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Greater Profits Are Only a Mobile App Away

Join MWA Intelligence to find out how to expand your market without abandoning your roots with innovative technology integrated into a managed services environment.


Shifts in Consumer Behavior Drive Mobile Printing Solutions

Once the interest in printing from now highly capable portable devices was recognized, everyone jumped on the bandwagon to come up with new and/or revamped mobile printing solutions. But there is much to consider when creating the ideal solution for the two main groups of consumers — the enterprise segment and the general public — especially when their behavior is changing at such a rapid rate.


Taking a Closer Look at Offering Managed Network Services

It’s an accepted fact that progressive office equipment dealers are actively moving down the path of managed network services (MNS). By transferring the day-to-day management of technology to a third-party MNS provider, SMBs are able to move toward a more proactive technology management approach. For office equipment dealers, this is the biggest opportunity for growth since managed print.


Converging, Colliding & Connecting

Converging, Colliding & Connecting - Managed Print meets Managed IT

Join Corey Simpson of CompTia for this one hour webinar as he moderates for Tim Brien of OKI Data and Mark Sokol of ConnectWise in a discussion about where the industry is heading and how MSPs can better prepare their businesses for continued success within the channel.


Executive Corner With Ed McLaughlin

Ed McLaughlin is the president of Xiphos Consulting and executive advisor to Sharp Electronics. In this Q&A, McLaughlin shares his thoughts on the state of the industry, challenges, trends and opportunities.


Through Acquisitions and Changing Business Models, ECi’s Commitment To Service Remains Strong

Providing end-to-end solutions for more than 7,000 diverse customers is no easy task. However, Ron Books, president and CEO of ECi Software Solutions, says it’s what his company does best.


Jennie Fisher
  • Eliminate the Pain of MPS With a Partner

    There’s a services model sea change going on, and most are either wanting to get there in the future or trying to master it now. While there’s no “easy button” for changing from a hardware-focused business to a service-centric model, there are good reasons to evolve in that direction and better resources today than ever before to make it less painful. 02/06/2012 Read more

  • Grab a Mitt and Get in the Game

    Are you doing enough, if anything, to reduce the risk of a document or data breach? Do you think you are adequately covered by insurance or something else if there is a catastrophic breakdown in your organization or an organization that you partner with or rely on to serve your market and customers? Reality is that in the majority of cases, the answer is no! 01/24/2012 Read more

  • Lyra 2012: Notable and Quotable

    One of the signs of a good conference is the number of sound bites that come out of it. As a journalist (among other things), it’s my job to make note of those quotes and sound bites to then succinctly wrap up the event and give those who couldn’t make it a good overview. 01/31/2012 Read more

Greg Walters
  • Hybrid Convergence, Transformative Business Models and Stagnant MpS

    Here it is – 2012: the cusp of the end of the world as we know it. The MpS train is rolling, picking up steam and boldly going. Today, supplies stores and office furniture guys are offering MpS, old-school stationers are setting up global MpS programs, and – hang onto your hat for this one – the wide-format boys are getting in too. Oh, what a party it is turning out to be. But the floor is crowded, the music old, and the dance moves mundane. We’re getting burnt out. 01/23/2012 Read more

The gapTCO Report

The gap intelligence TCO solution is an intuitive, graphical user experience designed to allow simple and easy analysis of the Total Cost of Ownership of printer and MFP devices. Each month, gap intelligence provides The Imaging Channel readers an overview comparison of selected models.

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Comparison of four A4 soho color laser MFPs
A4 Soho Color Laser MFPs

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Comparison of four A4 mono laser MFPs
Comparison of four A4 Mono Laser MFPs