NEW YORK, Oct 23, 2008 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- The Brualdi Law Firm, P.C. announces a preliminary injunction hearing has been scheduled for Monday, October 27, 2008
The class action lawsuit was filed on September 23, 2008. The Complaint alleges that the proposed sale of Ikon to Ricoh protects the interests of Ikon's directors and Ricoh at the expense of Ikon's public shareholders. The Complaint also alleges that the directors concealed material information from plaintiff and Ricoh's other public shareholders in conjunction with the same.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
HP IPG Re-Org
Leaner and Meaner?
I ran across this quick article about the IPG reorg.
As I have mentioned, there a lots of new faces. Faces from all over the world, current HP folks, who are now going to create "something from nothing" - a Value Added Printing channel. (wow)
All part of the Plan - “a printer company to a printing company,” according to IPG chief Vyomesh Joshi.
We are waiting for the year to end (October) to see what new "goodies" are waiting for "those who stayed..."
I ran across this quick article about the IPG reorg.
As I have mentioned, there a lots of new faces. Faces from all over the world, current HP folks, who are now going to create "something from nothing" - a Value Added Printing channel. (wow)
All part of the Plan - “a printer company to a printing company,” according to IPG chief Vyomesh Joshi.
We are waiting for the year to end (October) to see what new "goodies" are waiting for "those who stayed..."
HP - Above the Fray...
HP Layoffs -
Selling and U of M Football
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Carpou Goes to Profit Recovery Partners
IKON Veteran Joins Profit Recovery Partners
Posted by Apply Best Credit Card in Monday, October 27th 2008 under: News
All PR Newswire news
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Profit Recovery Partners (PRP)
announced today that Bill Carpou has joined the company’s senior executive
team as vice president of sales and marketing. An industry veteran with more
than 18 years of experience, Carpou most recently served as area vice
president and general manager for IKON Office Solutions’ Southern California
operations, headquartered in Irvine, Calif.
Carpou joined IKON in 1990 as vice president of sales for the company’s
Philadelphia operation, and later became vice president of sales and marketing
for the company’s Northeast region. After relocating to Laguna Niguel, Calif.,
in 1998, he assumed responsibility for IKON’s Southern California operation, a
position he held until March 2005 when he transferred to the company’s
headquarters in Malvern, PA, to become vice president of marketing for IKON
North America. Carpou accepted his most recent position as area vice president
and general manager after returning to California in August 2007.
“Bill’s experience and credibility will further support the growth
objectives of PRP over the next 10 years as we expand the services we provide
to our existing and new customers,” said Don Steiner, president of PRP.
Carpou added, “I am thrilled to be part of one of the fastest-growing
companies in Southern California. PRP’s business model, which combines the
expertise of our staff with our long-term verification and support system
program, allows us to fully understand and meet the requirements of each
customer, regardless of their size or industry.”
Summary
Profit Recovery Partners (PRP) is a national consulting organization
headquartered in Irvine, California. It specializes in the development,
implementation and support of administrative expense reduction solutions for
Fortune 1000 and other middle market companies. Since its inception in 1997,
PRP has served its clients by producing competitive, lean cost structures
through the application of proprietary procurement management methodologies,
and by leveraging unique vendor knowledge and purchasing power.
SOURCE Profit Recovery Partners
Copyright 2008 PR Newswire
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Posted by Apply Best Credit Card in Monday, October 27th 2008 under: News
All PR Newswire news
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Profit Recovery Partners (PRP)
announced today that Bill Carpou has joined the company’s senior executive
team as vice president of sales and marketing. An industry veteran with more
than 18 years of experience, Carpou most recently served as area vice
president and general manager for IKON Office Solutions’ Southern California
operations, headquartered in Irvine, Calif.
Carpou joined IKON in 1990 as vice president of sales for the company’s
Philadelphia operation, and later became vice president of sales and marketing
for the company’s Northeast region. After relocating to Laguna Niguel, Calif.,
in 1998, he assumed responsibility for IKON’s Southern California operation, a
position he held until March 2005 when he transferred to the company’s
headquarters in Malvern, PA, to become vice president of marketing for IKON
North America. Carpou accepted his most recent position as area vice president
and general manager after returning to California in August 2007.
“Bill’s experience and credibility will further support the growth
objectives of PRP over the next 10 years as we expand the services we provide
to our existing and new customers,” said Don Steiner, president of PRP.
