps, Sales Managers and Dealers

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There is constant pressure to hit your numbers to keep management off your back- the quotas keep rising and there is only so much business to spread around. Lots of reps hop around and bring their account base (and their former colleagues' accounts) so now there are multiple reps chasing the same account, and all have experience. Unless you are hitting a new market, product or adding incremental business to your client base, competition is always lurking, and the market is savvy.
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Re: The 4 Major Reasons Sales Managers Fail

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In my 25 years in this industry (14 as a manager and leader of people) I have made all of the mistakes referenced in this article. In my opinion the most damaging one to not only yourself and your team, but to your entire organization, is the communicating change the wrong way mistake. As a leader you must at all times be in unison with the goals and vision of the company that provides you your paycheck. Or, move along QUICKLY to an organization that better fits your core business beliefs...
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MSP's "FREE ASSESSMENTS" are you Kidding?

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Some Managed Service Providers believe that giving things away will lead to sales. Why do some Managed Service Providers give away technology assessments? Who was the consultant that charged these service providers a fee and then told them to give away their services? Or was this decision self-inflected? Are they convincing themselves a “free assessment” as an application process towards acquiring customers makes sense? Simple Answer It does not. It cost Cents and lots of them.Don't be the MSP
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Lexmark wins healthcare market leadership award from Buyers Lab

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and value/price. According to BLI, "Lexmark performed well in the Group Practices analysis thanks to its excellent lineup of A4 and A3 laser MFPs and printers that cover any need a doctor's office, clinic, or small hospital is likely to have." In fact, Lexmark recently won BLI's 2017 Color Printer/MFP Line of the Year award . BLI also recognized Lexmark's "unique document-centric solutions developed expressly for healthcare providers," such as the Lexmark Downtime Reports application, which
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Re: 3 Ways A Servant Led Mindset Helps Sales Reps Crush Quota

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Very nice Larry!
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Re: Quotas for Sales Reps

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Yearly quota increase... NO base salary increase.
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Re: Quotas for Sales Reps

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Same. Annual Quota Increase with no base salary increase. (Sell More Make More)
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Sparta Systems Enhances Document Management Solution

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management, the 123Compliance suite offers quality management processes as well as regulatory reporting . It is hosted on the secure Salesforce App Cloud, and is 21CFR Part 11 compliant to reduce the amount of time and resources needed to validate the solution. For more information on 123Compliance QMS software, visit www.spartasystems.com/123Compliance .
 
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MSP & MSSP & IT Industry Notes

IT, MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for Febraury 7th 2022

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Sponsored by

February 7th, 2022

Arcoa Group

Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense
Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this since 1989 and have the expertise, certifications, and nationwide resources to get the most for all your clients’ retired IT assets. Plus, positioning your clients as environmental stewards not only elevates their appeal to consumers, it meets government requirements and avoids fines.

What partnering with ARCOA looks like
Our role is to make it easy for you to bring more value to your clients. We work with you to help stretch your clients’ IT budget by reducing the total cost of ownership of their electronics. We’re experts at identifying and implementing the solutions your clients need for the end-of-use remarketing, recovery, and recycling of their technology assets. The sooner you involve ARCOA, the sooner you and your clients.

Xerox Acquires Canadian IT Services Provider, Powerland, to Grow Presence in IT Services Market

  • Xerox Holdings Corporation announced it has acquired Powerland for cash
  • Powerland is an IT services provider in Canada
  • Powerland offers technology solutions, hybrid cloud, cybersecurity and end-user computing solutions
  • Xerox acquired both ITEC Connect, a leader in IT services in the UK, and Digitex, an IT services provider in Canada, in March 2020
  • Xerox acquired Competitive Computing (C2), a Vermont based IT services company, in October 2021

LoadSpring Solutions Announces Promotion of Dr Asif Sharif to Managing Director as it ...

