(Pictured left to right: John MacInnes, CEO, Print Audit / Laryssa Alexander, President Field Service Division, ECi Software Solutions / Trevor Gruenewald, President & Chief Operating Officer, ECi Software Solutions / Sean Halliday, President - PlacePoint Division, Print Audit)
Topics: Managed IT, managed print, Managed Print Services, print audit, ECi, acquisition, managed services, managed services providers, field service, ECi Software, CODE
The week that I get the most work done is the one where my American friends celebrate Thanksgiving. I’m Canadian you see, and we celebrate Turkey day much earlier, so for me this is a work week. Canadians are expert at taking more holidays than almost any other nation (with the exception of those in France, no contest!) but there is one time of year that our American neighbors take the cake (or the Turkey): Thanksgiving. It is likely the longest holiday in the U.S. and the week is pretty much a write off. I don’t mind, really. Thanks for helping me and my other Canadian friends to get caught up on our inboxes and to-do list during this time!
Topics: Managed IT, managed print, Managed Print Services, Office Equipment Dealers, print management, office equipment, print industry, office equipment channel, managed services, managed services providers, thanksgiving
As we move into November it’s hard to believe that the final SBB Road Show of 2018 has come and gone! These road shows are among my favorite events of the year and I’m kind of sad that another one isn’t just around the corner. Oh well, 2019 isn’t that far away and we’ll be doing 2 or 3 next year too!
Topics: managed print, Managed Print Services, print management, SBB, seat based billing, SBB Road Show, print industry
The pace of change in the office equipment channel is happening faster than ever before. Users are printing fewer pages and customers are looking to digitize and automate as many of their workflows as possible. Some people call this Digital Transformation (DT), and truth be told, what that means is about as clear as the word “solutions,” or mud.
Topics: managed print, Managed Print Services, Office Equipment Dealers, print management, sales, selling, sales tips, office equipment channel, digital transformation
One thing we know for certain: Margins for managed print, especially programs that employ Cost Per Page billing, are under attack. We could just increase the Cost Per Page price, right? Yeah…
Topics: Cost Per Page, managed print, Office Equipment Dealers, print management, printers, Printing, print audit insight, office equipment, printing statistics, office equipment channel
When thinking about Seat Based Billing, you probably fit into one of three buckets:
1. Someone who doesn’t know much about it and has questions
2. Someone who has heard a little bit about it but still has questions, or
3. Someone who has had extensive conversations about it but still has questions
Topics: Cost Per Page, managed print, Managed Print Services, print management, SBB, seat based billing, SBB Road Show
One thing I have absolutely loved about being in the Office Equipment Channel for the last 15 years or so is just how innovative the people in this channel can be. When I started out in this channel, MPS (Managed Print Services) was just being born. Today, around 30% of every page printed is under an MPS contract. When our channel wants to change the way people do business nothing can get in our way.
Topics: managed print, Managed Print Services, Office Equipment Dealers, SBB, seat based billing, selling, sales tips, SBB Road Show, office equipment channel, XaaS
I’ve worked with a ton of dealers over the years helping them with their managed print programs. One of the cornerstones of any good managed print program is a good remote monitoring and management platform. Compared to other expenses in the business, remote monitoring is extremely inexpensive yet many dealers insist on only monitoring and paying for the devices they are managing. As soon as the assessment is over, they “clean” out the unmanaged devices and only continue to pay to monitor the devices under contract. Here are 5 reasons that decision could be costing you a lot of business:
Topics: assessment, managed print, Managed Print Services, sales, selling, premier members, sales tips, infinite device management, device monitoring, intel
For those that tune in faithfully to our program, you know that we’ve interviewed a ton of industry pundits, office equipment dealers, and other folks. They all have their own perspective on the changes facing the office equipment channel and the insights we’ve gained from them sharing has been invaluable to the future of all our businesses. But what if we got to interview somebody who works with dealers, pundits and OEMs on a daily basis? What if we got to speak to three of those people?! Powerful, right? Well we have power for you in this episode!
Topics: managed print, Managed Print Services, Office Equipment Dealers, convergence, convergence radio, office equipment, office equipment channel
We are pleased to announce the release of Infinite Device Management 3.22 which features a variety of enhancements and improvements over the previous release. A full list of enhancements and fixes can be accessed through the online help in Infinite Device Management under Help → Latest Release Notes.
Topics: managed print, Managed Print Services, print management, print tracking, infinite device management, release update
