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Visual Edge Technology Acquires Companies in Florida, Vermont, Indiana and Michigan

As our nation celebrated yet another birthday, Visual Edge Technology (VET) was busy setting off fireworks of its own, announcing the acquisition of four more companies to fortify its
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Dealers Need to Look Within to Foster Future Growth for ECM

Ideally, the path to growth within the dealer community is paved with promises of net-new business, but that need not be the cure-all solution. As with any ancillary offering that provides
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Difference Maker Sarah Custer Adept at Making the Most of Time

In “Calmly We Walk Through This April’s Day,” the late poet Delmore Schwartz wrote, “Time is the school in which we learn, Time is the fire in which we burn.” It is a reminder of not only our
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Getting to Heart of the Customer Problem Opens Doors to Solutions

Although our industry is changing by maturing and consolidating, some things nevertheless remain the same. One of them is the debate over pricing. Ever since I started in this industry back in
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Xerox Responds to Fujifilm Lawsuit

Xerox (NYSE: XRX) Vice Chairman and CEO John Visentin sent a letter to Fujifilm Chairman Shigetaka Komori on Monday, responding to the lawsuit filed by Fujifilm last week. He also released the
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Digging for Data: Capture Solutions Complement Dealer’s Enterprise Content Management Platform

To err is human, but there is no forgiveness for users whose repository of information is flawed. Content management explodes on the launching pad when content fidelity is compromised.
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Nine Tips for Creating a Business Continuity Plan

Ten years ago, on June 13, Cedar Rapids experienced a “500 Year Flood” of the Cedar River, which normally flows gently within its banks next to our building. The event was ranked as the sixth
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Fujifilm Launches $1 Billion Lawsuit Against Xerox for Nixing Deal

It didn’t take long for the other shoe to drop. Fujifilm Holdings has taken Xerox to court, seeking more than $1 billion in damages for a breach of contract after the Norwalk, CT-based
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Marketing to the Masses: Is it Time to Rebrand?

OK, so we’ve just about hit the midway point of 2018, as incredible as it may seem. Time to focus on following through with those business plans and plow through the third quarter with a
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Visual Edge Technology: Owners on the Same Page, Writing a New Chapter for Office Technology Dealerships

Brian Frank had a pretty good idea of what the future would look like for the office technology dealer universe, and the president of Graphic Enterprises Office Solutions wanted to play a big
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Looking for a Job? Beware of Recruitment Sites

There’s yet another reason to not let your employees go looking for a new job on company time: cybercriminals are now leveraging recruitment sites. According to risk intelligence vendor
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More Big MPS Deals Reported Among Xerox Channel Partners

Two recent signings provide further evidence that channel partners are finding growth opportunities with Xerox’s Managed Print Services (MPS). Multi-brand print dealer Alberta Printer Service won
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