  • Announce the promotion of Dr Asif Sharif to Managing Director for LoadSpring Solutions Ltd
  • Asif will be heading EMEA Operations abroad
  • Eric Leighton, Chief Executive Officer of LoadSpring, says, “I am extremely excited to announce that Asif Sharif has been promoted to our first Managing Director for LoadSpring Solutions Ltd EMEA Operation
  • LoadSpring is a global cloud solutions provider offering managed cloud services

Datapac’s managed IT solution helps Special Olympics Ireland to go the distance

  • Announced that it has implemented a managed ICT solution and security upgrades for Special Olympic Ireland (SOI)
  • Long-term relationship between SOI and Datapac who, since 2006
  • Identified the need for a fully outsourced and integrated managed ICT solution to enable ongoing benefits to almost 8,000 athletes in 293 clubs nationwide
  • Reported on Irish Tech News

PrinterLogic security vulnerability

  • Headquartered in St. George, Utah, maker of print driver management in the cloud solutions
  • Issues detailed in Security Week magazine
  • Three “high risk bugs can be exploited to launch remote code execution attacks”
  • The company now offering patches to resolve the issues

What Is a Metaverse?

  • The Metaverse is a collective virtual open space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical and digital reality. It is physically persistent and provides enhanced immersive experiences.
  • Activities that take place in isolated environments (buying digital land and constructing virtual homes, participating in a virtual social experience, etc.) will eventually take place in the Metaverse.
  • The adoption of Metaverse technologies is still at an early stage, so business leaders should limit their investments there.

Zomentum Partners with CMIT Solutions to Scale Revenue for Managed IT Franchise Network

  • announced today a partnership agreement with Austin-based CMIT Solutions
  • CMIT Solutions is a provider of enterprise-level IT services to small and medium businesses through its network of nearly 200 franchises in the U.S. and Canada
  • Agreement means CMIT franchisees will benefit from the Zomentum sales acceleration application

Interface achieves 37% YoY Sales Growth

  • Reported a 37% increase in new sales bookings in 2021
  • Sales growth was primarily driven by a rapidly changing threat landscape for retail and restaurant chains

CoreStack and Maureen Data Systems Partner to Offer Cloud Governance for Managed ...

  • Announced a new partnership with Maureen Data Systems (MDS)
  • Companies will work together to deliver appreciable cost savings in multi-cloud environments with the power of CoreStack's NextGen FinOps solution
  • "With the growing cloud demand and the resulting complexity, it is impossible to manage multi-customer projects at scale with siloed teams, processes, and manual efforts," said Suren Singh, VP, Global Partnerships and Alliances at CoreStack
  • CoreStack is an AI-powered next generation multi-cloud governance solution

Lexmark has another security vulnerability

  • Lexmark, owned by Ninestar of China, has new security issues according to an article published in R.S.News
  • “allows hackers to executive arbitrary code on third-party printers”
  • Company apparently offering a bundled update to resolve the problems

Lexmark unveils new solutions

  • Lexmark is owned by Ninestar of China
  • Previewed new Cloud Scan Manager
  • Designed to automate the distribution of hardcopy documents
  • Scan and route into Microsoft One Drive or other cloud storage service
  • Cloud Scan Management provides scanning to MS One Drive and MS SharePoint
    o Scan files into folder that can be shared by remote employees
  • Cloud Service enhancements include dashboard cards and notifications on devices
  • Cloud Print Management for secure cloud based printing
  • Cloud Fleet Management for managing print device fleets


Codeproof Technologies Offers "Six Months Free" Mobile Device Management Software for ...

  • Announced a strategic business collaboration with Kyocera
  • Kyocera, a leading provider of ultra-rugged mobile solutions
  • Codeproof Technologies is offering a free six-month license for its mobile device management software to owners and new purchasers of Kyocera ultra-rugged smartphones

Crawford Technologies acquires Agilitech Solutions

  • Acquired Agilitech Solutions, a provider of document and web accessibility solution
  • Agilitech Solutions has been rebranded “CrawfordTech Government Solutions”
  • Newly formed CrawfordTech Government Solutions will offer document accessibility solutions for both transactional and static documents, along with production management, workflow automation, e-delivery and content services

IT Systems Engineer Wanted

Stratix Systems

IT Systems Engineer

King of Prussia, PA

Employer est.:$50K - $75K

IT Systems Engineer

MYOB's cloud focus continues with the acquisition of document management startup Nimbus

  • Reported on Starupdaily.net
  • Value of the deal was not revealed by MYOB
  • Australian-owned-and-operated document management service to its stable will allow MYOB to provide an integrated secure client portal tailored to the needs of accountants and practice managers

