Editors Blog

Sneak Peek: A Few Interesting Facts About the 2021 Difference Maker Class

I’ve got to be honest with you, the last few weeks have been a bit of a grind. We put out the call for our annual Difference Maker issue, and in the last couple of weeks of the submission period,
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Golf, Laughs and More Golf: Longtime Sales Pro Paul Youngberg Remembered by Friends

Those members of the imaging industry who knew and loved Paul Youngberg have two things in common: the game of golf and humorous stories. Youngberg, 77, passed away on Feb. 11 while on a
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Hybrid Working: Getting it Right

I have always considered myself a well-organized person, someone who is quite adept at managing tasks around deadlines. Prior to the pandemic, however, I believed that this could only be possible
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Konica Minolta Sells Certain Sales Offices to Dealer Partners

Konica Business Solutions U.S.A. announced strategic changes to accelerate its business transformation and execute on its promise to deliver exceptional value creation for its customers and
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Two-Minute Drill: James Loffler Determined to Extend Legacy of Customer Service and Operational Success

Last week’s announcement that James Loffler would assume the mantle of president for Loffler Companies represented not so much a changing of the guard—after all, his father, Jim, remains at the
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Recent Phishing Scams Managed to Bypass Email Security Filters

Researchers at Armorblox describe several recent phishing scams that managed to bypass email security filters. The first attempted to gain access to users’ Facebook accounts. “Recently, the
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What’s Next: Dealers Ponder Future Additions to their Product Lines

As we put the March State of the Industry theme of ancillary products and services to bed, we’ll conclude with a few thoughts from our dealer panel as to what their dealerships may be looking to
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Blockbuster: Synnex Corp., Tech Data Join Forces in $7.2B Deal

The IT distribution network was shaken by Monday’s announced merger between Synnex Corp. and Tech Data, a deal valued at (including debt) approximately $7.2 billion. Synnex shareholders
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Office Equipment Dealer Nirvana

Nirvana in Indian culture is described as a state of perfect quietude, freedom, and highest happiness. We are not going to talk about it in the religious sense, but we will look at it in the
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Printing in 2021: How Will the Market Evolve as Office Life Resumes?

The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of being realistic. We have learned to be realistic about the present and we must continue to be realistic about what lies ahead. The scale and
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Deadline: Make Sure to Submit Nominations for 2021 Difference Makers

As we mark one full year under the thumb of COVID-19, optimism abounds. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two million Americans are receiving their vaccines
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Signs of Success: Jeff Gau Set the Target, and Marco Obliterated It

It may seem difficult to fathom, but there was a time, not all that long ago, that Marco was a mid-sized, Midwestern office technology dealership struggling from a profitability standpoint. In
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