Editors Blog

Hollywood Dreams: Image 2000 CEO Joe Blatchford’s Past Life as Chuck Barris’ Exec Runner

These days, Joe Blatchford finds much reward and satisfaction in being the CEO of Image 2000, a $30 million dealership nestled in Valencia, California. But way back in the day, during his
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The Will to Win Stokes Competitive Fire for Stratix Systems Difference Maker Art Post

If you’re reading this, chances are quite good that you’ve already heard of Art Post. He has become a ubiquitous presence in office technology circles through his blogging, motivational speaking
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Organizations Worldwide Experience Over 722 Million Attacks in the Last 30 Days

Analysis of data collected by Internet and security services vendor Akamai shows an unimaginable number of cyberattacks, demonstrating how frequently these attacks are happening. If you’ve been
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Making a Splash Enabled Blue Technologies Difference Maker Paul Hanna to Forge Reputation

Paul Hanna loves sales, and what’s more, he’s good at it. In fact, the Purdue University product—who played football for the Boilermakers and did a two-year stint in the United States Football
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Three Signs it’s Time to Outsource Your Managed IT

This blog originally appeared on the GreatAmerica Financial Services website. Click here to read about more areas of interest in the office technology space. In my day-to-day at Collabrance, I
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Log4shell Vulnerability Leaves Software Community Scrambling

Just in time for the holidays is a new, major cybersecurity threat that has tech companies mobilizing to remediate a software vulnerability. The Log4shell vulnerability was identified in
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Lessons in Business, Life Keep Copiers Northwest Difference Maker Mark Petrie on Point

If there was ever a time and circumstance when Mark Petrie wouldn’t mind being considered boring, it would definitely be in the eyes of his kidney transplant doctor. In that case, boring is good;
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Elite Dealer Challenges: Keeping the End-User’s Needs in Mind

In this week’s installment of the challenges facing our panel of Elite Dealers, we kick off with insight into serving the evolving needs of clients. Clearly, the pandemic has caused all dealers
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Best of 2021: The Top Five Dealer M&A Performances

It’s really hard to believe that 2021 is drawing to a close, but it’s true. Only three-plus weeks remain until the champagne corks pop and we usher in a bold and exciting New Year. We can only
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Leadership on Parade: Fisher’s Difference Maker Chris Taylor a Natural Turnaround Specialist

Chris Taylor is suffering from an acute case of imposter syndrome. Or perhaps the president and CEO of Boise, Idaho-based Fisher’s Technology is a bit tongue in cheek when suggesting he knows
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FBI: Cyber Attacks Target Organizations Involved in Mergers and Acquisitions

A new notification from the FBI warns organizations of attacks at the perfect time when organizations are spending money, new people are being introduced, and operations are in flux. Threat
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Despite Health Battles, Coast to Coast Difference Maker Melissa Servatdjoo Finds Her Industry Home

Unlike the game of golf, business doesn’t factor handicaps into performance. This is what makes Melissa Servatdjoo’s story all the more compelling. The technology sales manager for
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