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My Top 10 MFP Copier Industry Predictions for 2014

A better year in 2014 for everyone right?  I still feel the economy here in the Northeast is not what is was and am wondering if we’ll ever get back to where we were in the mid 2000’s.  I’ve been in this crazy business for 33 years and not once was I ever faced
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Top of the Rio’ BTA Dealer Member Appreciation Reception to Take Place at ITEX 2014 National Conference and Expo  Jan. 23, 2014 – The Business Technology Association  along with sponsors ECi Software Solutions, Katun, OKI Data Americas, and Square 9 will host a reception
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Konica Minolta Shapes the Future at Annual Dealer Meeting

  For Konica Minolta dealers attending the company’s annual dealer meeting with its theme of “Shape the Future,” it’s unlikely anyone came down with future shock after listening to the presentations during the General Session, visiting the Product Expo, or sitting through
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  Industry Veteran Barry Taylor Passes Nov. 21, 2013 – Barry Taylor, CEO of Taylor Made Business Systems, a managed print services company, died Saturday, Nov. 16 from a heart attack at the age of 74. According to the Taylor Made Business Systems Website, Taylor founded his first
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Between the Lines: Event Planning

I’m a big fan of industry events. That goes back to my earliest days in the industry in the mid to late 1980’s. I still long for that one-stop networking experience of the old NOMDA and BTA shows.  You don’t really get that anymore, at least not the way it was in the ‘80s.
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Dinner and More Than a Show at The Cannata Dinner

Frank Cannata sure knows how to throw a party. Just ask anybody who attended The Cannata Report’s 28th Annual Awards and Charities Dinner at The Park Savoy in Florham Park, NJ Wednesday night. But this event isn’t for just anybody. This is the only industry event that brings
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Preton and SYNNEX Corporation Sign Distribution Agreement Oct. 1, 2013 – Preton, a provider of printing cost reduction software, has announced that the company has signed a distribution agreement with SYNNEX Corporation, a distributor of IT products and services. As part of
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DocuWare Turns iPhone and iPad into Scanner Sept. 17, 2013 – PaperScan, a free app by DocuWare, is now available for turning an iPhone or iPad into a document scanner. DocuWare developed PaperScan to conveniently bring order to paper clutter. Scanned documents need to be of a
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Between the Lines: While I Was Away on Vacation…

Sometimes you owe it to yourself to just get away. Don’t know why I feel guilty about taking five work days off to go on vacation, but I did. I was even planning on writing this column while away, but some way, somehow, I talked myself out of it and decided to focus on the
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What’s Hot & What’s Not?

This week Lew Watson, senior account manager with Systel Communications in Fayetville, NC, discusses what’s hot and what’s not in his market. Systel, one of the largest dealers in the Southeast, sells Ricoh, Konica Minolta, Panasonic, and HP products as well as offers a wide
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What’s Hot & What’s Not?

Tim Seeley, vice president of sales, with Seeley Office Systems in Glens Falls, NY, shares what’s hot and what’s not in his market. Seeley sells Konica Minolta and Muratec products as well as office supplies through United Stationers. What’s hot? Seeley: [An MPS program that
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