Carpou added, “I am thrilled to be part of one of the fastest-growing
companies in Southern California. PRP’s business model, which combines the
expertise of our staff with our long-term verification and support system
program, allows us to fully understand and meet the requirements of each
customer, regardless of their size or industry.”
Summary
Profit Recovery Partners (PRP) is a national consulting organization
headquartered in Irvine, California. It specializes in the development,
implementation and support of administrative expense reduction solutions for
Fortune 1000 and other middle market companies. Since its inception in 1997,
PRP has served its clients by producing competitive, lean cost structures
through the application of proprietary procurement management methodologies,
and by leveraging unique vendor knowledge and purchasing power.
SOURCE Profit Recovery Partners
Copyright 2008 PR Newswire
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
Crime Blotter Update:Bribes and Ricoh
Mount Vernon SD official convicted of bribe receiving, official misconduct
My post dated May 24th now has an ending - of sorts.
From the Mid Hudson News:
"WHITE PLAINS – The former head of purchasing for the Mount Vernon City School District was convicted Friday of bribe receiving, official misconduct and receiving unlawful gratuities.
My post dated May 24th now has an ending - of sorts.
From the Mid Hudson News:
"WHITE PLAINS – The former head of purchasing for the Mount Vernon City School District was convicted Friday of bribe receiving, official misconduct and receiving unlawful gratuities.
Arthur Rose, 49, of Mount Vernon, was convicted in Westchester County Court on two counts of bribe receiving as felonies, three counts of official misconduct as misdemeanors and one count of receiving unlawful gratuities as a misdemeanor.
Between mid-June and mid-July 2005, rose, the former head of purchasing at the school district, accepted a bribe of $3,500 from a sales representative of Ricoh Americans Corporation for his assurance that the company would receive a five year contract from the district for 73 digital copiers, support products and related services.
On August 3, 2005, based on Rose’s recommendation, the school district gave Ricoh the contract which exceeded $1 million.
Between June and September 2006, Rose solicited and received a bribe in the form of a $10,000 donation to his church from the owner of Tri-State Supply Company, a custodial supply company, in exchange for future business, which was later awarded.
When sentenced, Rose faces up to seven years in state prison."
Picture over on Print4Pay.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - for just 73 copiers **UPDATED***
Copiers and Crime...This Stuff Can Not Be Made UP
Copier Crime - From the "Dirty D"
Saturday, October 18, 2008
The Office of the Future -
"...Will the office change all that much? "
Listen to George E. Pake, who heads Xerox Corp.'s Palo Alto (Calif.) Research Center, a new think tank already having a significant impact on the copier giant's strategies for going after the office systems market:
"There is absolutely no question that there will be a revolution in the office over the next 20 years. What we are doing will change the office like the jet plane revolutionized travel and the way that TV has altered family life."
Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Economic "Crisis" Hits Home - American Express
Oh, how the mighty have FALLEN.
Up until today, I had only "heard" of companies having challenges getting credit.
For instance, I have seen reports of a company unable to secure a 20k lease for one copier; although they were very creditworthy.
But today, I spoke with small businesses with a superior credit ratings, and long relationships with their banks and American Express. I mention AE because of their ad campaigns pitching directly at small businesses.
The Gold, Platinum, Blue, and the newest, Plum.
First. An owner of a small business has an 800+ FICO and enough cash in the bank to choke a horse was refused a mortgage on a $60,000.00 cabin in the woods. He could have purchased 5 cabins that day with cash.
But like any savvy business person, he wanted to use the bank's money - denied.
Additionally, he uses American Express to purchase inventory. And with his inventory turns at 30 days, "floating" the cost on an AE card makes sense, and earns him points. His limit was reduced from $65,000 to $16,000.00 in a day; then reduces again to 10k.
OK, now this customer is not complaining - I will do that for him - and I am kinda torn. I actually DO understand American Express's position - credit EVERYWHERE is tightening up, so they need to as well.
But - small businesses all over the country have been using AE exactly like this customer and American Express has been urging companies to utilize credit in this manner.
Throw in the fact that they are reducing limits without prior notification and get an even bigger mess; a customer service mess.
My Point - as agents of change, you need to help your clients more than ever before. Help them through difficult times. And it is not easy.
Times are tough.
This "recession" is not going to last forever and when the turnaround comes, we should all remember who was there with us.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Are Customers Smarter Now?
Everyone says, "...because of the internet, your clients are smarter now more than ever..."
