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Educating, collaborating, and sparking ideas for maximizing the technology that matters.


Stick to the Fax: 4 Benefits of Cloud-based Fax Communications

Cloud-based faxing provides a security, efficient, and scalable solution that modernizes an organization’s communication processes.

Fax isn’t dead. It’s just reinventing itself.

According to cloud-based fax service provider eGoldFax, the wholesale move from traditional faxing to cloud-based services is tremendous. Recent reports, they suggest, predict that faxing services are growing at 11 percent per year and look to be a 5.6 billion dollar market worldwide by 2028.

How to Build a Strong Print Security Culture at Your Company

Your organization’s security – including print security – should have its own well-defined persona because, frankly, procedures, solutions, and strategies are great but people are complicated.

We can all agree that as we peek ahead into 2024, cyber security was, is, and will remain a huge priority for businesses today. But are you and your employees all on the same page on how we get there? That's an entirely different question.

Topics: Office Equipment Document Workflow Print Management Datamax Culture Secure Printing

9 Print Management Tools That Help Fight IT Team Fatigue

A proficient IT administrator derives satisfaction from automating tasks to enhance productivity, responsiveness ... and positivity.

IT staff fatigue is a real thing. It’s an issue often explored in  Nexthink's Pulse Report. Back in May 2020, we learned that 43% of IT leaders cited increasing support tickets as their biggest challenge since the start of the pandemic. “Since then,” reads the report, “70% of tech leaders we polled said their ticket and call volume continue to spike, with a majority of those reporting increases up to 50%."

Topics: Office Equipment Print Management Secure Printing

3 Warning Signs Your Potential Managed IT Partner May be a Bad Fit

As you begin to meet with a potential provider, there are warning signs to look out for, which we will share below. 

It's always s best practice to try on a pair of shoes before purchasing. After all, the right fit will never hurt your feet.

Topics: Network Management IT Consulting Technology Pain Managed IT Services

12 Print Management Capabilities for K-12 Campuses to Explore

For schools and their print environment, it’s about managing print behavior and costs in order to maximize their allotted budget. Print Management can help with that.

Schools are unique animals when it comes to printing.

So many users. So many types of devices. So many types of documents, all of which are essential to classroom functionality. On top of that, the classroom (and technology therein) is changing rapidly. Whether education is conducted on-site, remotely, or in a combination of both, the technology utilized should seamlessly integrate with different educational applications and offer cost-effective features, enabling schools to make the most of their resources.

Topics: Canon Color Copier Office Equipment Print Management Canon USA Education Tips and Tools

Cloud vs. On-Prem: 6 Considerations for Your Business Phone System

Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) is an all-in-one cloud communications platform that brings your organization a business phone system, chat, video conferencing, business texting, file sharing and storage, and much more. 

Is your business phone system putting your business on hold?

Your customers need to reach you... no matter what. Your colleagues are seeking new ways to collaborate and communicate, whether in the office, out in the field, or working from home.  Has your legacy analog phone system served you well? Perhaps it has. But have you done any due diligence on the potential advantages of modernizing your business communications with a move to the cloud?

Topics: Unified Communications VoIP Phone System Managed Services Provider Hybrid Office

The Buzz Behind Papercut Hive: Cloud-driven Print Management

PaperCut Hive is a fully hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that allows cloud-first organizations of any size, regardless of their printer brands, to easily enable and manage printing with just an internet connection.

For organizations looking to best utilize technology to support their everyday business, cloud adoption continues to be all the buzz in 2023. A few statistics from Zippia that support such a claim:

  • 94% of enterprises use cloud services.
  • 67% of enterprise infrastructure is now cloud-based.
  • 92% of businesses have a multi-cloud strategy in place or in the works.
Topics: Print Management Managed Print Services Print Assessment Cloud Print PaperCut

5 In-Plant Printer Insights On Boosting Print Production Operations

Titled “Enhancing the In-Plant Product and Service Offering,” this white paper ultimately offers a window into the challenges In-Plant Printers are facing, and what certain outfits are doing to combat the hardships. 

Plain and simple: Peer learning is important. 

Your peers are often sources of untapped potential, be it sharing the latest and greatest, learning from others' mistakes, or just forging valuable connections and shifting the conversation from "I" to "we." But what about peers outside your facility, but within your own vertical space? Others in your industry can offer valuable insights that can positively impact your own operations moving forward.

Topics: Office Equipment Production Print Digital Print Finishing Equipment

4 Ways Cloud Print Management Unleashes Efficiency, Peace of Mind

Rather than relying on traditional on-premises print servers, cloud print management leverages internet-based technologies, enabling users to send and manage print jobs from any device, anytime, anywhere.

Thomas Edison's motto was said to be this: "There's a better way to do it — find it."

In today's fast-paced business world, finding more efficient methods for anything can be a game-changer, your print environment being no exception. Enter cloud print management, a printing solution that combines the power of the cloud with the convenience of printing, all of which gives your IT administrators and end users valuable Peace of Mind. For many organizations with a consistent need for printed documents, it's simply a better way to do it.

Topics: Printing Printer Management Office Equipment Print Management Printer Cloud Print

6 Ways Your Old Copier Could Be Telling You 'It's Time'

Whether it’s diminishing quality, limited functionalities, or the simple inability to find the right parts, there are certain signs that the office copier needs to be replaced.

Suffice it to say, your employees and your office copier develop a unique, oft-love-hate relationship over time.

From that glimmering first impression as the new device rolls into the office for the first time, to the frustrations with the inevitable paper jams, the employee and the device spend a lot of time together day in and out at the office, developing genuine familiarity. As a core hub for workflow functions, the copier is the consummate multi-tasker by printing, copying, scanning, faxing, and finishing to help move tasks forward in a routine manner.

Topics: Multifunction Copier Digital Copiers Office Equipment Copier Repair Secure Printing Copier Repair Service