Features

A Deep Dive into Data Collection Agents: Why Should Dealers and their Customers Care About Them?

Although we talk a lot about managed print service (MPS) solutions, it’s relatively rare to look under the bonnet and explore their actual mechanics. But data collection agents (DCAs) are pivotal
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Tightening the Screws: Looking Ahead at the Next Generation of Service Technicians

If there’s one thing that many office equipment dealers take pride in, and rightly so, it is the extensive experience many of their employees boast. Dealers often use this as a selling point, and
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UBEO Business Services Acquires United Reprographic Supply

UBEO Business Services—a premier provider of printer, copier and document management solutions nationally—expands its operations with the addition of United Reprographic Supply Inc., located in
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Sidestepping a Pandemic: Dealers Chart Challenges of Delivering Technical Service On-Site

Ah, the joys of being a service technician during the age of COVID-19. Face mask? Check. Hand sanitizer? Check. Gloves? Got ‘em. Disinfectant spray for machines? Right here. Maybe disposable work
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Two-Minute Drill: What Pandemic? Applied Imaging Shares Insight into Bevy of Acquisitions

The industry and business in general find themselves in an era of belt-tightening and adhering to a wait-and-see mentality when it comes to investments, particularly in acquisitions. It seems
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M&A Roundup: ConnectWise Acquires Service Leadership; M&S Technology Group Launches via Deal

A pair of deals crossed the transaction wire this week, including an interesting combination of firms dedicated to technology solution providers, coupling a software and services platform
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Health Care Sees Double the Increase in the Amount of Ransomware Attacks Since November

With an average of 626 ransomware attacks weekly on health care organizations, it’s evident that the bad guys are stepping up their tactics and focus where they believe the money to be. Health
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Crystal Ball and Tarot Cards Might Be More Effective in Projecting Beyond 2021

Imagining a time before face masks, incessant hand washing and social distancing is becoming increasingly difficult. It was around this time last year that people could be observed wearing PPE in
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Navigating Change: Product Portfolios, Cost and Relationship Management Among Areas Confronting Dealers

As change management confronts many dealers and providers to the office technology realm alike, perhaps it is equally important to maintain the processes and procedures that worked prior to the
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M&A Roundup: Xerox Adds CareAR, ACP and Time Business Merge, MTS Office Changes Hands

Industry transactions rolled forward this week with a trio of announcements. Xerox picked up augmented reality support specialist CareAR. On the dealer side, All Copy Products and Time Business
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EFI Engage Worldwide Conference Features Product Launches and Educational Opportunities to Help Customers Succeed in 2021

The first-ever worldwide virtual users’ conference for Electronics For Imaging, Inc. customers, EFI Engage, features groundbreaking new innovations that accelerate customers’ ability to
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Making Most of Clouded Future: Charting the Great Unknown

Our collective vocabulary saw something of a boost in 2020, as did the office dealer’s product portfolio. Outside of the health care world, few people were familiar with the term personal
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