GreatAmerica Completes 13th Term Securitization
Feb. 28, 2014 – GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation completed its 13th term securitization today in the amount of $423.5 million. The proceeds will pay off various borrowed amounts, resulting in unused credit facilities in the amount of $875 million for future growth. The placement agents of the notes were Wells Fargo Securities and BofA Merrill Lynch, with SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BMO Capital Markets acting as co-managers. Since 1995, GreatAmerica has issued $3.7 Billion in securitized notes through thirteen transactions. Investor demand for this transaction was high, resulting in orders for nearly three times the notes issued. There were 28 institutional investors participating in this year’s transaction. Fitch and Standard & Poor’s ratings agencies rated 88% of the notes being issued with a AAA credit rating—a testament to exceptional GreatAmerica portfolio performance.
Formax FD 87HD Gives a Knock-out Punch to Unwanted Hard Drives
Feb. 27, 2014 – Formax has introduced the latest addition to its commercial-grade shredder line: the FD 87HD Hard Drive Punch. The FD 87HD provides an added level of security in today’s digital world. With the push of a button, the hardened nickel-plated steel punching die pierces a hole through hard drive internals, causing visible damage and making the stored data virtually unreadable.
The FD 87HD is designed to handle the two most common hard drive sizes, 2.5” and 3.5”, without any additional adjustment. Its punching chamber is illuminated by LEDs during the punching process, visible through the transparent safety shield. Punched hard drives then slide into a convenient waste bin for storage until disposal or recycling.
The Formax LED control panel displays the status and offers jam protection with auto reverse and automatic stop to protect the punching die. In addition, sensors stop the motor automatically if the door is open or waste bin is full. The powerful geared motor is housed in an all-metal cabinet with casters for mobility and is designed for low operational noise.
Michael House Leads FORZA SAP B1 Crystal Report Development Team
Feb. 27th, 2014 — MWA Intelligence (MWAi), an SAP Gold Partner and a provider of enterprise-class Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Machine-to-People (M2P) solutions has hired Michael House, an experienced Crystal Report Developer.
Michael graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and spent several years working within his area of education. After his architecture career, Michael furthered his career as a Business Analyst and Crystal Report Developer. He has worked in multiple industries for the past 20 years, including: high-tech manufacturing, real estate, law and insurance, financial services, public utilities, software development, and online marketing.
The MWAi FORZA Engineering team is dedicated to enhancing the verticalized SAP B1 product, which is built specifically for the Imaging Channel. Michael joins a team of highly experienced industry veterans as well as SAP B1 specialists and together will further design and advance the FORZA product and provide an application to the marketplace that will enhance their current business processes and drive profit to their bottom line.
Nuance and NextGen Healthcare Partner to Deliver Breakthrough, Direct-to-EHR Scanning with eCopy ShareScan
Feb. 26, 2014 – Nuance Communications, Inc. has announced that it has developed the only multi-functioning printer (MFP) scanning solution that allows users to scan documents directly into the NextGen Healthcare electronic healthcare records (EHR) document management system from a range of scanners and multi-function printers (MFP). NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and a provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions.
The Nuance NextGen Healthcare Connector integrates eCopy ShareScan, Nuance’s document workflow and scanning solution, and NextGen Ambulatory EHR thereby eliminating the manual process of indexing electronic health records with keywords after scanning. The new solution accelerates paper capture at distributed points of care into the NextGen Ambulatory EHR and completes the patient record in the EHR to increase patient safety, raise physician satisfaction and streamline the EHR process for enhanced productivity.
The Nuance NextGen Healthcare Connector reportedly enables more efficient clinical workflow and patient care. In addition, it can assist healthcare organizations with meeting standards established by the U.S. government for meaningful use, which governs the use of electronic health records and allows eligible providers and hospitals to earn incentive payments based on specific criteria.
NextGen Healthcare optimizes document management for physician practices throughout the U.S. with its EHR software, which organizes digitized medical records and aids in practice management. The Nuance NextGen Healthcare Connector enables clinics and other healthcare facilities to use existing MFPs at or near the point of care. With a few simple button presses, a document can be scanned and indexed in the NextGen Ambulatory EHR for insertion in clinical workflows – giving providers nearly instantaneous access to paper-based information. Benefits include:
– Quick and accurate indexing through dynamic patient and document type lookups at the MFP
– Simplified processing with soft buttons tied to specific document types
– Batch processing with barcodes and coversheets
– More intuitive with standardized, easy-to-use interface across capture devices
– Instantly searchable digital copies of paper records enabled by the industry’s leading OCR technology
The eCopy ShareScan NextGen Connector is available immediately through Nuance’s global channel of MFP vendors, partners, dealers, and professional services teams. For additional information, visit http://www.nuance.com/for-business/by-product/ecopy/ecopy-connectors-and-extenders/partner-connectors-and-extenders/nextgen/index.htm.
OKI Data Americas Receives Two Winter “Pick” Awards for Outstanding A4 Monochrome Single Function and Multifunction Printers for Large Workgroups
Feb. 25, 2014 —OKI Data Americas has announced receipt of two prestigious Winter “Pick” awards in the monochrome printer and multifunction printer (MFP) categories for large workgroups from Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) for its B731dn and MB770 Series, respectively. Both devices underwent rigorous laboratory testing at BLI and were praised for their image quality plus numerous individual strengths, including: strong performance, robust feature sets, productivity, reliability, affordable price points and lower than average total cost of ownership (TCO) as compared to competitive models, making them ideal choices for demanding large workgroups.
Of particular note, the B731dn demonstrated perfect reliability during the course of testing, delivering 140,000 impressions without fault. BLI also applauded a key feature of the MB770 Series – OKI’s smart Extendable Platform – as “a critical value enhancer that allows organizations to run productivity-boosting and money-saving software developed by the manufacturer or third parties.”