Lead for Managed IT Services in Mass

Salem NH Network Security/Support - Managed IT Solutions Startup Services Launch

  • updating services to provide the IT support and leadership small and mid-sized businesses

IT spending prediction for 2022

  • Research published by Gartner
  • Data center systems up 4.7%
  • Enterprise software up 11%
  • Business and technology consulting up 10%
  • Devices up 3.3%
  • IT services up 7.9%
  • Communication services up 1.3%

Cybersecurity Notes

  • Spokane Health District of Washington notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed
    after email phishing attack.
  • Welfare, Pension, and Annuity Funds of Local No. ONE I.A.T.S.E. of New York notified 20,579 patients
    that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
  • Loyola University Medical Center of Illinois notified 16,934 patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
  • Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital of Massachusetts notified 9,798 patients that their phi was exposed after email phishing attack.
  • Advent Health Partners of Nashville, TN notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
  • Caring Communities of Illinois notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed data breach.
  • Jefferson Health of Philadelphia, PA notified 9,095 patients that their PHI after cyber security incident.
  • Proofpoint published results of research on breaches caused by employees:
    • Insider threats cost organizations $15.4 billion per year
    • Increase of 34% since 2020
    • 56% caused by negligence
    • 26% caused by criminal insider activities
    • 18% caused by stolen credentials
  • - Instagram users are being targeted by hackers, where accounts are hijacked, and hackers are demandin ransom for users to regain control – report from ZDNet magazine.
  • Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic of Georgia notified 53,686 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
  • NYU Langone Health of New York notified 1,123 patients that their PHI was exposed after direct mailing error.
  • The YMCA of Charlotte, NC has notified an unknown number of members that their info was exposed after data breach
  • St. Lucie’s County Drug Screening of Florida notified 14,500 patients that their PHI was exposed after it was inadvertently left exposed on a publicly accessible website.
  • Griggsville-Perry School District of Pike County, IL notified an unknown number of students that their info
    was exposed after ransomware attack


  • Sea Mar Community Health Center of Washington notified 688,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
  • Pennsbury School District of Pennsylvania notified an unknown number of students that their info may have been exposed after cyber attack.
  • EyeMed agreed to pay $600,000 to settle litigation with state of New York regarding data breach that exposed PHI of 98,632 patients.
  • $8.5 billion worth of crypto currency was laundered by hackers in 2021 according to Chainanalysis.
  • Memorial Health System of Ohio now facing lawsuits after a breach that exposed PHI of 215,000 patients.
  • The FBI is warning organizations in the U.S. about a new hacking group named Emennet Pasargad,
    operating out of the country of Iran.
  • Taylor Regional Hospital of Campbellsville, Kentucky notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.


 
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago

Second Week of February 2007

No words of wisdom for today.  On Tuesday the 8th I'll be dropping a new video on YouTube for Better Call Art "The Columbo Close".  Here's my YouTube channel please like and subscribe to get instant notification when a new video drops.

Enjoy Our Copier Threads from 15 years Ago This Week!

NEW CANON imageCLASS MF4690 LASER MFP

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NEW CANON imageCLASS MF4690 LASER MFP DELIVERS "BIG OFFICE" FEATURES TO SMALLER OFFICE USERS New imageCLASS MF4690 Offers Duplex Printing, Advanced Send Features,and Built-In Network Connectivity for Small Offices LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 12, 2007 – Delivering enhanced "big office" features in its smallest digital laser MFP, Canon U.S.A., Inc., the nation's market share brand leader in black-and-white and color laser printer/copier solutionsi, has announced its new imageCLASS MF4690** MFP
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Interesting Post from a Kyocera tech Message Board

Art Post (Guest) ·
Intially they were talking about Kyocera laying off corp tech reps and then I read this post: If they would just pull their heads out.... You know the rest. Sales wouldn't be down if product and pricing were competitive. While we have the crippled Falcon III's and the expensive Voyager's (with toner only yielding half of what it's rated) I'm coming up against 40/45 ppm Savin's that are selling for less than I can buy a 3232, with better quality and specs - not to mention lower operating cost
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Ricoh You're Gonna Love This BS!

