Editors Blog

HP Buys Samsung Printer Unit, Unleashes 2-Prong Strategy to Disrupt A3 Copier Market

After a week of rumors, HP confirmed at its Global Partner Conference on September 12 that it has an agreement with Samsung Electronics to purchase its printer unit for $1.05 billion, HP’s
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HP Makes Big Splash as It Dives Into A3 Market with 16 New Platforms

HP Inc.’s dual announcements of its acquisition of Samsung’s printer business and its own line of 16 A3 platforms sent a strong signal that it intends to be a major player in the A3 market. The
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HP Announces JetAdvantage On-Demand Print Solution Management Platform

HP has a simple vision for its JetAdvantage On Demand offering announced on September 7: A single, open platform where corporate print customers, dealers, or MPS providers can purchase, install,
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Difference Maker Spotlight: Supplies Network’s Sarah Custer

We could cite many people who began their career in the office technology industry soon after graduating from college, but Sarah Custer, Director of Services and Solutions at Supplies Network,
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Difference Maker Spotlight: Systel’s Keith Allison

You could say that Keith Allison’s introduction to the office technology industry was both indirect and eye-opening. Soon after graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill he took a job with a CPA firm in
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Difference Maker Spotlight – Prospect Builder’s Lindsay Kelley

Lindsay Kelley recalls that she began her career in the office products industry at Advance – The Document Specialists in Baltimore, MD as an eleventh-hour candidate for the newly created
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Compass Sales Premiers Successful Annual Sales Execution Summit

Compass Sales Solutions, a leading sales force automation provider for the office technology industry, kicked off its first annual Sales Execution Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada during August 3-4,
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Difference Maker Spotlight: Muratec’s Lou Stricklin

One summer, during his break from college, Lou Stricklin took a summer job at the Muratec distribution center in Dallas, Texas. “I remember doing everything from binding power cords to moving
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Machine Learning Is Here, and Here’s Why You Need to Know About It

You’ve likely heard the term “machine learning” recently. Although the concept has been around for awhile, it is now being put to practical use in a number of applications. Applications getting
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Kevin DeYoung Named MPSA Volunteer of the Year

At the Global 2016 MPSA MPS Awards, presented August 1, at CompTIA’s ChannelCon event, in Hollywood, Florida, one particular recognition went less publicized. Qualpath President and CEO, and MPSA
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Difference Maker Spotlight: Xerox’s Elizabeth Fox

Elizabeth Fox started her career at Xerox as an engineer soon after finishing college. Her first assignment was designing high speed transport systems, moving paper at 135 pages per minute, which
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Why It Might Be Time to Reconsider Selling Inkjet Printers

Laser printers dominate the business landscape. They are durable, fast, and high capacity in terms of paper and consumables. Many models have sophisticated networking and paper-handling features.
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