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Re: Gas Price Check
Saw $1.68 in NJ, however Kentucky is unbelievable, I would have figured gas would be cheaper near refineries such as NJ, Phili, Houston, New Orleans area. Where is Paducah on the map in KY
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Re: Color Label Press University "Glossary of Terms" Part Six, Course One
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DAS Health Announces Milestone 10th Acquisition With Purchase of Altex Business Solutions
Tampa, Fla., Jan. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TAMPA, Fla. – DAS Health, an industry leader in health IT and management, announced today it completed the acquisition of Houston, TX based digital health company, Altex Business Solutions. This marks the fourth acquisition by DAS Health within just the past four months, and their 10th overall. DAS Health now actively serves well over 1,000 clients located across 47 states, with offices in Tampa, FL, Las Vegas, NV, and Aurora, IL. The recent...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago, The Last Week in January 2014
Dang, there's a ton of content here! Check out the blog series for 31 Ways to Close More Copier Sales #25 of 31 , there are 31 in total and I'm trying to get them all in a collection for us. Enjoy these threads from 5 years ago this week! This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago 4thWeek of January 2004 Art Post · 1/26/142:19 PM the new product.http://support. ricoh .com/bb/html/dr_ut_e/rc2/model/ c 32_38/ c 32_38en.htmJG Toshiba America Business Solutions Introduces The...
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UBEO Named Certified Color-Logic Dealer in Texas
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release For more information, contact: Mark Geeves at 513-258-0047 or mark@color-logic.com UBEO Named Certified Color-Logic Dealer in Texas West Chester, Ohio, USA; March 2019 --Color-Logic has named UBEO its first certified dealer in Texas. Discussing the dealer certification, Color-Logic Director of Sales and Marketing Mark Geeves said: "UBEO is a market leader in the printing equipment space, providing business technology integration across Texas and having...
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Toshiba Memory America Points to the Future of Technology Fueled by BiCS FLASH 3D Flash Memory at CES 2019
LAS VEGAS--( BUSINESS WIRE )--This week at CES ® 2019 , Toshiba Memory America, Inc. (TMA), the U.S.-based subsidiary of Toshiba Memory Corporation, will be on hand to highlight its BiCS FLASH™ 3D technology – and the role it plays in the company’s latest flash memory, UFS, solid state drive (SSD), and KumoScale™ software products. TMA will also leverage CES as a stage to debut the fourth generation of its single-package ball grid array (BGA) SSD product line: the BG4 series Making its...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Second Week in January 2004
Fifteen years ago I was not blogging about our industry. Most of what you'll see below is threads from P4P'ers asking and answering questions. The Print4Pay Hotel forums offers our members the opportunity to post questions, answers, news or maybe you want to blow off some steam. If you do here's a link to our forums. Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week! Ricoh Demonstrates Its Dedication 1/9/049:25 AM manufacturing, distribution, use and the recycling of its products. Sustainable...
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Stargel Office Solutions Recognized for Excellence in Managed IT Services
CRN's Managed Service Provider 500 list recognizes the top technology providers and consultants in North America whose forward-thinking approach to providing managed services is changing the landscape of the IT channel. Houston, TX, February 21, 2019 --( PR.com )-- CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, announced today that it has named Stargel Office Solutions to its 2019 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Pioneer 250 category: SMB-focused solution providers with a heavy managed...
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Toshiba Awards Seven Elite Resellers
LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 19, 2018-- Toshiba America Business Solutions today recognizes seven of its elite-performing U.S. independent resellers with Brookfield, Wis. reseller, James Imaging Systems topping the list as 2018 Dealer of the Year. Toshiba presented its All Star award to Houston reseller, Stargel Office Solutions while selecting first-year channel partner, Oklahoma Copier Solutions , located in Norman, Okla., Rookie of the Year. Toshiba’s regional award winners...
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Toshiba Presents All Star Award to Stargel Office Solutions
Houston, TX, September 28, 2018 --( PR.com )-- Stargel Office Solutions today announces it has received the All Star Award from Toshiba America Business Solutions. The Houston reseller secured the prestigious recognition for its significant sales growth within all of Toshiba’s product categories encompassing e-STUDIO™ multifunction printers, Ellumina™ digital signage and thermal barcode printers. “Stargel Office Solutions has demonstrated remarkable agility and entrepreneurialism while...
