Editors Blog

2022 As-A-Service Financing Trends

This blog originally appeared on the GreatAmerica website. The value of As-A-Service has been increasing over the years and the pandemic only escalated it. In 2021, the global As-A-Service market
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Confronting Fear and Danger, Sharp Difference Maker Chris Johnson Scales Journey to Better Self

Whenever Chris Johnson came to a fork in the road during his life, he tended to take the path littered with land mines—and it’s more literal than one might think. It’s as if confronting his
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Phishing Attacks Reach an All-Time High, Quadrupling That of Early 2020

New quarterly data from the Anti-Phishing Working Group shows unprecedented phishing activity with increases in BEC, use of social media, vishing, and smishing. It’s never good when phishing
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DEADLINE DAY: Still Time to Enter 2022 Elite Dealers Submission Form

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days left to submit your application to be considered a 2022 Elite Dealer. Sorry, running out of analogies here, and the reference is a little obscure
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Industry Mourns the Passing of U.S. Business Systems Top Executive Michael Kidd

Michael D. Kidd, 63, the president and CEO of U.S. Business Systems in Elkhart, Indiana, passed away July 5 due to complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as L
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Winning the Day and the Contract: How Dealers Gain an Edge

In any scenario where a prospect is seeking a package solution for its needs, the ability to prevail over would-be suitors is somewhat contingent upon the prospect’s business motives. More
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Technology, Product Management Resonate with Epson Difference Maker Carrie Fox

Regardless of what you may have learned in elementary school, the shortest distance between two points is rarely a straight line, especially when point A is a college student and point B is a
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Applied Innovation Difference Maker Casey Lowery Carries the Chemistry Torch

To know Applied Innovation (née Applied Imaging) is to understand the impact that Applied Chemistry has on every aspect of the company’s operation, both internally and customer- or
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Kyocera Mourns the Passing of Kazuo Inamori, Founder and Chairman Emeritus

It is with great sadness that Kyocera Corporation announces the passing of Kazuo Inamori, founder and chairman emeritus of Kyocera, honorary adviser to KDDI Corporation and Japan Airlines Co.,
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Inauspicious Introduction Doesn’t Deter Konica Minolta Difference Maker Cody Walton

There’s a memorable scene in the movie “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” where Mark Ratner is on a first date with the incomparable Stacy Hamilton at a restaurant. When the check comes, Ratner
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Is Outdated Equipment Costing You More Than an Upgrade?

This blog originally appeared on the GreatAmerica website. It is important to understand how the equipment we put into the field drives profitability, both within an MSP and for clients. In terms
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Elite Dealer Nominations Open: Join the Industry’s Premier Who’s Who Directory

I know you’re busy, but take a look at today’s date in the lower right corner of your laptop or on your cell. Yes, it’s really mid-August; colleges are welcoming students back, as are public
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