Businesses use Information Technology to quickly and effectively process data every day. Employee communications via email, phone, smartphone apps and corporate social networks get faster and faster, enabling colleagues and clients near and far to get your information immediately.  All this electronic data (EDI) is critical for business operations, from transmitting purchase orders and payments to communicating policies and procedures.   Whether in-house or off-premise, you rely on your IT support systems to be up-to-date and work seamlessly to enable the transmission of data, store your information and give you access to what you need when you need it. What happens when it all stops? What happens if that back-up system and recovery solution you thought was infallible – fails your organization? Or more aptly, “Are you prepared for a natural disaster that totally destroys your location and disables all systems?” (more…)

Organizations today appreciate and understand the vital role that electronic information plays.  Systems that manage information need to be agile and should be responsive to changing business requirements. While working with our clients, we see several key drivers for enterprise digital modernization and transformation: (more…)

In order for companies to be sustainable in the times ahead, they will have to contribute to the resolution of social challenges while continuing to grow. A great place to start is right at home. Larger companies with the capacity to give back and support their local community’s well-being find reward in helping those in need. Commitment to the community can also have a positive impact on both local consumers and businesses, encouraging interest in working together and attracting new talent to the organization. (more…)

It is crunch time,  and with a little over 30 days remaining, many small businesses still need to address Microsoft’s end-of-support by January 14, 2020 for all Windows Server 2008\R2 systems in their network environment. (more…)

We’ve all seen the question floating around – is advertising dead? It’s not a surprising thought given how much white noise exists in the oversaturated world of advertising. Advertisements are everywhere and consumers are getting better at avoiding them, whether they are skipping through video ads on YouTube or paying to turn off advertisements altogether. Given these trends, there’s a growing need for companies to find new ways to effectively engage people. While traditional advertising might appear to be fading into its final days, advertising is actually far from dead! It simply needs to be smarter, and drive lasting connections and impressions with end customers. (more…)

When you read the word ‘solutions’, what comes to mind? Software?  It’s much more than that; solutions are fixes, a means of solving a problem. In chemistry, a solution is known as a mixture of two or more substances that result in an interaction. For Konica Minolta, solutions are a combination of software, hardware and services, all looking for a chemist to deliver the potion. We are your chemists! (more…)

As human beings who must learn to live, love, work and connect with each other in a modern technological society, we all seek a natural framework of reference to structure our thoughts and feelings. The physical, biological vehicle of our bodies (including our eyes, hands, skin and brains) provides the field of gravity that grounds the sensory perception that fuels our minds. This element of subjective material existence is paralleled by the awareness and influence of our environmental settings, such as homes, offices or stores. (more…)

Residential real estate is a large industry which generates billions of dollars in revenue per year. Last year, there were approximately 210,000 companies operating in the residential brokerage field, which generated $200 billion in revenue. Not bad for an industry that was teetering on the brink of disaster just ten years ago. (more…)

As the frequency of cyberattacks keeps rising, organizations need to be better prepared to mitigate such events. Cybercriminals are increasingly gaining access to tools such as ransomware, making it easier for them to launch attacks, and consequently, organizations must have a defined cyber risk management strategy to deal with these attacks. (more…)

After 135 years in business, fourth-generation owner John Hummel had seen numerous advances in technology benefit his family’s company, Hummel Integrated Marketing Solutions. But he never could have predicted how revolutionary the Konica Minolta AccurioJet KM-1 UV inkjet press would be. “I had been operating my digital shop with toner-based digital presses from another vendor,” Hummel told us, “but became increasingly dissatisfied with both performance and pricing model. I’ve had my eye on the AccurioJet KM-1 since it first came to market and felt that the time was now right to make the switch to UV-curable inkjet.”

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