Editors Blog

Half of All Organizations Hit by Ransomware Experience Productivity Loss

According to new data, ransomware is expected to be a larger and more likely threat in the next year, making the impacts felt today very relevant as the impetus for improved cybersecurity.
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Lessons Learned, Volume Two: Dealers Talk Insights Courtesy of 2021 Teachings

When certainties are few, the office technology dealer network must rely on the most recent of trailing data, because 2019 (and even 2020) offered a short shelf life for actionab
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Industry Mourns Loss of Copier Fax BT President and Founder Al Scibetta

The dealer community is saddened by the loss of Al Scibetta, president and founder of Copier Fax Business Technologies, who passed away Jan. 2 at the age of 72 following a brief illness, the
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Applying Lessons Learned from 2021 to Forge Path to Brighter Year

We’ve all heard the adage about life being a cruel teacher that gives you the test first, then teaches you the lesson. In that sense, it probably doesn’t matter that the test administered by 2021
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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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