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DOCUmation acquires competitor for Texas expansion
San Antonio-based DOCUmation Inc. acquired a competitor in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with plans to expand across North and East Texas markets. DOCUmation, which sells printers, copiers and information technology to business customers. bought Documentworx LLC which is based in Arlington between Dallas and Fort Worth for an undisclosed price. Documentworx was founded in 2012 by Perry Langham and David Jones , state incorporation records show. DOCUmation plans to change the company's name to...
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Sharp Expands Into Houston Market With The Acquisition Of American Business Machines
MONTVALE, N.J. , June 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC), announced today that it is expanding its direct regional sales coverage by acquiring American Business Machines ( ABM ) in Houston, Texas . For the past 60 years, ABM has provided a complete range of office equipment and solutions to businesses in Houston and the surrounding areas. As a newly created branch of Sharp Business Systems...
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Sharp doubles M&A budget to sell more printers abroad
OSAKA -- Sharp plans to expand its overseas sales network for printers by doubling funds to acquire vendors. Lagging behind Canon and Fuji Xerox in a saturated market for multifunction printers, the electronics maker has adopted a strategy of purchasing others' sales channels rather than develop them on its own. Sharp will set aside about 12 billion yen ($108 million) for mergers and acquisitions this fiscal year, targeting vendors, especially those strong in corporate sales, in such markets...
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Computex Technology Solutions Acquires Synetra, Inc.
HOUSTON, Aug. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Expanding its reach and advancing its market expertise and IT services specialization, top-ranking national IT services provider Computex Technology Solutions today announced the acquisition of Dallas-based managed service provider (MSP) Synetra, Inc. The deal marks the fourth acquisition by Computex since 2012, and the first under the leadership of its President and CEO John Schilsky. “Computex continues to invest in the talent, technology and...
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Leading Legal Support Services Firm Announces New Acquisition in Houston
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- iNSERViO3, a privately-held, national leader in legal support services, today announced that it has acquired Copy Source One, LTD (CS1) a document management company located in Houston, TX. This combination joins two companies with deep legal services experience and a concentrated focus on client support and best-in-class quality. The company will be led by Texas native and long-time industry veteran, David Vandygriff, CEO of iNSERViO3. "This...
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Konica Minolta Expands Enterprise Content Management Portfolio with the ECM Business Segment Purchase from ThoughtTrace, Inc.
RAMSEY, NJ, Jan. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc . (Konica Minolta) today announced the purchase of the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) business segment from ThoughtTrace, Inc., a Houston, Texas based software company using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning to streamline contract management for the Oil & Gas industry. Prior to its corporate name change to ThroughtTrace, Inc. in August of 2018, the company operated as Agile...
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Ricoh USA to close Central Florida call center, lay off 76
Ricoh USA Inc. will close its Melbourne call center in the new year, cutting 76 jobs from the area. The Malvern, Pa.-based company, which is the U.S. entity of the Japanese office electronics firm Ricoh Company Ltd., is closing its office at 3050 Venture Lane Bays due to a consolidation of business functions, it notified the state on Dec. 4. All the layoffs will happen on Jan. 29 or later. The positions being affected include: Managers Senior associates Supervisers Business analyst...
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ARC's Riot Creative Imaging Integrates Canon Solutions America's Innovative Technology Into Eleven Of Its Locations Across North America
Melville, N.Y. – Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., today announced the installation of the new Océ Colorado 1640 in eleven key Riot Creative Imaging locations throughout North America: Las Vegas, NV; Costa Mesa and Santa Clara, CA; Houston, TX; Miami and Orlando, FL; Atlanta, GA; Tulsa, OK; Honolulu, HI; Clawson, MI; and Vancouver, British Columbia. Riot Creative Imaging is a global leader in creative imaging for events, indoor and outdoor...
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DOCUmation acquires competitor for Texas expansion
San Antonio-based DOCUmation Inc. acquired a competitor in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with plans to expand across North and East Texas markets. DOCUmation, which sells printers, copiers and information technology to business customers. bought Documentworx LLC which is based in Arlington between Dallas and Fort Worth for an undisclosed price. Documentworx was founded in 2012 by Perry Langham and David Jones , state incorporation records show. DOCUmation plans to change the company's name to...
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Color Label Press University "Glossary of Terms" Part Ten, Course One
In the past I've called my self a hunter of wide format devices. I'm know moving on to call myself a hunter for color labels, which will lead me to placing net new label presses. Over the last month or so, I've noticed multiple rolls of color labels in Wawa's, Quick Chek (both of these are gas station/food markets here in New Jersey). In addition I also scoped multiple rolls of labels in McDonalds and Dunkin Doughnuts (or Dunkin as they have re-branded). See and ye shall find color labels...
