tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734830559796197063.post1230086320610086789..comments2024-02-22T23:31:27.818-06:00Comments on The Death of The Copier: Lexmark, Ikon, and the University of Kentucky Part DuexUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734830559796197063.post-78438688449614721742011-02-14T10:33:40.037-06:002011-02-14T10:33:40.037-06:00Anon!
You make a great point. Thank you for comm...Anon!<br /><br />You make a great point. Thank you for commenting. <br /><br />First issue though, copier sales/placements are down 27% from the salad days of 2007. And for the previous four quarters, the industry has been flat. The A3/A4 battle is over - copiers lost.<br /><br />Facts are stubborn things.<br /><br />There will be a day when the only folks over-buying walk-up copiers will be in government and education accounts.(ahem)<br /><br />Having said that, I agree with you, IKON won this precisely because they are a copier company.<br /><br />This is not sarcasm.<br /><br />This deal goes against some of the MPS grain - from outside observation. <br /><br />Indeed, I was incorrect with my interpretation last year. <br /><br />So, perhaps this isn't an MPS deal after all. Maybe it is a straight copier deal dressed up as MPS?<br /><br />I might have agreed with this six months ago, not today.<br /><br />I think this is an MPS deal.*<br /><br />I think, today, IKON is still a copier company. Today, for now.<br /><br />As for where this is heading -$300 million tells me it is heading right into the CIO offices - away from Purchasing.<br /><br />I criticize IKON and occasionally poke them in the eye.<br /><br />But, secretly, I am one of their biggest fans. On paper, RiKON should kick ass in MPS. <br /><br />Not copiers. <br /><br />The future is IT/MPS/MSP/BPO/ITO/OMG...<br /><br />* I think it deserves mention that this discussion is somewhat academic - UoK is an education account, not a commercial account, this isn't a REAL account.<br /><br />I am suddenly reminded of a similar deal from last year - Bowling Green.(I sure hope IKON gets signed agreements)<br /><br />Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know - "the money is real..." <br /><br />Is it?<br /><br />Thanks for commenting. <br /><br />Keep coming back.Greg_Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10110815199532873459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734830559796197063.post-19467192753320443642011-02-14T07:47:32.627-06:002011-02-14T07:47:32.627-06:00For all this talk of "The Death Of The Copier...For all this talk of "The Death Of The Copier BS" Ricon got this takedown precisely because they are a copier company. They did not, I repeat, they did not get this because they are an MPS company. They won it because they are a copier company that has printers as well. Lexmark lost it because they are a printer company that makes crap for copiers. You guys see where this is heading????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com