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Take No Prisoners: Inauspicious Start Doesn’t Deter Vision Office Systems Difference Maker Jason Habbal

There was once a time when Jason Habbal wondered what he had gotten himself into. The son of Fred Habbal, owner of Vision Office Systems in Charlotte, North Carolina, Jason had graduated from
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Marketing Insights: Messaging Drives Bottom Lines More Than Tactics

Good solutions matter, especially amid today’s complex shift to hybrid workplaces. But having the best solutions doesn’t mean a thing if you can’t market and sell them. To do that, you need the
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Two-Minute Drill: ITEX Returns to Las Vegas Nov. 9-10 with Mission to Guide Dealers in Post-Pandemic World

Marc Spring isn’t pulling any punches. He feels there are certain realities that have been brought about by the pandemic, and in order to thrive in its aftermath, dealers need to equip themselves
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Website Optimization Tools Enable Dealers to Measure, Tweak Marketing Endeavors

Remember those old television commercials for local automotive sales? Some fast-talking huckster would blather on about, say, the AMC Eagle—which looked like it belonged in a 1970s romp room with
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M&A Roundup: Visual Edge Expands MIT Footprint; Xerox and ARMOR Group Swing Deals

Industry megadealer Visual Edge made a big M&A splash this week by obtaining Brayton Associates of Southington, Connecticut. Xerox also tapped into the New England IT market as well in
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Toshiba Difference Maker Kenny Hiteman Chases Storms, Tech Service Excellence

Few people outside of Kenny Hiteman’s inner circle are aware that he is a Skywarn Storm Spotter for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Science and nature have long been a
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Passing of Torch: Chelsey Bode Becomes Sole Owner of Pearson-Kelly Technology

Chelsey Bode officially became the sole owner of Springfield, Missouri-based Pearson-Kelly Technology on Sept. 30 after 10 years of succession planning. While Bode’s been the primary partner in
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Epson Mourns Passing of Business Development Manager Jarrod McCarthy

The imaging community is mourning the loss of Jarrod McCarthy, Epson’s South region business development manager for the BTA/dealer channel. He passed away Sept. 7 at the age of 46. M
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Unlikely Journey Beyond IT Master Continues for Difference Maker Juan Fernandez

It might be said that technology actively seeks out individuals who yearn to find a better, more efficient and cost-effective way of accomplishing goals. That certainly seems to be the case for
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RJ Young Announces Rebrand Amid Growth of Technology Solutions

RJ Young, an industry-leading business technology solutions provider in the Southeast, announces today its newly launched brand. The change is ushered in after the pandemic’s push toward hybrid
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Garnering Momentum: Dealers Chart Future Growth Opportunities for Commercial Imaging

In theory, the digital transformation is a finite evolution, although technology keeps moving the goalpost in what constitutes a complete transformation. But whatever the shade of digital,
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COVID-19 Surge Prompts Kyocera to Postpone 2021 Dealer Conference in San Antonio

With a spike in COVID-19 cases brought about by the Delta variant, Kyocera Document Solutions America has decided to postpone its REIMAGINE Dealer Kickoff conference, which was originally slated
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