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Oval Partners Bolsters California Footprint with Strategic Investments in Century Business Services, Shamrock Office Solutions

Oval Partners, a San Francisco-based, multifamily office private equity firm, ushered in 2019 with a pair of acquisitions. The firm announced a new partnership with Century Business Services, a
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The State of the Office Technology Industry in 2019

In order to help you, as a dealer, understand where to focus looking forward into 2019, we must first consider what type of dealership you are. At Keypoint Intelligence, we give a lot of credit
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2019 Will Be the Year of DaaS: My suggestions to Help You Implement

Well, it happened: some pioneers in the print industry are delivering an as-a-Service model. The participants of the imaging channel must respond and deliver print equipment, its supplies, parts
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Amid Speculation and Layoffs, Something Big is on the Horizon for Xerox

Ordinarily, as a B2B publication, we hesitate to report on rumor, speculation or innuendo. But in the case of Xerox, it is quite clear that something is afoot with the organization, which is due
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Ringing in the New Year with a Look at Trends to Watch in 2019

Easily, the most difficult days of the year to find motivation and energy are the first few trips to the office following the long holiday season. Fear not, the gift wrap, party eyeglasses and
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Why Skipping Your Customer’s Business Reviews is a Big Mistake

Laurie McLevish, sales development manager at Print Audit and Education Committee member for the Managed Print Services Association (MPSA), presented on the importance of business reviews at the
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Sellers in Your MSP Should Facilitate Sales Urgency

An MSP company has a longer sales cycle than most businesses. Urgency can be a hard concept to impart when trying to close with the sort of clients you need to. The following are tips to assist
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New Year Beckons, but Same Old Challenges on Horizon for 2019

It seems that 2018 flashed before our eyes in a heartbeat, leaving nothing but a fond memory from a year awash in black ink on the financial ledger. MFP and copier placements may be flat for
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Following a Dream Pays Dividends for Toshiba Difference Maker Joe Contreras

Early in his career, Joe Contreras’ lunchtime drive would take him past a Toshiba facility. The Texas A&M product was employed with a smaller organization, where he was involved in the PC
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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
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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
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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).
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