{"id":1704,"date":"2012-01-20T13:10:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T13:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweekinimaging.com\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2012-01-20T13:10:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T13:10:44","slug":"between-the-lines-trending-from-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/the-week-in-imaging-twii\/editors-blog\/2012\/01\/between-the-lines-trending-from-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Between the Lines: Trending from Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_0139.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-310\" title=\"IMG_0139\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_0139-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>New content this week includes (click on the article to go directly to it):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/feature_articles\/10-take-aways-from-the-2012-konica-minolta-dealer-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">10 Take-Aways from the Konica Minolta Dealer Meeting<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/feature_articles\/declining-page-volume-creates-new-opportunities-and-challenges\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Declining Page Volume Creates New Opportunities and Challenges by Bud Karakey of BEI Services<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/feature_articles\/a-year-of-change-preparing-the-market-for-remote-it-monitoring%e2%80%a6and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">A Year of Change: Preparing the Market for Remote IT Monitoring\u2026and More by Jennie Fisher of GreatAmerica Leasing<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/feature_articles\/what%e2%80%99s-your-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolution-make-it-managed-print-services-and-make-money\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What&#8217;s Your New Year&#8217;s Resolution? Make it Managed Print Services and Make Money! By Tim Brien of OKI Data<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/feature_articles\/elfa%e2%80%99s-acquisition-trends-for-2012\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ELFA\u2019s Acquisition Trends for 2012<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news_bytes\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">January News Bytes<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I started writing this column in my room in the Bellagio hotel in what&#8217;s become my home away from home, Las Vegas. I was there for the Konica Minolta dealer meeting and what I saw and heard there this week firmly establishes Konica Minolta&#8217;s position in the upper pantheon of office technology, solutions, and services providers. Given their emphasis on managed IT services where they are no doubt ahead of the curve compared to many of their peers on the OEM side of the aisle along with their Optimized Print Services, I have to hand it to Konica Minolta, when it comes to office technology, solutions, and services, this ain\u2019t party, this ain\u2019t no disco, this ain\u2019t no fooling around. I\u2019m not just saying that because they did a super job of taking care of the press and analysts at their meeting. As one of my colleagues commented, \u201cThere\u2019s no smoke and mirrors here.\u201d Indeed, what Konica Minolta presented in Vegas is the real deal. Scroll down below for my 10 take-homes from this year&#8217;s Konica Minolta dealer meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Our month of industry trends continues this week with pieces from BEI Services, Great America Leasing, Oki Data, and the Equipment Leasing and Financing Association (ELFA). As you read through these along with the trends pieces that we\u2019ve been running throughout the month of January you\u2019ll find some consistent observations running through the commentaries such as the emphasis on managed print services from all sectors of the industry. While some may be saying that managed print services is so yesterday, let\u2019s be real, if it really was so yesterday would there still be 50+ percent of the dealer population still out there trying to figure it out. Until that time comes, rest assured managed print services will continue to be a major talking point like it or not.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading and please support our sponsors! Oh yeah, and friend us on Facebook too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New content this week includes (click on the article to go directly to it): 10 Take-Aways from the Konica Minolta Dealer Meeting Declining Page Volume Creates New Opportunities and Challenges by Bud Karakey of BEI Services A Year of Change: Preparing the Market for Remote IT Monitoring\u2026and More by Jennie Fisher of GreatAmerica Leasing What&#8217;s Your New Year&#8217;s Resolution? Make it Managed Print Services and Make Money! By Tim Brien of OKI Data ELFA\u2019s Acquisition Trends for 2012 January News Bytes I started writing this column in my room in the Bellagio hotel in what&#8217;s become my home away from home, Las Vegas. I was there for the Konica Minolta dealer meeting and what I saw and heard there this week firmly establishes Konica Minolta&#8217;s position in the upper pantheon of office technology, solutions, and services providers. Given their emphasis on managed IT services where they are no doubt ahead of the curve compared to many of their peers on the OEM side of the aisle along with their Optimized Print Services, I have to hand it to Konica Minolta, when it comes to office technology, solutions, and services, this ain\u2019t party, this ain\u2019t no disco, this ain\u2019t no fooling around. I\u2019m not just saying that because they did a super job of taking care of the press and analysts at their meeting. As one of my colleagues commented, \u201cThere\u2019s no smoke and mirrors here.\u201d Indeed, what Konica Minolta presented in Vegas is the real deal. Scroll down below for my 10 take-homes from this year&#8217;s Konica Minolta dealer meeting. Our month of industry trends continues this week with pieces from BEI Services, Great America Leasing, Oki Data, and the Equipment Leasing and Financing Association (ELFA). As you read through these along with the trends pieces that we\u2019ve been running throughout the month of January you\u2019ll find some consistent observations running through the commentaries such as the emphasis on managed print services from all sectors of the industry. While some may be saying that managed print services is so yesterday, let\u2019s be real, if it really was so yesterday would there still be 50+ percent of the dealer population still out there trying to figure it out. Until that time comes, rest assured managed print services will continue to be a major talking point like it or not.\u00a0 Thanks for reading and please support our sponsors! 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