December 21, 2017

Washington, DC (Dec. 15, 2017) — The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the December 2017 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment Read More

Phoenix (Dec. 18, 2017) — Oval Partners, a San Francisco-based multi-family office private equity firm, today announced an exciting new partnership with Flo-Tech, an award winning national provider of managed print services, who has been recognized on numerous occasions for their Read More

Phoenix (Dec. 18, 2017) — LD Products, a world class e-commerce distributor of printer consumables, is proud to announce the launch of their new Channel Partner Division. CEO Aaron Leon, along with division president Christian Pepper, has assembled a team of aftermarket cartridge Read More

Ramsey, NJ (Dec. 18, 2017) — Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc., a disruptive technology company known for its smart office solutions, today announced the appointment of Laura Blackmer as the Senior Vice President of the Dealer Channel Sales team for Konica Minolta, Read More

Malvern, PA (Dec. 18, 2017) — Ricoh has been named a gold winner for Most Environmentally Responsible Company of the Year in Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged each year by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier publications in North Read More

Irvine, CA (Dec. 19, 2017) — Toshiba America Business Solutions has renewed its existing agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest public school district in the United States. The two-year contract extension ensures Toshiba will remain Read More

Cheyenne, WY (Dec. 20, 2017) — Green House Data, a national provider of cloud hosting, colocation, disaster recovery, and related managed IT services, today announced the acquisition of Assuritive, a Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) provider who had developed significant Read More

Washington, DC (Dec. 20, 2017) — The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall Read More

Downers Grove, IL (Dec. 20, 2017) — CompTIA, the leading provider of vendor-neutral skills certifications for information technology (IT) professionals around the world, today launched a major expansion of its credentialing program with the introduction of CompTIA Stackable Read More

The ink and toner cartridge remanufacturing industry has reached an inflection point. Established in the United States in the 1980s, the remanufacturing industry quickly became a global enterprise and remanufacturers have refurbished billions of cartridges over the past Read More

In mid-November, Toshiba America Business Solutions (Toshiba) announced it had acquired Electro Imaging Systems (EIS), based in Livermore, CA. Although it was Toshiba’s 56th acquisition overall, it was the first for the manufacturer since 2008, when it obtained HPS Office Read More

As we move to the fourth installment of challenges facing our cast of Elite Dealers, we’ve dedicated this piece entirely to one of the biggest obstacles office technology dealerships encounter in growing their business: The ability to recruit and maintain quality employees. Read More

Los Angeles (Dec. 18, 2017) — UniNet unveils toner developers for use in the most popular Ricoh Aficio models such as 2020, 2018, 2016, 2015, MP 9002, 8000, 7500, 6500, 5500, 4500, 3350, 2552, 2500 / MP 5002, 5001, 5000, 4500, 4002, 4001, 4000, 3500, and 1515, MP 301, 201, 171, Read More

Los Angeles (Dec. 18, 2017) — UniNet launches Absolute Black toner formula, replacement cartridges and components for use in Samsung ProXpress SLM 4580 MFP monochrome printers. The Samsung ProXpress SLM 4580 MFP is a monochrome multifunctional printer rated a 47ppm, and equipped Read More

Xerox continues to add partners from coast to coast, with Hilyard’s Business Solutions and Rabbit Office Automation the latest to join its channel partner program. The two recently signed multi-brand dealers understood the value in selling Xerox’s comprehensive and connected Read More