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There is a less-heralded revolution that has rippled through the office equipment industry in recent years, one aimed at reducing frustration and miscommunication: tearing down the departmental Read More

Textual imaging was one of the first casualties of the digital age. The days of cranking out volumes upon volumes of catalogs, encyclopedias, annual directories, and in most cases phone books, Read More

Although we talk a lot about managed print service (MPS) solutions, it’s relatively rare to look under the bonnet and explore their actual mechanics. But data collection agents (DCAs) are pivotal Read More

If there’s one thing that many office equipment dealers take pride in, and rightly so, it is the extensive experience many of their employees boast. Dealers often use this as a selling point, and Read More

The industry and business in general find themselves in an era of belt-tightening and adhering to a wait-and-see mentality when it comes to investments, particularly in acquisitions. It seems Read More

With an average of 626 ransomware attacks weekly on health care organizations, it’s evident that the bad guys are stepping up their tactics and focus where they believe the money to be. Health Read More

Imagining a time before face masks, incessant hand washing and social distancing is becoming increasingly difficult. It was around this time last year that people could be observed wearing PPE in Read More

As change management confronts many dealers and providers to the office technology realm alike, perhaps it is equally important to maintain the processes and procedures that worked prior to the Read More

Our collective vocabulary saw something of a boost in 2020, as did the office dealer’s product portfolio. Outside of the health care world, few people were familiar with the term personal Read More

In the movie “Captain Phillips,” there’s a scene where the U.S. Navy tries to draw the line by pressuring the Somali pirates who have taken Captain Richard Phillips hostage to end the standoff. Read More

Office supplies giant Staples is taking another run at acquiring Office Depot, five years after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) put the kibosh on a previous deal because it would violate Read More

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