With regard to its feature set, BLI suggested that the MB770 MFP Series has plenty to offer, including: a high standard RAM capacity and the standard 160 GB hard drive aid in job processing (multitasking was very good overall); an above average maximum input capacity; a standard convenience stapler, which can staple up to 20 sheets; and eco measures – standard automatic duplexing and toner-save mode – that reduce waste and lower cost of ownership.
Toshiba Earns 2014 Bronze Stevie Award in Sales Meeting of the Year Category
Feb. 25, 2014—Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. was presented the 2014 Bronze Stevie Award within the Sales Meeting of the Year category during the eighth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service on Friday, Feb. 21 in Las Vegas. The managed print services (MPS) provider and business printing solutions innovator secured the award in recognition of its LEAD (Learn, Engage, Act and Deliver) 2013 event last November.
LEAD 2013 drew a record crowd for an annual Toshiba sales conference with nearly a thousand attendees including sales professionals, end users, media and analysts converging on Orlando, Fla. Perhaps most notably, the event marked the launch of the Irvine, Calif. company’s digital signage brand, called Ellumina, which is comprised of two distinct platforms, Virtuoso and Experience Manager.
With the theme of “Touch the Future” establishing a touchstone for the conference, attendees received the ‘State of Toshiba’ address from company President and Chief Executive Officer, Scott Maccabe. Aside from mentioning Toshiba’s rich technology heritage and recent innovation, Maccabe spoke of the company’s favorable year-over-year revenue growth and vision to explore emerging technology and develop new, innovative product offerings.
This marks the third consecutive year Toshiba has won a Stevie Award for best Sales Meeting of the Year. The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world’s top sales awards, contact center awards, and customer service awards. The Stevie Awards organizes several of the world’s leading business awards shows including the prestigious American Business Awardsand International Business Awards. More than 400 nominated customer service and sales executives from the United States and other countries attended.
Nominations exceeding 1,500 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were evaluated in this year’s competition. Finalists were determined by the average scores of 129 professionals worldwide, acting as preliminary judges.
Miracle Service Launches v7.0 of their Service Management Software
Feb. 25, 2014 – Nexent Innovations Inc., a provider of service management software development, has announced the latest update to their Miracle Service software: v7.0 SQL Database. With a new system interface and exciting new features, Miracle Service v7.0 SQL offers office equipment dealers a variety of enhanced and new options to support their service management business, including:
- Advanced one-key equipment search
- Enhanced time tracking and database security
- A new, simplified dashboard view
- Google Maps integration
Miracle Service supports the complete service life cycle for office equipment dealers, fully integrating CRM, sales, dispatching, technician scheduling, meter contract management, inventory, billing and mobile field service into a single system designed to streamline operations.
Along with the updates to their current software edition, Miracle Service has enhanced the interface of their Customer Portal and Mobile Field Technician Console. Miracle Service v7.0 SQL is designed to be a modular system that allows customers to add features as their business requires it, without the need to invest in an expensive system up front with functionality not needed today.
Visit the new Miracle Service Website to learn more about their updated service software v7.0 SQL Database, as well as their unique modular approach to supporting field service providers at www.miracleservice.com.
Canon Solutions America’s Sales Representative Frank Tummino Elected to Printing Industries of the Gulf Coast Board of Directors
Feb. 25, 2014 – Canon Solutions America, Inc., a subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., has announced that sales representative Frank Tummino has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Printing Industries of the Gulf Coast (PIGC).
A 25-year veteran of the printing industry, Tummino prides himself on serving as a trusted advisor to his customers. He views his appointment to the PIGC Board as confirmation the industry respects his consultative approach to salesmanship, along with his creative, forward-thinking focus in an increasingly fast-growth industry.
A native of Syracuse, New York, Tummino entered the print industry in 1989. He joined Océ North America (now Canon Solutions America) in 1994 and served as a sales manager in Chicago before moving to the Production Print division and its sales office in Houston. As he begins his two-year term on PIGC’s Board of Directors, Tummino’s goals include growing the organization’s membership and helping facilitate access to trends, training, resources, technologies, and industry experts.
MPSA Welcomes Xerox as Newest Member
Feb. 24, 2014 – The Managed Print Services Association (MPSA) is pleased to announce that Xerox has joined the association. Xerox joins more than 1,000 other MPSA members to participate in proactive outreach to advance the awareness and value of managed print services (MPS) across sectors. Members of the MPSA work together to promote and advocate for MPS in a vendor-neutral forum to the mutual benefit of end users, members and other stakeholders in the global MPS industry.
“As the managed print services market evolves, it’s important to Xerox to continue to learn and develop services our customers find valuable,” said Chris Iburg, director of operations, Managed Print Services, Xerox U.S. Solution Providers. “We believe one of the best ways to do this is to participate with other like-minded companies and MPSA helps us do just that.”
“We are very happy to welcome Xerox as member of your Managed Print Services Association,” said Greg Walters, MPSA president. “Xerox is a recognized global leader in managed print services and managed services and a perfect fit for the MPSA. We look forward to working with many Xerox members on our committees and helping direct managed print services on a global scale.”
PrintFleet Announces New Vision Distributor, Glocal Value s.r.l.
Feb. 25, 2014 – PrintFleet Inc., a provider of managed print software and solutions, has announced that it has added Glocal Value s.r.l. as a Vision distributor. PrintFleet Vision is a complete remote monitoring system, designed to capture, store, and analyze critical printing data from a client’s location. Vision provides the complete functionality of PrintFleet’s award winning MPS technology in a fully managed and secure subscription-based service. Vision reduces the complexity of monitoring, managing, servicing and supplying imaging devices from multiple manufacturers.
