Lexmark, Ikon, and the University of Kentucky Part Duex

As the dust settles around Ikon's spiriting away the University of Kentucky from Lexmark, there is time for reflection.

As sad as this sounds, I tend to discuss MPS, imaging, and output devices during off hours; which means there really aren't "off hours".

At one point, I had the bright idea of recording some of these conversations to capture the ideas bantered about.

Crystallizing conversations; making clear the obvious.

Ideas solving the worlds woe's; ending poverty and hunger, accelerating the economic recovery and defining Managed Print Services. Again.

So I roped two volunteers, who would be suffering through another MPS pontification anyway, into putting together some microphones, music and dozens of 3x5 cards.

This is adult time, opinionated time.

My opinions.

"Not in Our House!...er...no...wait..." Rikon Takes One Right out of Lexmark's Backyard - U of Kentucky, in LEXington

Managed Print Services, she's a fickle beast.

Always moving, like smoke.

One minute she's with you on the dance floor, all yours.

Three months laters,  she's calling you for bail.

Of course you go back. 

But you'll never introduce her to your parents; she's just THAT kind of girl.

Battle: Los Angeles - How many times are the Aliens going to destroy L.A.?

Coming in March -

The Jig is Up, The News is Out, IT Budgets Grow in 2011 - More Managed Print Services Opportunities?

I just read a great article over at CRN here, regarding The Everything Channel survey of VAR's and service providers.

The study was conducted back in November and surveyed 384 senior level managers within VARs/IT providers.

The survey calls the available North American IT market for solution providers at $428.1 billion in 2010, up more than 6 percent from $402.1 billion in 2009.

Remember, the North American MPS market is calculated at around $25b(Photizo).

The channel accounted for 68 percent of IT sales, and direct sales making up the remaining 32 percent.

The survey found that many VARs are dependent on a small number of SMB customers for a majority of their business.

"...Nearly 30 percent of solution providers had fewer than 25 customers while 10.9 percent had between 25 and 49 customers, 9.9 percent had 50 to 99 customers and 9.9 percent had 100 to 149 customers. Only 20.1 percent had 250 or more customers..."

"No Rules Managed Print Services" - Who Do You Think You Are?

2011 -

The Mafia, does not exist. Never has, except for in the movies.

The "Illuminati" is another example of propaganda and marketing. Fear motivates, just ask Little Red Riding Hood.



The Free Masons, Skull and Bones, Templars, The Thule Society, The Black Hand, and my personal favorite, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, these groups, these societies, whether real or imagined, were formed to fill a vacuum.

And nature abhors a vacuum.