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www.ricoh-usa.com/itchannel/ . And there it was again, a link for "where to buy" I clicked and it brought me to same info that I had saw before on the reseller’s page! Now to me, someone who supports Ricoh, eats sleeps and breathes their products and sells Ricoh printers I found this offensive to dealers and dealer salespeople alike! Our printer DSM comes in from time to time and gives the old yahoo to sell more printers, more Ricoh, they are the best and we will support you! Some F*&^*(*G support you
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Savin 2525/3030 Process priority?

MOTech (Guest) ·
I am certain this is user error and have not seen it in person but we have a customer that swears if they receive a fax in the middle of a print job, the machine prints the fax right in the middle of the print job. I was just curious if this had come up anywhere before with this machine? Like I said, I'm sure it's "user error" but wanting to cover my bases. THANKS!
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Ordered 13 eStudio 452 machine...so so experience

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have to stay within the Toshiba family but IM looking to upgrade a few of the machines to larger units to resolve some of the issues. There is no monitoring client for me to look at all the copiers at once. I have to go to each copier one by one and enter the IP address in the browser to see if they are all ok. I wish we could have afforded Xerox!!! Recommended: No Purchase Price (if leased, monthly payment): 10000 Machine age (Months in use): 3 months
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introduction of new print management software

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Ricoh is pleased to announce the introduction of its new print management software, Print Director, which enables customers to analyze, understand and ultimately save on costs associated with printing and photocopying. This new solution can be implemented to silently monitor printing activity, limit the number of prints and copies a user can make, as well as enforce “rules-based” printing methodologies to reduce Total Cost of Ownership. Print Director is designed to help drive total document
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Océ North America Introduces the Total Workgroup Solution

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. Copies, prints and faxes can be sent to different output bins for easy separation of jobs. A host of Security features to protect critical data include network authentication, secure print, copy protection, HDD data erase and IP Filtering. A wide variety of media sizes and weights including auto-duplexing of up to 140 lbs., index printing on banner paper up to 11" x 47" in size are supported. And the space saving optional inner finisher is modular and can be configured to provide two point
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Xerox CopyCentre™ C123 Black

Art Post (Guest) ·
Pros: Good quality, competitive price, easy to understand display panel Cons: Toner removal, beeping noises The Xerox Copy Centre 123 is a great machine for a small office. The new purchase price is comparable to what some similar machines go for used. When leased, this machine can easily be afforded at under $100 a month. This copy only machine can also be configured to add faxing capabilities. What I love: - inexpensive acquisition cost - paper capacity up to 3,100 sheets - automatic duplex
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Re: Interesting Post from a Kyocera tech Message Board

merlin ·
As far as the toner yields is concerned we have no idea. When a customer wants color, most of us will lead with Ricoh only. We have become a little gun shy with the Kyocera color line. I have sold there color printers an there yields our OK.
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Sales Engineers

IT Dude ·
Are there any other sales engineers out there or do any of your respective company's employee someone of this nature, this person being a hybrid IT/Sales person. I would love to talk with anyone in this posistion to discuss compensation and other ideas.
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iR 2270 user review

Art Post (Guest) ·
got this from epinions.com Pros: Easy to change toner and clear paper jams. Cons: VERY undependable. Our business purchased this copier on a lease. We had been very happy with other Canon imageRUNNERS that we had used in the past. However this particular has not performed up to its expectations. It continually locks up the copier when receiving an incoming fax, and will not allow any other functions to be performed when it is locked up. There have been many nights and weekends that the
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Re: Interesting Post from a Kyocera tech Message Board

Art Post (Guest) ·
Here's another Has anyone checked to see what kind of yields you are really getting on the Voyager series? I had a customer go through 4 black toners in one week - they thought something might be wrong. I audited the machine and found they were only getting about 6500 prints per cartridge (should be 15K). We pulled toner coverage info and found Mono was at 4% and black in color mode was at 3.6% According to my calculations - the Voyager series would have to have and 840g black cartridge
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Re: Autocad 2007

JasonR ·
I can't say I've seen this. All I can offer is my first trouble-shooting step in cases like this. When the plot comes to Plotbase, what size does it detect? You can see this with the file viewer on if you click on the job, then on the specific file, the size of the plot will be listed at the bottom of the file viewer window on the bottom right of the screen. If the page size is anything over 30" (even 30.001) then it will not print on 30" paper. It may also be that the image is rotated
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Re: Ricoh You're Gonna Love This BS!

