October 7, 2015

Q4 Economic Outlook Lowers 2015 Equipment and Software Investment Growth Forecast to 4.1%

Washington, DC, Oct. 7, 2015 – Investment in equipment and software is expected to grow 4.1 percent in 2015, according to the Q4 update to the 2015 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook released today by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. The
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EFI Merges Corrugated Technologies Inc. (CTI) into Its Productivity Software Business Unit to Extend Leadership in the Packaging Market

Combined offering delivers an end-to-end software solution for corrugated packaging manufacturing Fremont, CA, October 7, 2015 – Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) announced today the merging of Corrugated Technologies Inc. (CTI) into its Productivity Software business unit. CTI
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BTA Marketing Workshop to be Held Nov. 5-6

October 2015 – The Business Technology Association (BTA) has announced that its next BTA Marketing Workshop will take place Nov. 5-6, 2015, at Muratec America Inc. headquarters in Plano, Texas. Led by Darrell Amy, Larry Levine and Jon Mitchell of Dealer Marketing, the workshop
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Your MFP Wants to be a Smartphone so Bad!

I’m sensing a bit of envy in the BLI office. Every time I glance over at the printer, I notice it glaring jealously at my iPhone. It’s pretty awkward, but I can sympathize (just don’t tell my phone). Just like a tiger can’t change its stripes, the printer cannot be my phone. But
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Inside Ricoh’s Strategy for the Ricoh Pro 8100e Series

Last month at Graph Expo Ricoh Americas Corporation introduced the Ricoh Pro 8100e series of monochrome production printers and the Ricoh Peripheral Interface Port (RPIP), which reportedly bring new capabilities to automate commercial, data center, and corporate production tasks
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10 Ways to Close Net New Business #4 of #10

Today was one of those days that was just non stop. The existing plan was to follow up with existing accounts to move the sales process towards the close.  I was able to move a few closer, however, at the end of the day I made a call to a net new customer that I received as a
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Between the Lines: The Cannata Dinner was the Place to Go for a Managed Networking Experience

If the annual Cannata Dinner isn’t the document imaging industry’s premier networking event, I don’t know what is. I’d be hard pressed to come up with another event that brings together such a diverse group of industry movers and shakers in a relaxed, non-competitive, low-sales,
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