Bill Melo

Many a comedian has offered up variations of the quip “Trying is the first step toward failure.” But if you were to ask Bill Melo, he would probably tell you that overcoming the fear of failure and being fearless in an unrelenting pursuit of your goals is the best path to embark Read More

I interview hundreds of professionals from all segments of the document imaging industry every year. Some days I do as many as three or four interviews a day. Sometimes it’s only one. Rarely is it none. More often than not, these interviews are informative and insightful. An Read More

You’d think by now there wouldn’t be much left to say about MPS. How much more can we beat that horse? Turns out, plenty more, especially when you speak with folks in the document imaging industry who are still doing their part to help dealers and resellers get a grip on MPS and Read More

Company’s Marketing Executive Given Broader Leadership Responsibilities IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2014 —Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. today announces its vice president of marketing, services and solutions, Bill Melo has been appointed chief marketing executive. In Read More

This week in Dallas Toshiba set a new standard for OEM conferences with its LEAD 2014 End User Conference. I say “a new standard” because of all the OEM events this is the first that exclusively targeted end users as opposed to past LEAD conferences that split the Read More

I’m fresh back from Toshiba’s 2014 LEAD End User Conference in Dallas along with a ribbon cutting at the Staples Center in Los Angeles where Toshiba unveiled LA Interactive powered by Toshiba (see the press release in the news section). LA Interactive is a special Read More

Company Secures Best Business-to-Business Product Honor for Eco-Conscious Product   IRVINE, Calif. (Sept. 29, 2014)—Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. today announces it has won the 2014 Bronze Stevie® Award within the best business-to-business product category for Read More

(Editor’s note: This article, which I authored, appears in the February issue of Independent Dealer magazine www.idealercentral.com, a publication focused on the office products dealer channel. I thought you might enjoy reading my treatment of MPS for that channel. I recommend Read More

If you were at Toshiba’s LEAD dealer meeting last fall in Orlando you’re well aware that arguably the biggest trend confronting Toshiba, but everybody in the office imaging industry in 2014 and beyond is declining print volumes. What is Toshiba as a manufacturer and dealers and Read More

A week ago Wednesday, I attended Toshiba America Business Solution’s (TABS) annual dealer meeting, LEAD 2013, in Orlando. That day was geared primarily to a select group of 250 end users who were invited by TABS dealers to learn about the trends that will be affecting their Read More

Every other year The Week in Imaging presents its Top 40 Most Influential People in the Imaging Industry. It’s a broad mix of individuals consisting of those who make the tough decisions either at the top or at various levels within their organizations, those who others in the Read More