December 20, 2018

Three Tips To Avoid Sounding Like Another Sales Monkey On The Phone

Paper shuffling, sweaty palms, time to go to the bathroom, nobody answers the phone, surfing the internet—the excuses run rampant inside sales bullpens. Sales monkey business has run amuck inside sales teams of all sizes. Isn’t the ability to pick up the phone to call potential
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Love of Electronics Sparks SIICA Difference Maker George Grafanakis’ Imagination

One of the keys to becoming a true visionary is to picture the outcome of a project in its entirety, then work backward to outline all of the steps necessary to make it become a reality. Of course, it definitely helps to have the chops to marry ideas with a finished product, and
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Growing Pains: Elite Dealers Seek to Implement Internal Processes to Reconcile Growth

The 2018 campaign has largely been a rousing success for the office technology dealer universe, aided to some degree by a healthy economy (the December stock market swoon notwithstanding). Beneficial though it may be, dealer growth is always tempered by the need to have an
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The Silver Lining of Lease Accounting: What Organizations Should Know About the New Standard

The long-awaited new rules for lease accounting approved by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) go into effect for financial periods starting after Dec. 15, 2018 for public companies, after Dec. 15, 2019 for private companies, and with a modified application for any
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ELFA Survey: November New Business Volume Up 7 Percent Year-over-Year, Down 10 Percent Month-to-Month, and Up 4 Percent Year-to-Date

Washington, DC (Dec. 20, 2018) — The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall
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Formax Releases FD 87HDS Hard Drive Shredder

Dover, NH (Dec. 20, 2018) — Formax introduces the FD 87HDS Hard Drive Shredder, the latest addition to its data destruction lineup. With data integrity more important than ever, why simply discard a used hard drive? Even erasing a hard drive by magnetically degaussing doesn’t
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IIMAK Appoints New Senior Account Manager in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region

Geel, Belgium (Dec. 14, 2018) — IIMAK, a global developer and manufacturer of value-added consumable solutions for the graphics market, is pleased to announce the appointment of Hasan Bagli as its senior account manager, Inks, in the EMEA Region. In his new role, Hasan is
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Toshiba Customizes User Experience with Elevate 2.0

Lake Forest, CA (Dec. 17, 2018) — Continuing its commitment to improving the customer experience, Toshiba America Business Solutions introduces its Elevate 2.0 multifunction printer (MFP) customization platform. The cloud-based platform enables the personalization of Toshiba’s
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Equipment Leasing and Finance Industry Confidence Eases Again in December

Washington, DC (Dec. 17, 2018) – The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the December 2018 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment
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Compass Announces Updated User Interface for Sherpa

Boise, ID (Dec. 17, 2018) – Compass Sales Solutions, the industry leader in sales opportunity software for the office technology industry, is excited to announce an updated user interface (UI) for the entire Sherpa suite, offering a fresh new look in Sherpa, SherpaGo and
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Lexmark Receives Top Honors in 19th Annual RIS Software LeaderBoard Survey of Retailers

Lexington, KY (Dec. 17, 2018) — Lexmark, a global imaging solutions leader, today announced that it has received 19 top-10 rankings for its retail signage solution in the 2019 Retail Info Systems (RIS) Software LeaderBoard, including first place in both the Overall Ease of
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MSP Expo Announces Its Return to ITEX 2019

Trumbull, CT (Dec. 17, 2018) — TMC today announced it has opened the call for speakers for MSP Expo held April 24-25, 2019 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. MSP Expo brings together telecom MSP professionals and thought leaders to network and explore the latest innovations and
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LD Announces Winners of Gold Line New Build vs Reman Cartridge Challenge

Phoenix (Dec. 17, 2018) — LD Products Channel Partner Division is pleased to announce the Grand Prize Winner of a cruise for two drawn at the recent BTA event in Las Vegas. Alan Mayne of Burlington Graphics is our winner. Mayne will be enjoying an all-expenses paid Caribbean
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Media Sciences Compatible Color Toner Cartridges Now Available for Xerox Printers

Minneapolis (Dec. 11, 2018) — Media Sciences compatible color toners are now available for the Xerox Work Centre 6655-printer and the Xerox Phaser 6020/6022 – Work Centre 6025/6027-series printers. Media Sciences black, cyan, magenta and yellow compatible toner cartridges (Media
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Aleyant tFLOW Version 10 Adds Important New Capabilities

Wheaton, IL (Dec. 18, 2018) — Aleyant, an innovative leader in providing robust software services to the graphic communications industry, today announced the availability of Version 10 of Aleyant tFLOW, its powerful digital workflow automation and customer service solution for
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