Phil Boatman

In a 16-year career with Lexmark International, Phil Boatman established himself as a marquee player in the office technology industry and was a major cornerstone in developing the company’s Business Solutions Dealer (BSD) program in 2007. Last month, Konica Minolta sent ripples Read More

A few weeks ago Lexmark presented a Webinar for press and analysts, updating us on what’s going on. There was a lot of information to sort through, some of it old, some of it new, but none borrowed and none blue, all painting a vivid portrait of the current state of affairs at Read More

What’s new? That’s the question I e-mailed to dozens of players in the document imaging industry back in November and again in December, if they didn’t respond to my first query, about what they’ve got new for 2015 that will help their dealers and resellers be successful.  The Read More

The hardware, solutions, services, and supplies providers continue to share their 2014 highlights. These highlights, albeit brief, paint a vivid picture of the document imaging industry in 2014. “I am pleased to note that 2014 was a very favorable year for Toshiba.  Coupled with Read More

I spent the first part of this week at BTA Grand Slam in Baltimore, home of the MLB Eastern Division Champion Baltimore Orioles. For a regional event, this had all the substance of a national event, or at least the sessions I attended did. What’s nice about this event is th Read More

I can always count on Lexmark’s Phil Boatman to succinctly answer questions related to anything Lexmark and that’s what he did when I recently asked what Lexmark has planned for its dealer channel in 2014. If you’re a Lexmark dealer you’ll find his comments noteworthy, if Read More

Every other year The Week in Imaging presents its Top 40 Most Influential People in the Imaging Industry. It’s a broad mix of individuals consisting of those who make the tough decisions either at the top or at various levels within their organizations, those who others in the Read More

I received an e-mail last Friday from a reader with an interesting observation about the first 20 names on The Week in Imaging’s Top 40 Most Influential People in the Imaging Industry list. “Most of them are old.” That wasn’t meant to be negative, but was Read More

Phil Boatman, Lexmark International’s manager, business development for the U.S. dealer channel discusses the industry’s trends to watch in 2013 and the trends that will be affecting Lexmark’s business in the year ahead as well as what the company has in store to help their Read More

As 2012 comes to a close it’s time once again to recap the highlights or significant accomplishments of the year from the perspective of companies and organizations related to the imaging technology industry. Over the past month I’ve been presenting up to a dozen highlights Read More