I’m still processing the information I gleaned from that Canon Webinar on BYOD and mobility that I wrote about last week. It makes me think of the Tom Waits song (Some of you may be familiar with The Ramones version.), “I Don’t Want to Grow Up,” and the line, “How the hell did I Read More

I always enjoy reading the results of Copier Careers’ annual salary surveys. The Minneapolis, Minnesota-based company that offers recruitment services for the document imaging industry recently released their twelfth annual Sales Management Salary Survey, and there’s some Read More

Following up on last week’s editorial on Canon’s Webinar and the mobile printing and BYOD movement, there was some additional information that came out of that discussion that I didn’t mention and should be useful for any dealer selling a mobile printing solution. Forrester Read More

LMI Solutions Acquires Printersdirect July 23, 2014 – LMI Solutions (LMI), an R2 certified remanufacturer, distributor and recycler of replacement monochrome and color toner cartridges, has announced the acquisition of  Printersdirect LLC (Printersdirect).  Printersdirect Read More

Founded in 1979 by six attorneys, Winthrop & Weinstine has grown to become a full-service entrepreneurial commercial law firm that employs more than 100 attorneys and 200 total staff members. The firm offers a full array of legal services to the community, including Read More

I almost didn’t sign up, but three days before I did. I’m talking about a roundtable discussion sponsored by Canon on The Evolving Workplace with an emphasis on the obstacles standing in the way of broader deployments around BYOD and mobile technologies. Hosted by Forrester Read More

Power-eCommerce Now Integrates with TaxCloud July 17, 2014 – Power-eCommerce has announced that TaxCloud’s free tax calculation service is integrated with Power-eCommerce and available to online retailers at no additional cost. TaxCloud.net is a free sales tax service for Read More

That headline is a complete misnomer. UniFi Equipment Finance isn’t exactly a new member of the office imaging finance community rather it’s a rebranding of the former Ervin Equipment Finance, a company whose financing roots date back 35 years. During that time, Ervin, now UniFi, Read More

This week Tony Nami, president of Prior & Nami Business Systems in Trenton, NJ discusses what’s hot and what’s not in his market. Prior & Nami represents Canon, Konica Minolta, Sharp, and Muratec. What’s hot? Nami: In addition to being a copier dealer we provide IT Read More

I’ve got some big news to share. As of July 7, The Week in Imaging (TWII) will be merging with ENX (engage ‘n exchange) magazine to create a new family of products for the office imaging space. TWII will continue to publish weekly content online at www.theweekinimaging.com and in Read More

Anyone who attended last November’s Konica Minolta dealer meeting or read about it heard rumblings that the company was on the verge of partnering with 3D Systems to market 3D printers through the Konica Minolta Dealer channel. Those rumblings became a reality on June 5 when the Read More

There’s a change in the air at OKI Data Americas, and that’s good news for BTA channel dealers. What’s changing is how the company is supporting its dealers. “Where traditionally it’s always been direct to the dealer, OKI Data is now building its value-added distribution channel Read More

In an era where smaller dealers are struggling or selling out, it’s insane why anyone would want to start an office technology dealership from scratch in 2012. But that’s what Mark Wild did with Upstream Office Solutions, a Tampa-based office technology dealership, which is Read More

The next wave of opportunity is here for office technology dealers and there’s little surprise that wave is Managed IT Services/Managed Services. Everybody is talking about it and it seems to have replaced MPS as the next big thing. But not everybody is buying into it. Common Read More

Last month was a good month if you’re into imaging technology and solutions with a few notable announcements. I’m sure you can make an argument that every month there’s a notable announcement, but sometimes, and all of us have to be honest here, some announcements carry more Read More