I wonder. Really?
I my opinion, there was a time when the internet held all sorts of "information" - but today, there is so much, that it is all just "data". Perhaps a subtle difference, perhaps not.
Think about it in the world of copiers. Just because a prospect can search the 'net and retrieve hundreds of brochures, user reviews and even pricing does this make him/her smarter?
Informed, agreed.
Can access to all the facts in the known world make your prospect "smarter" than you? The down and dirty answer is "yes" if you are a copier person. (If you are reading this, you are in the 2%)
But if you client has access to all the data in the known world, SO DO YOU.
Just because I can search out and find information on how to build a Space Shuttle, does not mean I know how to fly it...and just because your prospect can find out exactly how xerography, or Edgeline or copier leases work sure as heck does not mean they now know how to navigate the sea of confusion.
They need someone to help, to advise, to partner with.
That someone could be you.
Not all that easy if you think about it, eh?
Lots of pressure, eh? Pressure? Yes.
If you go into a relationship knowing you can help and intending to help, you put it all on the line. So you better do your homework, and you better know more then your client.
Sales - who woulda thunk it could be this difficult.
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I wonder. Really?
I my opinion, there was a time when the internet held all sorts of "information" - but today, there is so much, that it is all just "data". Perhaps a subtle difference, perhaps not.
Think about it in the world of copiers. Just because a prospect can search the 'net and retrieve hundreds of brochures, user reviews and even pricing does this make him/her smarter?
Informed, agreed.
Can access to all the facts in the known world make your prospect "smarter" than you? The down and dirty answer is "yes" if you are a copier person. (If you are reading this, you are in the 2%)
But if you client has access to all the data in the known world, SO DO YOU.
Just because I can search out and find information on how to build a Space Shuttle, does not mean I know how to fly it...and just because your prospect can find out exactly how xerography, or Edgeline or copier leases work sure as heck does not mean they now know how to navigate the sea of confusion.
They need someone to help, to advise, to partner with.
That someone could be you.
Not all that easy if you think about it, eh?
Lots of pressure, eh? Pressure? Yes.
If you go into a relationship knowing you can help and intending to help, you put it all on the line. So you better do your homework, and you better know more then your client.
Sales - who woulda thunk it could be this difficult.
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Saturday, October 11, 2008
A Great Slide Show on The History of Xerox
The 70th anniversary of Chester Carlson's invention of Xeroxography is almost here. Carlson succeeded in creating the first Xerox copy on October 22nd, 1938.
Good show, here.
Good show, here.
70 Years of Xerography -
Xerox Print Drivers Lauded by Industry for Freeing up IT Staff
Xerox and the "Universal Print Driver"
Industry Analysts praised the Xerox Global Print Driver and Mobile Express Driver print drivers for simplifying printing management for IT departments and making it easier for workers to print from multiple locations. The drivers' ability to support competitive printing devices, as well as nearly all Xerox printers and multifunction printers (MFPs) played a key role in the award selection.
"The beauty of technology is when it makes things simple," said Ted Needleman, senior technical director of Industry Analysts Technical Services Division. "The Xerox drivers work regardless of who made the printer plus you don't need to spend all kinds of time setting them up. Xerox has made the whole process seamless."
"This award underscores Xerox's dedication to delivering real-world solutions that help our customers simplify their processes, become more productive and improve their bottom line," said Rick Dastin, president, Xerox Office Group. "
Providing these free print drivers is just one way Xerox continues to stay ahead of the technology curve and anticipate the needs of our customers."
SOURCE: Xerox Corporation
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery...
Industry Analysts praised the Xerox Global Print Driver and Mobile Express Driver print drivers for simplifying printing management for IT departments and making it easier for workers to print from multiple locations. The drivers' ability to support competitive printing devices, as well as nearly all Xerox printers and multifunction printers (MFPs) played a key role in the award selection.
"The beauty of technology is when it makes things simple," said Ted Needleman, senior technical director of Industry Analysts Technical Services Division. "The Xerox drivers work regardless of who made the printer plus you don't need to spend all kinds of time setting them up. Xerox has made the whole process seamless."
"This award underscores Xerox's dedication to delivering real-world solutions that help our customers simplify their processes, become more productive and improve their bottom line," said Rick Dastin, president, Xerox Office Group. "
Providing these free print drivers is just one way Xerox continues to stay ahead of the technology curve and anticipate the needs of our customers."