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Ricoh Clickable-Paper-enabled book adoptions on the rise in print-education environments
In August of 2018, The School of Graphic Communications Management (GCM) at Toronto’s Ryerson University included, as required reading, an updated edition of Introduction to Graphic Communication in its Fall curriculum for first-year GCM students. Ryerson contract lecturer and Graphic Arts Magazine columnist Diana Varma cited several reasons for the selection. “The book pairs really well with our first-year curriculum for our Graphic Communications Management students. It has a lot of...
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Cybersecurity Update
Torrey Pines High School of California announced that its network was hacked. o was hacked to alter student grades and transcripts - United Healthcare notified unknown number of patients in South Carolina that their PHI may have been exposed in a data breach that happened last year - Hackers are hijacking smart door/building access control systems, which they are using to launch DDoS attacks, according to firewall company SonicWall. - Beaumont Health of Michigan notified 1,200 patients that...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Second Week of April 2010)
For each of the next few blogs I'll be inserting some tips from what other dealers and sales peeps are doing on a daily basis from around the globe for staying relevant with their clients and prospects . Share our FB posts daily. Enjoy these wonderful threads from ten years ago this week! Konica Minolta Helps AMG Resources Eliminate Paper Filing Guest · 4/8/1011:21 PM .A., Inc. is a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop. For the third...
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Battling Cybercrime by Adding Cloud Internet Security to SD-WAN
HOUSTON, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Meriplex, a managed IT and SD-WAN solutions provider that securely powers enterprise organizations, announces its partnership with iboss , the leading provider of cloud native Secure Access Service Edge ("SASE") to organizations and their employees secure access to the Internet on any device, from any location. With business security requirements for modern enterprises ever-evolving, cloud Internet security is a valuable infrastructure component for...
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Pensare Completes Business Combination with Computex to Form American Virtual Cloud ...
ATLANTA, April 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pensare Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: WRLS) (“Pensare”), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced business combination with Stratos Management Systems, Inc. and its operating companies, which do business as Computex Technology Solutions (“Computex”), a leading IT Solutions and Managed Services Provider (MSP) with a 30-year legacy of success. The business combination...
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Canon Supports Next Generation of Content Creators through Print Curriculum at Clemson University
MELVILLE, N.Y. , April 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. , Inc., joined forces with Clemson University's Department of Graphic Communications to establish the first-ever University Inkjet Program (UIP) as part of the school's curriculum. The groundbreaking initiative aims to educate students both about industry trends and Canon's inkjet technology, while simultaneously exposing them to career opportunities in print production.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Last Week of February 2010)
Recently we had a contest for all of the salespeople at Stratix. It was not a demo contest but more about telling the awesome Stratix story to our clients. There were judges and then group winners for each branch. The group winners would then have the face off. Years ago we had this contest and I failed miserably, I was so bad that I wanted to be shot. I have a hard time memorizing anything that has to be word for word, not sure what my issue is but I have an issue. This will make a good...
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Aptum Partners with Alert Logic to Bring Managed Detection and Response to Aptum Customers
TORONTO--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Aptum, a global hybrid cloud and managed services provider, today announced its partnership with Alert Logic to deliver the market-defining Alert Logic managed detection and response (MDR) solution to Aptum’s global customers. With this partnership, Aptum becomes the first partner to offer Alert Logic’s MDR solution in Canada. “Our customers need strong cybersecurity to protect their most important asset – their data,” said Leigh Plumley, Aptum’s Chief Revenue...
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for March 14th, 2020
MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group ARCOA Group is here to help you successfully manage your IT Asset Disposition process. We help you recover value from retired electronic equipment through responsible methods of reuse and recycling. We ensure proper handling of assets which may contain data, while being environment stewards for assets that have no reuse value and are headed for recycling. We’ve built a robust de-manufacturing process to offer additional options for asset...
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Microsoft to launch Universal Print
Microsoft to launch Universal Print - announced Universal Print and its private preview to developers - meant to eliminate the need for on-premises print servers, and even the need to install printer drivers on your PC - takes Windows Server print functionality and moves it to the cloud via Office365 - Admins can view all of the Universal Print printers through a dashboard on Azure - can manage the printers remotely - can create security groups for printer/MFP access - location-based printer...
