Editors Blog

BTA Celebrates 90 Years

Founded as the National Association of Typewriter Dealers (NATD) in 1926, technological innovations drove multiple name changes until it finally became the Business Technology Association (BTA)
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Toshiba Strives “For a Together Future” at LEAD

At the Toshiba LEAD event at the Bellagio Hotel that took place from May 16-19 in Las Vegas, the theme was “For a together future.” Scott Maccabe, President and CEO of Toshiba American Business
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Difference Maker Spotlight: Royal Imaging’s Gene Fontana

Gene Fontana, the incurably positive EVP at Royal Imaging, is credited with being one of the early principal figures in the third-party supplies and components industry. But his connection to the
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Difference Maker Spotlight: Kyocera’s Danielle Wolowitz

For Danielle Wolowitz, Kyocera’s talented and determined VP of Corporate Marketing, the ascent has been steady and assured. Since moving to KDA in 2004, Wolowitz has held multiple positions
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What a Dealer Should Ask a Prospective Leasing Partner

At some point, every dealer principal is likely to have a conversation with a prospective financial company about establishing a partnership. Many of the talking points will be clear and
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Lexmark Dealer Show: Disruptive New Products and Powerful Solutions

“Lexmark is staying Lexmark.” These were the words spoken by Ron Binkauskas, Lexmark’s VP & GM, Imaging Solutions and Services, North America, as he addressed the audience at their recent
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Difference Maker Spotlight: Sharp’s Doug Albregts

Somebody once told Sharp President, Doug Albregts, to “try to be remarkable in everything you do.” When you ponder the job he’s done over the past few years, transforming the company and
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Kyocera Accelerates at FY17 Business and Technology Conference

At the KDA FY17 Business and Technology Conference at the Omni hotel and resort in Orlando, Florida, the theme was “Accelerate.” During the welcome reception on Monday evening, Ed Bialecki,
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Difference Maker Spotlight: Continuum’s Michael Amiri

Michael Amiri, Director of Dealer Services for Continuum, states that the best advice he ever got was to “Listen more than you speak.” That ability to listen has certainly been critical in
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Difference Maker Spotlight: ECi’s Ron Books

For Ron Books, no day is typical and that’s the way he likes it. The President and CEO of ECi said that when you have 630 employees and over 8,000 customers around the world there are no standard
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MPSA: Delivering Value to MPS Providers

With longtime confusion surrounding the very definition of MPS, some sought a vendor-neutral organization to promote, educate and help establish guidelines for a more unified approach to this
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Difference Maker Spotlight: EverBank’s Fred Carollo

EverBank’s Fred Carollo described being recognized as a Difference Maker by his peers as a “tremendous honor” and “quite humbling.” But the VP of Originations who has been with EverBank since
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