There\u2019s a myth being perpetuated across the document imaging industry in that there are riches to be made in Managed Services. Go to any BTA conference, most dealer meetings, or read online or print publications like this one and you can\u2019t sit through more than 15 minutes of seminars or flip through fourteen pages without hearing or reading about Managed Services.<\/p>\n
Do the document imaging industry prognosticators and power players really think that getting involved with a customer\u2019s network is going to keep dealers relevant? What about the foundation of their business? The document imaging industry was built on boxes and to focus on anything else, especially a segment of the customer\u2019s business that involves IT is pure lunacy. Ever met an IT person or seen one up close? I rest my case.<\/p>\n
In case you\u2019re missing my point, Managed Services is the biggest scam to hit the document imaging industry since Managed Print Services. And we\u2019ve all seen what\u2019s happened with that. Does anybody even offer Managed Print Services anymore and has anyone ever made any money from it?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sure your blood pressure is rising to an unhealthy level as you read this, especially if you\u2019re with one of those OEMs or consulting firms that are weaving this Managed Services black magic across the document imaging industry. I\u2019ll bet there are plenty of dealers falling for your line too. It\u2019s so easy to be seduced by the smell of green.<\/p>\n
Turns out I\u2019m weaving that black magic too right here in this issue in my article \u201cManaged Services Made Easy.\u201d It\u2019s not easy, but it\u2019s a good title. And as far as everything I wrote prior to this paragraph, I don\u2019t believe a word of it, I was just trying to get your attention.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m convinced there is something to this Managed Services thing even if it may not be for everyone. If you\u2019re not in yet, there\u2019s plenty of help out there to assist you in navigating your way to success without totally drifting away from your core business.\u00a0 If you\u2019re in already and not doing as well as you\u2019d like, I spoke with some people this month that may be able to get things moving in the right direction for you. And I only scratched the surface of the experts who have a proven track record in this arena.<\/p>\n
Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There\u2019s a myth being perpetuated across the document imaging industry in that there are riches to be made in Managed Services. Go to any BTA conference, most dealer meetings, or read online or print publications like this one and you can\u2019t sit through more than 15 minutes of seminars or flip through fourteen pages without hearing or reading about Managed Services. Do the document imaging industry prognosticators and power players really think that getting involved with a customer\u2019s network is going to keep dealers relevant? What about the foundation of their business? The document imaging industry was built on boxes and to focus on anything else, especially a segment of the customer\u2019s business that involves IT is pure lunacy. Ever met an IT person or seen one up close? I rest my case. In case you\u2019re missing my point, Managed Services is the biggest scam to hit the document imaging industry since Managed Print Services. And we\u2019ve all seen what\u2019s happened with that. Does anybody even offer Managed Print Services anymore and has anyone ever made any money from it? I\u2019m sure your blood pressure is rising to an unhealthy level as you read this, especially if you\u2019re with one of those OEMs or consulting firms that are weaving this Managed Services black magic across the document imaging industry. I\u2019ll bet there are plenty of dealers falling for your line too. It\u2019s so easy to be seduced by the smell of green. Turns out I\u2019m weaving that black magic too right here in this issue in my article \u201cManaged Services Made Easy.\u201d It\u2019s not easy, but it\u2019s a good title. And as far as everything I wrote prior to this paragraph, I don\u2019t believe a word of it, I was just trying to get your attention. I\u2019m convinced there is something to this Managed Services thing even if it may not be for everyone. If you\u2019re not in yet, there\u2019s plenty of help out there to assist you in navigating your way to success without totally drifting away from your core business.\u00a0 If you\u2019re in already and not doing as well as you\u2019d like, I spoke with some people this month that may be able to get things moving in the right direction for you. And I only scratched the surface of the experts who have a proven track record in this arena. Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1908],"tags":[116,2411,328],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13288"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13289,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13288\/revisions\/13289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}