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Konica Minolta's AccurioJetKM-1 LED UV Inkjet Press Installed at DS Graphics/Universal Wilde
Ramsey, NJ, March 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc . (Konica Minolta) is proud to provide their customers with state-of-the-art technology to grow their businesses and offer high quality, personalized printing solutions. The company, along with customer DS Graphics/Universal Wilde, is pleased to announce the installation of an AccurioJet KM-1 LED UV Inkjet Press at the company’s Lowell, MA facility “This represents the start of a significant...
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for May 3rd, 2020
MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group ARCOA Group is here to help you successfully manage your IT Asset Disposition process. We help you recover value from retired electronic equipment through responsible methods of reuse and recycling. We ensure proper handling of assets which may contain data, while being environment stewards for assets that have no reuse value and are headed for recycling. We’ve built a robust de-manufacturing process to offer additional options for asset...
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NetDocuments Joins Onit's Strategic Alliance Program as Newest Partner
Strategic Partnership Promises to Drive Growth and Sustain Competitive Advantage HOUSTON, May 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Onit, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise workflow solutions, including enterprise legal management, contract lifecycle management and business process automation, today announced that NetDocuments, the leading secure multi-tenant cloud-based content services and productivity platform for law firms, corporate legal teams, and compliance departments, has joined Onit’s...
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Meriplex Acquires Dallas-Based Telecommunications Provider
HOUSTON , May 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Meriplex Communications, a managed IT and SD-WAN solutions provider specializing in intelligent networks, cybersecurity, cloud communications and managed services, announces its acquisition of Dallas -based telecommunications company, Vergent Communications on May 1, 2020 . Vergent Communications, originally founded in 1992 as Fluent Systems, a top-ten provider of system integration services, expanded their portfolio into delivering ISP services as the...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago for the First Week of May 2015
I've been in the copier industry for 40 years. Our industry has always been somewhat recession proof since we provide technology services. With another round of lay-offs in recent weeks it seems our industry is not immune to COVID19. We must be prepared for doing business in a post COVID19 business world. Which means protection of our workplace along with putting safeguards in place to protect our clients while we are in their place of business. These plans need to be developed and finalized...
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Scotto, you gotta look at all the variables: Metro vs. Rural, Park and Walk, High Rise, Fuel Costs/Parking Costs, Concentration of models relative to spares carried. What works in Keokuk wan't work in Houston etc.
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Re: Ricoh closing Irving, TX office
Ikon Office Solutions to lay off 63 in Houston Ikon Office Solutions Inc. will lay off 63 people from its Houston call center operation as part of the company’s business consolidation. In a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission dated May 4, the Malvern, Pa.-based company wrote that it “is planning to shut down certain of its business units operating at 810-820 Gears Road” in Houston. The layoffs are scheduled to begin on July 2. Ikon provides document management systems and services. It...
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Re: HP Meet the S900 Series MFPs
These new units are from Sharp and hi end systems to boot, one never knows in this industry.
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COPI Announces CompareZ Document Change
COPI Announces CompareZ Document Change Management SoftwareHigh-Volume Output Comparison Applications that Automate Verification of Variances Between Two Output Data Streams for Increased ProductivityHouston, Tex. U.S.A. (March 18, 2005) --- Computer...
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AMEX sells leasing division 2 Keycorp
Press Release Source: KeyCorpKeyCorp's Key Equipment Finance and American Express Announce Definitive Agreement to Acquire American Express Business FinanceFriday October 22, 1:19 pm ET Acquisition will elevate Key Equipment Finance to one of the...
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Canon Business Solutions, Continues to Expand in Texas
Canon Business Solutions, Regional Leader in Document Imaging Solutions, Continues to Expand in TexasMonday November 1, 3:19 pm ET Regional Branch Opening in Dallas CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2004--Canon Business Solutions-Central, Inc., a...
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Wekend Copier Notes from 07/26/09
Weekend MFP Industry Notes Newsletter7-26-09Details on Canon’s own leasing division, Canon Financial Services: - Run by Richard Palmieri – President - Funded by Canon - Has enough reserves to support leasing services for a minimum of 5...
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Weekend Copier Notes from 05/10/09
WEEKEND MFP INDUSTRY NOTES5-10-09The following is a quick review of copier/MFP industry news from various trade publications. Xerox launched the world’s first A3 color wax MFP, the ColorQube 9200 series. Details: - Advertised as offering full...