Ricoh

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 Read More

On Tuesday, January 21, Ricoh announced that it will acquire mindSHIFT Technologies, a Managed Services provider, from Best Buy Co. The acquisition is expected to close in February 2014 at which time mindSHIFT will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh. For Ricoh, this is a Read More

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 Read More

This week’s news that Ricoh will acquire mindSHIFT Technologies, a Managed Services provider, from Best Buy Co., once again underscores how important services are to the imaging technology space.  Or at least how important services are to their long-term survival in the spac Read More

Over the past four weeks we’ve been presenting the highlights of the year from a wide variety of companies serving the office imaging space from hardware manufacturers, to solutions and services organizations, to the consulting and analyst communities. Taken together these Read More

When a major snowfall cancelled 1,500 flights the day before I left, and with the close proximity to four other major imaging manufacturer events, I wondered how productive 1105 Media Office Technology Group’s Business Imaging Expo on December 10-12th would be? Although the Read More

I hope you’ve been enjoying reading the Elite Dealer profiles as much as I enjoyed writing them. It’s an amazing group comprised of dealers of all shapes and sizes from across the country. I’m honored to present these awards each year and every year get to know some of these Read More

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 Read More

Terry Bogner of Austin Technology Group in Austin, Texas, had an epiphany a while back. He had one of those inexpensive inkjet MFPs at home that had seen its better days with the exception of the scanning function.  Even after he replaced that device with a laser printer, he was Read More

It’s been awhile since I presented an installment of “Off the Record,” a department that allows dealers to anonymously and honestly share their concerns about the issues and trends affecting their dealerships. This week we have a familiar topic that for better or for wor Read More

What does Priport mean or what possessed Ricoh to choose the name Priport?  If I had to choose a name for a high-speed duplicator I would have chosen something like DocuPress, Image Print or DupliPress many years ago. In the last few months I’ve been able to learn more Read More

Dan Ramos, enterprise technology services manager for the Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ), was seeing boxes of documents everywhere he turned and storage costs for those documents were going through the roof. It was a crime what was happening at DOJ until Enterprise Technology Read More

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 Read More

A couple of weeks ago we presented a news item on Applied Imaging, a Michigan office technology solutions dealership, entering into a strategic agreement with Ricoh to acquire various Ricoh accounts in Traverse City, MI and Northern Michigan. The agreement took effect May 1, 2013 Read More

BTA West to Host Capture the Magic Aug. 1-2 in Las Vegas  June 28, 2013 — On Aug. 1-2, 2013, the Business Technology Association’s (BTA; www.bta.org) West district will host Capture the Magic, its annual educational and networking event, at the Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas. The Read More