{"id":5364,"date":"2013-06-27T09:39:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T13:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweekinimaging.com\/?p=5364"},"modified":"2013-06-27T09:42:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T13:42:23","slug":"between-the-lines-yesterday-and-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/the-week-in-imaging-twii\/editors-blog\/2013\/06\/between-the-lines-yesterday-and-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Between the Lines: Yesterday and Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yesterday-And-Today-Album-Cover\"<\/a>I\u2019ve said it before and I\u2019ll say it again, the more things change, the more things change. Having covered this industry as a journalist for 27 years now, I\u2019ve seen a lot of changes as have many of you who have been in the industry longer than I have. Then again, those of you who have only been around for a decade or so have witnessed your share of changes as well. Let\u2019s sit back and look at the way things were yesterday, and the way things are today. And by the way, enjoy it while you can, because it\u2019s all changing as you read this.<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> Analog copiers<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> Digital, connected copiers<\/p>\n

Yesterday<\/strong>: Monochrome<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> Color<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> Hardware<\/p>\n

Today: <\/strong>Services and Solutions<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> Hardware Sales Quotas<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> Hardware Sales Quotas (This hasn\u2019t changed has it?)<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> Konica, Minolta, Mita, Kyocera, Oc\u00e9, Kodak<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita<\/p>\n

Yesterday: <\/strong>IKON, Global, Danka<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> Ricoh, Xerox, Konica Minolta<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> Maps and printed directions<\/p>\n

Today: <\/strong>GPS<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> Phone calls and cold calls<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> E-mails and text messages<\/p>\n

Yesterday: <\/strong>File cabinets<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> Cloud storage<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> The NOMDA Show<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> OEM-Specific Dealer Meetings<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> Managed Print Services<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> Managed Services<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> Local Office Supply Stores<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> Office Superstores<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> The Dream of the Paperless Office<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> The Office with Less Paper<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> Dozens of fax manufacturers, including names like Mitsubishi and dex.<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> Who needs fax?<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> Teleconferences and Press Conferences<\/p>\n

Today: <\/strong>Webinars<\/p>\n

Yesterday: <\/strong>Independent dealers<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> Direct branches<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> Thousands of independent dealers were the future of the industry.<\/p>\n

Today: <\/strong>Hundreds of independent dealers are the future of the industry.<\/p>\n

Yesterday:<\/strong> Selling to the Purchasing Department<\/p>\n

Today:<\/strong> Selling to the IT Department<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve got anything to add to the list, send them my way and I\u2019ll publish them in an upcoming issue in The Week in Imaging<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading and please support our sponsors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve said it before and I\u2019ll say it again, the more things change, the more things change. Having covered this industry as a journalist for 27 years now, I\u2019ve seen a lot of changes as have many of you who have been in the industry longer than I have. Then again, those of you who have only been around for a decade or so have witnessed your share of changes as well. Let\u2019s sit back and look at the way things were yesterday, and the way things are today. And by the way, enjoy it while you can, because it\u2019s all changing as you read this. Yesterday: Analog copiers Today: Digital, connected copiers Yesterday: Monochrome Today: Color Yesterday: Hardware Today: Services and Solutions Yesterday: Hardware Sales Quotas Today: Hardware Sales Quotas (This hasn\u2019t changed has it?) Yesterday: Konica, Minolta, Mita, Kyocera, Oc\u00e9, Kodak Today: Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita Yesterday: IKON, Global, Danka Today: Ricoh, Xerox, Konica Minolta Yesterday: Maps and printed directions Today: GPS Yesterday: Phone calls and cold calls Today: E-mails and text messages Yesterday: File cabinets Today: Cloud storage Yesterday: The NOMDA Show Today: OEM-Specific Dealer Meetings Yesterday: Managed Print Services Today: Managed Services Yesterday: Local Office Supply Stores Today: Office Superstores Yesterday: The Dream of the Paperless Office Today: The Office with Less Paper Yesterday: Dozens of fax manufacturers, including names like Mitsubishi and dex. Today: Who needs fax? Yesterday: Teleconferences and Press Conferences Today: Webinars Yesterday: Independent dealers Today: Direct branches Yesterday: Thousands of independent dealers were the future of the industry. Today: Hundreds of independent dealers are the future of the industry. Yesterday: Selling to the Purchasing Department Today: Selling to the IT Department If you\u2019ve got anything to add to the list, send them my way and I\u2019ll publish them in an upcoming issue in The Week in Imaging. Thanks for reading and please support our sponsors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[328,343],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5364"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5380,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364\/revisions\/5380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}