SOURCE: Xerox Corporation
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery...
Friday, October 10, 2008
You Think Man Can Destroy the Planet?
"What intoxicating vanity."
"Let me tell you about our planet.
Earth is four-and-a-half-billion-years-old. There's been life on it for nearly that long, 3.8 billion years. Bacteria first; later the first multicellular life, then the first complex creatures in the sea, on the land.
Then finally the great sweeping ages of animals, the amphibians, the dinosaurs, at last the mammals, each one enduring millions on millions of years, great dynasties of creatures rising, flourishing, dying away -- all this against a background of continuous and violent upheaval.
Mountain ranges thrust up, eroded away, cometary impacts, volcano eruptions, oceans rising and falling, whole continents moving, an endless, constant, violent change, colliding, buckling to make mountains over millions of years.
Earth has survived everything in its time. It will certainly survive us. If all the nuclear weapons in the world went off at once and all the plants, all the animals died and the earth was sizzling hot for a hundred thousand years, life would survive, somewhere: under the soil, frozen in Arctic ice. Sooner or later, when the planet was no longer inhospitable, life would spread again. The evolutionary process would begin again. It might take a few billion years for life to regain its present variety.
Of course, it would be very different from what it is now, but the earth would survive our folly, only we would not. If the ozone layer gets thinner, ultraviolet radiation sears the earth, so what? Ultraviolet radiation is good for life. It's powerful energy. It promotes mutation, change. Many forms of life will thrive with more UV radiation.
Many others will die out. Do you think this is the first time that's happened? Think about oxygen. Necessary for life now, but oxygen is actually a metabolic poison, a corrosive glass, like fluorine. When oxygen was first produced as a waste product by certain plant cells some three billion years ago, it created a crisis for all other life on earth. Those plants were polluting the environment, exhaling a lethal gas.
Earth eventually had an atmosphere incompatible with life. Nevertheless, life on earth took care of itself. In the thinking of the human being a hundred years is a long time. A hundred years ago we didn't have cars, airplanes, computers or vaccines. It was a whole different world, but to the earth, a hundred years is nothing.
A million years is nothing.
This planet lives and breathes on a much vaster scale. We can't imagine its slow and powerful rhythms, and we haven't got the humility to try. We've been residents here for the blink of an eye.
If we're gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us."
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"Let me tell you about our planet.
Earth is four-and-a-half-billion-years-old. There's been life on it for nearly that long, 3.8 billion years. Bacteria first; later the first multicellular life, then the first complex creatures in the sea, on the land.
Then finally the great sweeping ages of animals, the amphibians, the dinosaurs, at last the mammals, each one enduring millions on millions of years, great dynasties of creatures rising, flourishing, dying away -- all this against a background of continuous and violent upheaval.
Mountain ranges thrust up, eroded away, cometary impacts, volcano eruptions, oceans rising and falling, whole continents moving, an endless, constant, violent change, colliding, buckling to make mountains over millions of years.
Earth has survived everything in its time. It will certainly survive us. If all the nuclear weapons in the world went off at once and all the plants, all the animals died and the earth was sizzling hot for a hundred thousand years, life would survive, somewhere: under the soil, frozen in Arctic ice. Sooner or later, when the planet was no longer inhospitable, life would spread again. The evolutionary process would begin again. It might take a few billion years for life to regain its present variety.
Of course, it would be very different from what it is now, but the earth would survive our folly, only we would not. If the ozone layer gets thinner, ultraviolet radiation sears the earth, so what? Ultraviolet radiation is good for life. It's powerful energy. It promotes mutation, change. Many forms of life will thrive with more UV radiation.
Many others will die out. Do you think this is the first time that's happened? Think about oxygen. Necessary for life now, but oxygen is actually a metabolic poison, a corrosive glass, like fluorine. When oxygen was first produced as a waste product by certain plant cells some three billion years ago, it created a crisis for all other life on earth. Those plants were polluting the environment, exhaling a lethal gas.
Earth eventually had an atmosphere incompatible with life. Nevertheless, life on earth took care of itself. In the thinking of the human being a hundred years is a long time. A hundred years ago we didn't have cars, airplanes, computers or vaccines. It was a whole different world, but to the earth, a hundred years is nothing.
A million years is nothing.
This planet lives and breathes on a much vaster scale. We can't imagine its slow and powerful rhythms, and we haven't got the humility to try. We've been residents here for the blink of an eye.
