New CEO Takes Helm at Toshiba

Posted by Tom Callinan on Saturday, June 27, 2009

On June 24 Norio Sasaki, 60 years old, was appointed president and CEO of Toshiba Corporation. Toshiba lost $3.61 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31. In an attempt to shore up its balance sheet the company issued $5 billion in additional debt and equity.

Mr. Sasaki immediately set a goal of boosting the shareholder equity ratio from 19% to 30%.

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Strategy Development Launch MPS Mentoring Program

Posted by Tom Callinan on Sunday, June 21, 2009

Over the last four years, Strategy Development has helped hundreds of dealers enter the managed print services (MPS) space through their industry leading consulting and training practices.

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Still Wondering if A4 Will Impact the Industry?

Posted by Tom Callinan on Sunday, June 21, 2009


Sharp® Frontier Series Powers Company Into the Color MFP Segment 3'S Top Position in Leading Market Research Firm's US Quarterly Hardcopy Peripheral Tracker

First Quarter Shipment Results Show Sharp's Dramatic Market Foray Has Resulted in Increased Market Share as Well as Higher Overall Market Sale

-- 06/05/09 -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, today announced that they have finished with the highest overall United States market share for 31-44ppm* color MFPs** in Q1 2009.

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Xerox Joins as Gold Sponsor for the Solutions Summit and Office Document Strategy Conference

Posted by Tom Callinan on Sunday, June 21, 2009

(Weymouth, MA) June 18, 2009…. InfoTrends, the leading worldwide consulting firm for the digital imaging and document solutions industry, announced today that Xerox, a leading document management technology and services enterprise, has signed as a Gold Sponsor for their upcoming Solutions Summit and Office Document Strategy (ODS) Conference. The inaugural Solutions Summit will take place September 29-30, 2009, and the Office Document Strategy Conference will follow immediately September 30 – October 1, 2009.

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Strategy Development & The BTA Launch Business Planning Workshop

Posted by Tom Callinan on Sunday, June 21, 2009

Dealers are seeking strategies to grow revenue and profits in the face of year-over-year industry unit placement declines, a shift from A3 to A4 products, a difficult financing environment and new competition for pages from other channels selling print management solutions.

Although there are many training programs that address different aspects of planning or focus on improving results in functional areas, there is no single program that comprehensively brings together all functional areas into a cohesive plan of action — until now.

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Printer Business Drops In Q1: IDC

Posted by Tom Callinan on Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The economic downturn has taken its toll on the printer business, causing shipments to fall more than 17 percent worldwide compared with last year, with color laser multifunction devices a relative bright spot in an otherwise gloomy market.

Follow the link to read this article: http://www.crn.com/hardware/217701335;jsessionid=PNGJBEKCRPJWGQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN

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