August 6, 2020

Countering Margin Erosion: Pros and Cons of Looking to New Sources of Revenue

At a time in business when the sale of bread-and-butter offerings such as copiers and MFPs have been severely curtailed by COVID-induced conditions, dealers may be seeking to supplement their revenues by branching into ancillary offerings or even products that are far removed
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Agent of Change: Kyocera Difference Maker Oscar Sanchez Sees Reward in Risk

The great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy once observed, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” But with all due respect to the man who penned “War and Peace,” Oscar Sanchez is a living and breathing embodiment of the notion that it is possible
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M&A Roundup: Gordon Flesch Company, LDI Color ToolBox Bolster Capabilities

In the midst of a comparatively quiet summer on the mergers and acquisitions front, two of the dealer network’s bigger players announced the completion of acquisitions as Gordon Flesch Company (GFC) picked up Jim Gordon Inc. and LDI Color ToolBox obtained CTVI. Madison,
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Opportunities for Diversification: IT & Beyond

This piece originally appeared on the GreatAmerica Office Equipment Blog forum. Click here to read other topics of interest to our industry. There’s nothing quite like a pandemic to force you to look at your business and fine-tune your go-to-market approach, including your
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GreatAmerica MPSecure Addresses Work-From-Home Print Security Vulnerabilities

Cedar Rapids, IA (Aug. 6, 2020) — GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation announced a new print security program for office technology providers to support the new work-from-home world. The MPSecure program educates providers on network security risks that arise from using
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Pax8 and Liongard Announce New Partnership

Denver (Aug. 04, 2020) — Pax8, the best place to buy cloud solutions, today announced a new partnership with Liongard, a software company that provides a unified automation platform to managed services providers (MSPs). Through the partnership, Pax8 partners now have access to
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Safetrust and ELATEC Deliver Touchless Mobile Access Solution to Customers

Fremont, CA (Aug. 5, 2020) — Safetrust Inc, a world leader in virtual credential solutions, today announced a technology partnership with ELATEC to provide customers with a secure, touchless authentication solution for ELATEC’s TWN4 MultiTech family of BLE readers. The technology
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New EFI Engage Conference in 2021 to Deliver World-Class Print and Packaging Education Program

Fremont, CA (Aug. 4, 2020) — Building on the continuing success of its recent webinar and online training series for print and packaging professionals, Electronics For Imaging, Inc. will offer an expansive, new EFI Engage Conference online next January that gives customers
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New Collabrance Customer Portal Enables MSPs to Gain Knowledge, Resources and Tools to Help Scale IT Business Faster

Cedar Rapids, IA (Aug. 4, 2020) — Collabrance LLC, a GreatAmerica Company, announced the release of their new customer portal build to help MSPs enhance their IT business practices and scale faster. MSP customers working with Collabrance gain exclusive access to the knowledge
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Supplies Network Expands Managed Print Services to Revolutionize the Barcode Printing Industry

St. Louis (Aug. 4, 2020) — Supplies Network has launched barcodeSELECT, an automated, hands-off approach to replenishing thermal barcoding supplies. This service was specifically designed to help resellers who are engaged in Managed Print Services (MPS) add and monetize a new
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DocuWare Offers Screening eForm for Businesses Entering COVID-19 Return to Work Phase

New Windsor, NY (Aug. 4, 2020) — DocuWare, provider of cloud solutions for document management and workflow automation, announces a new eform and workflow to support U.S. businesses in the COVID-19 return to work phase. DocuWare’s COVID-19 screening eform was first developed for
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Xerox Holdings Corporation Announces Senior Notes Offering

Norwalk, CT (Aug. 3, 2020) — Xerox Holdings Corporation (NYSE: XRX) announced today that it intends to commence an offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2025 and $400 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2028, subject to market
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Pulse Technology Ranks 11th on Business Ledger List of Area Family-Owned Businesses in 2020

Schaumburg, IL (July 31, 2020) — Pulse Technology, a technology company serving the IT, Managed Print Services and other needs of businesses throughout the Midwest and beyond, was ranked #11 in the category of area family-owned businesses in a recent Daily Herald Business Ledger
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