March 15, 2018

Marco Continues National Expansion with Purchase of Governor Business Solutions

St. Cloud, MN (March 12, 2018) — Marco, a leading technology services provider in the United States, announced today that it has purchased Governor Business Solutions. Founded more than 39 years ago and recently awarded HP’s “U.S. Print Hardware Reseller of the Year,” Governor is
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Konica Minolta Promotes QAI’s Scott Swidersky to Vice President of Enterprise Content Management Practice

Fulton, MD (March 14, 2018) — Quality Associates Inc. (QAI), a Konica Minolta company, proudly announces that Scott Swidersky, president of QAI and its affiliate company DocPoint Solutions (DocPoint), has been promoted to the position of vice president of Konica Minolta’s
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CPI Announces New Ownership

Springfield, MO (March 14, 2018) — CPI founders Vernon (Vern) Starks and wife, Antonette (Toni) Starks, announce the acquisition of their company by their daughter, Heidi Starks Crane (active in the business since her teens, and current CFO), and her husband, Erik Crane, CPI’s
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Equipment Leasing and Finance Industry Confidence Eases in March

Washington, DC (March 15, 2018) — The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the March 2018 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both
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Katun North America Introduces Extended Yield Color Toners for Use in HP Applications

Minneapolis (March 15, 2018) — Katun Corp., one of the world’s leading alternative suppliers to the office equipment industry, is pleased to announce the introduction of Katun extended yield color toners for use in HP printers. Thirty-two extended yield toners, including 12
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Can the He-Man Creators Teach MSPs about IT Marketing?

If you grew up in the 1980s like me, you no doubt were a huge Star Wars fan and loved to play with the action figures. Of course, you probably had no idea that the massive success of the Star Wars toys caused a huge problem for other toy companies and even changed the original
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Charting Growth Opportunities for Managed IT: Finding Comfort in the Cloud

In a bit of a nod to the Captain Obvious in all of us, perhaps one of the secrets to ensuring future growth for managed IT providers is to furnish the full spectrum of IT needs for clients. While there may be no universally-accepted platform of product and servi
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New Managed IT Peer Groups Structure Enables Collabrance Dealers, IT Partners to Maximize Value of Service Leadership Alliance

Seeking to make more effective use of its alliance with Service Leadership Inc., Collabrance LLC announced two new peer groups that will focus exclusively on copier dealers and partners who use the Collabrance managed IT services platform. Two new peer groups are being rolled out
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Cisco and Xerox Boost Cybersecurity for Printers on the Network

Pity the network managers who are responsible for network security. Mandates to accommodate the “internet of things” and mobile connectivity add exponentially to the number of network endpoints they must secure. Fortunately for them, today’s network access control solutions ease
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Prosperity Plus Adds Certified Value Builder to Service Offering

Smithtown, NY (March 9, 2018) — Business systems dealerships now have a way to clearly understand what factors determine the value of their business, and what they may do to increase that value before even discussing the idea of a sale. And that can all happen now with Prosperity
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Visual Edge Technology Inc. Acquires United Business Machines

North Canton, OH (March 12, 2018) — Visual Edge Technology is expanding its footprint in New England with its most recent acquisition of United Business Machines (UBM) of Londonderry, NH. The 33-year-old office equipment dealer will resume business as is, only now under the
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IDC MarketScape Again Names Lexmark an Industry Leader in Smart MFPs

Lexington, KY (March 12, 2018) — Lexmark International Inc., a global imaging solutions leader, today announced that it has again been recognized as a Leader by leading IT market research and advisory firm IDC in its IDC MarketScape: U.S. “Smart” Multifunction
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Sharp Names Chris Johnson Director Of U.S. Central Region For Multifunction Printers

Montvale, NJ (March 12, 2018) — Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation is proud to announce that Chris Johnson has been appointed as the Director of the U.S. Central Region of the company’s multifunction printer
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Compass Sales Solutions Launches A Fully Redesigned Website

Boise, ID (March 12, 2018) — Compass Sales Solutions, the industry leader in sales opportunity software, is excited to announce that we have launched a fully redesigned website. Because of our consistent growth, we have launched a new website to better serve our customers. In
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SOCSoter Launches an Integrated Threat Intelligence Server to Equip Channel Partners to Work Smarter, Not Harder

Hagerstown, MD (March 13, 2018) — SOCSoter released a free new service to their partners. They are now able to access and query SOCSoter’s threat intelligence database. This allows their partners to understand, research, and stop threats more effectively and efficiently.
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