JasonR ·
Wow, I'm sure they have some BS reason like that those ads were paid for by the VAR group or something, but that's pretty lame. I would never ask them to take VARs off their list, but as a Ricoh dealer I'd sure like to be on it!
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Re: hp news!

Art Post (Guest) ·
Technology is an ink-based printing engine designed with printheads that span the width of a page. In other words, with HP Edgeline Technology, the paper moves, not the printhead. It’s that simple. For increased printing speeds, HP Edgeline Technology printers use large, stationary printheads—arranged in a line—to dispense ink across the entire width of the page as the paper passes beneath them. The result is more accurate ink-drop placement and breathtaking print speeds for crisp, print-shop quality
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Re: Leasing Tips (Higher rates for fax & Laser Printers)

Old Glory ·
they do not have all the "alternative forms of revenue") but I was able to illustrate a big enough potential cost savings that my company was willing to subsidize via a bonus for leases written thru Clune. I also got Clune to collect a Doc.Fee. on our deals (They don't normally charge a doc.fee) of $95 of which $75 goes 100% to the rep. A combination of these meant that I needed less G.P. to make the same income so I could offer a competitive payment to the customer and still make the same
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Re: IMac for PS

Jay ·
If you are working with OS 10.2 or higher there is an embedded generic pcl driver that will work without postscript We have found the driver either under Generic, other, or even listed with the HP Drivers. You are looking for a driver that says PCl and/or ends with .cups. It gives you very limited functionality but it will print. I haven’t done it personally but some of our techs have used it successfully. In the latest version of the Mac os there is even a color generic pcl drive

Re: Ricoh Printwise/Savin,Gestetner PageTelligence

dman ·
I am not familiar with PrintWise/PageTElligence...Can you explain?
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Re: Ricoh Printwise/Savin,Gestetner PageTelligence

Art Post (Guest) ·
dman: PrintWise was developed for RBS. It incorporates strategic contact solutions for CFO's in order to get approval to do a total TCO on all of the print devices within the corporation. It's more of a consultative approach instead of a hard sell. Will post more if you need it.
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Customer Administration Webinar - Meter Reads and Compensation

Art Post (Guest) ·
Dear Ricoh Dealer, Please join us on February 23rd, 2007 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time for the next Customer Administration Webinar - Meter Reads and Compensation. This is the second in a series of Webinars designed to enhance the awareness of Customer Administration's programs; introduce new system functionality and lastly to communicate with the Dealer community. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT METERS AND COMPENSATION? We want to hear from you! Please submit your topic related questions to
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Challenges when upgrading from 3.3 to 3.6

glnsk8ter ·
stuff, driver update for card and 300dpi win print driver, replaced the hdi setup with the one for autocad 2007. Another symptom that showed up that customer was able to do under 3.3 when they use the publish command in Autocad for multiple drawings and it make a file that contains multiple drawings, it used to plot out fine. Now only the 1st page plots out fine, all others get offset about 5" to the left and poissibly down a couple of inches. I asked the customer to have the computer reimaged
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Autocad 2007

Wallin Team ·
We recently upgraded a customer to 3.6 and later learned he needed Autocad 2007. We sent him the drivers to load himself (which he did) but it does not seem to be working. After installing the drivers on the controller, he went into Autocad Plotter Manager and updated the drivers from within Autocad. His problem seems to be 30" wide originals. The 240W selects 36" paper or prints on 30" but he is losing image. It would appear that the 30" is the only problem. Right now as a work around he
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Valentines Day!

Art Post (Guest) ·
sales stats: Candy makers will produce about 8 billion conversation hearts for Valentine's Day this year. That's enough to stretch from Valentine, Arizona, to Rome, Italy, and back 20 times, according to the National Confectioners Association. Valentine's Day is the fourth-largest candy-purchasing holiday of the year, after Halloween, Easter and Christmas. Chocolate is the most popular gift, accounting for about 75% of all Valentine’s Day candy sales, with more than 36 million heart-shaped
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240w background

PrintDoctor (Guest) ·
240w with 90k linear feet. Copies have a heavy background when scanning originals, and prints from files have very light background on the far left side. I replaced the developer, did not help at all. Unit has the original drum. Any help is appreciated.
 
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