Not to be premature, but as we enter the final month of the year I’m working on something special that will appear in The Week in Imaging starting December 16. I’m asking 52 different companies within or connected to the office technology/imaging industry to identify their most notable highlight or accomplishment of 2011. Wish me luck in getting 100 percent participation. I will be presenting those in three installments in the Dec. 16, Dec. 23, and Dec. 30 issues. I know you’re busy and for many of you it’s going to be a short month, so these highlights will be quick and easy reads and recap some of the most notable accomplishments of the past year whether they’ve affected you and your business or not. It’s a good bet that some of these have already or will impact your business going forward.

Before I go I want to take a brief side trip and address any Elite Dealer winners who may have been solicited by an organization called In the News trying to sell them reprints of their Elite Dealer profiles. That organization is not affiliated with The Week in Imaging and the material they are reprinting is copyrighted by The Week in Imaging. If you’re interested in authorized reprints or anything else related to The Elite Dealer Awards, please contact me. Thank you.

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