If we're gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us."
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Thanks to Google, No More "Drunk Email"
You gotta love this...
I guess this is a new issue, people sending out emails while drunk and regretting it in the morning.
Didn't Jerry McGuire do the same thing...sorta?
Much like the breathalyzer attached to the dashboard of your '69 Mustang, Mail Goggles is designed to stop you from ending up in the "Chappaquiddick" of Cyber-dom by forcing you to complete a few math questions.
Once the numerical hurdles are overcome, your email is sent to your "ex" or your idiot boss and into the ether. Oh and saved forever on one of the off-shore, water cooled, Google Data centers.
Funny stuff.
I guess this is a new issue, people sending out emails while drunk and regretting it in the morning.
Didn't Jerry McGuire do the same thing...sorta?
Much like the breathalyzer attached to the dashboard of your '69 Mustang, Mail Goggles is designed to stop you from ending up in the "Chappaquiddick" of Cyber-dom by forcing you to complete a few math questions.
Once the numerical hurdles are overcome, your email is sent to your "ex" or your idiot boss and into the ether. Oh and saved forever on one of the off-shore, water cooled, Google Data centers.Funny stuff.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
HP Placed in "Leaders" Quadrant for Managed Print Services in Magic Quadrant Report
The "Magic Quadrant..."
Last update: 3:00 p.m. EDT Oct. 8, 2008
SAN DIEGO, Oct 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- HP (HPQ:
Hewlett-Packard Co.today announced industry analyst firm Gartner, Inc. has placed it in the Leaders Quadrant in its Magic Quadrant for Managed Print Services Worldwide.
The Gartner Magic Quadrant positions vendors according to their "ability to execute" and their "completeness of vision" in managed print services (MPS).
According to Gartner, the completeness of vision axis "reflects each MPS provider's prospects for success by analyzing its view of the market, its service operating model, and its strategic plans for growth and service improvements."
Gartner evaluated vendors on the quality and efficacy of the processes, systems, methods or procedures that enable their performance to be competitive, efficient and effective, and to have a positive impact on revenue, retention and reputation. According to the firm, vendors are judged on their ability and success in capitalizing on their vision.
"We believe being placed in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for 'completeness of vision'and 'ability to execute' is a testament to HP's unique insight into the Managed Print Services industry," said Bruce Dahlgren, senior vice president, Worldwide Solutions and Services, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. "HP delivers a complete set of services to reduce total business costs, improve paper-based workflows and maximize productivity for customers worldwide."
According to the report, Gartner classifies leaders as providing MPS to a wide range of customers, including the largest and most geographically dispersed, so they must demonstrate a truly global reach. They must demonstrate not only the skills to deliver today's MPS, but also the understanding, initiative and resources to prepare for tomorrow's. Leaders characteristically augment the full scope of MPS with a wide range of added-value services.
Last update: 3:00 p.m. EDT Oct. 8, 2008
SAN DIEGO, Oct 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- HP (HPQ:
Hewlett-Packard Co.today announced industry analyst firm Gartner, Inc. has placed it in the Leaders Quadrant in its Magic Quadrant for Managed Print Services Worldwide.
The Gartner Magic Quadrant positions vendors according to their "ability to execute" and their "completeness of vision" in managed print services (MPS).
According to Gartner, the completeness of vision axis "reflects each MPS provider's prospects for success by analyzing its view of the market, its service operating model, and its strategic plans for growth and service improvements."
Gartner evaluated vendors on the quality and efficacy of the processes, systems, methods or procedures that enable their performance to be competitive, efficient and effective, and to have a positive impact on revenue, retention and reputation. According to the firm, vendors are judged on their ability and success in capitalizing on their vision.
"We believe being placed in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for 'completeness of vision'and 'ability to execute' is a testament to HP's unique insight into the Managed Print Services industry," said Bruce Dahlgren, senior vice president, Worldwide Solutions and Services, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. "HP delivers a complete set of services to reduce total business costs, improve paper-based workflows and maximize productivity for customers worldwide."
According to the report, Gartner classifies leaders as providing MPS to a wide range of customers, including the largest and most geographically dispersed, so they must demonstrate a truly global reach. They must demonstrate not only the skills to deliver today's MPS, but also the understanding, initiative and resources to prepare for tomorrow's. Leaders characteristically augment the full scope of MPS with a wide range of added-value services.
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