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The Key Point Blog

10/13/2023
Carl Schell

If you’re not already on the train, you are late to the game

The whole concept of e-commerce and sales enablement is neither a conservative play nor a risk/reward scenario—rather, it is a way of diversifying your organization and making it more nimble.
09/29/2023
Carl Schell

Looking at our audio series in advance of the worldwide celebration of the format

September 30 is International Podcast Day. Come February, it will be 20 years since the word “podcast” was born. The medium keeps evolving and remains as powerful as ever.
09/19/2023
Anne Valaitis & Jamie Bsales

Inaugural blog in a series with emphasis on a solid cybersecurity posture

In the first blog of our series, Keypoint Intelligence and ACS investigate the many facets of cybersecurity to deliver insight and strategy in anticipation of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. We discuss some top-level cybersecurity initiatives businesses can take to protect their data.
09/14/2023
Jamie Bsales

Hardware, software, and services are at the heart of the dealer and customer event

For the first time since before the pandemic, Toshiba America Business Solutions’ Electronic Imaging Division gathered dealers, customers, and key business partners to showcase offerings and impart guidance on its direction and initiatives.
09/12/2023
Carl Schell

Which large-scale technology service providers made the cut this year?

While the mega dealers comprise just a fraction of the roughly 1,800 outfits in the United States, a heck of a lot of attention and focus is put on this group of 18.
09/08/2023
Carl Schell

Keypoint Intelligence’s coverage of IT continues, along with RPA and the Pitt-WVU rivalry

Like the countries that make up Europe, the dealer landscape on that continent is also just different than in the United States—and (oftentimes) more intriguing.
08/28/2023
Keith Haas

What teachers think about digitalization in education

Of the educators I had the chance to talk to, it goes without saying that most of them credit the COVID-19 pandemic with the decreased turn to printed documents since everyone had to get used to online learning.
08/21/2023
Carl Schell

Our Office Group leader has plenty to offer to this compelling print services organization

Deborah Hawkins knows the market for workplace technology and has helped build Office Group practice areas at Keypoint (and its predecessors) for 20 years.
08/01/2023
Carl Schell

How have things been going since the company’s dealer meeting?

Hard to believe it’s been three months since the Sharp National Dealer Meeting 2023, which carried “Opportunity Meets Execution” as its theme.
07/18/2023
Carl Schell

What’s been on the minds of dealers and what are they thinking about moving forward?

It’s true that Keypoint Intelligence focuses a lot of time and energy on the vendor side of the print industry, but that does not mean we shy away from the channel.
07/13/2023
Mark DiMattei

How to figure out what solution best fits your cybersecurity needs

Cybersecurity has become a key aspect of all parts of our lives. We discuss here the key aspects of adapting endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions as well as their importance in a business infrastructure.
07/07/2023
Carl Schell

There’s always M&A activity, but how active has it been?

Acquisitions come in all shapes and sizes. Consolidation will continue like clockwork—basically no different than the sun rising and setting.
06/29/2023
Carl Schell

Donnellon McCarthy Enterprises continues its growth in IT and everywhere else, too

IT is like one of those monsters that absorbs everything in its path and just keeps growing. Luke Ubelhor of Donnellon McCarthy Enterprises is the kind of guy who likes to help make sense of the IT beast.
06/16/2023
Peter Mayhew

Industry has much to consider following a US DHS ban on Ninestar Corporation

When the US Department of Homeland Security takes steps to ban products from a large manufacturer in your industry from entering the US market, your ears tend to perk up.
06/13/2023
Anne Valaitis

Safeguarding the digital frontier

The necessity for effective cybersecurity measures has never been more vital in today's quickly evolving digital landscape. We discuss here some of the major online threats as well as some options to overcome them.
06/12/2023
Carl Schell

What dealers can learn from recent developments in the IT and cloud space

Anne Valaitis (Principal Analyst in Keypoint Intelligence’s Office Group) and Carl Schell teamed up once again to discuss IT happenings and provide some color commentary on the news.
06/12/2023
Lee Davis

You can’t do IT without cybersecurity and compliance services

At IT Nation Secure 2023, ConnectWise CEO James Magee and Greystone Technology CEO Peter Melby had a clear message: It’s time for IT providers to close the SMB cybersecurity gap.
05/30/2023
Carl Schell

Dealer-focused webinar looks at all things IT, with an assist from Pulse Technology’s Chip Miceli

They used to say that “The sun never sets on the British empire,” and the same is true of IT development. It is constant, at times progressive, and typically rapid.
05/15/2023
Jamie Bsales

The newly discovered vulnerability has a fix, but customers must take action

Versions of PaperCut Software’s popular PaperCut MF and PaperCut NG output management platforms have two newly discovered security vulnerabilities that have allowed a ransomware gang to target education customers.
04/24/2023
Keith Haas

How Canon uniFLOW Online helps users step up their zero-trust approach

What organization doesn’t worry about securing their digital environments? While a lot of technology has advanced to better protect its users, bad actors will always be present trying to cause havoc
04/17/2023
Carl Schell

Our “green” content drive for Earth Day week starts here!

In the print industry specifically, sustainability has stepped up to the mic like the front man in your favorite band. The amount of marketing and messaging and promotion around sustainability has for sure seen an uptick in the United States, but even in other regions where eco-responsibility had already made significant gains.
03/06/2023
Carl Schell

Further education from Keypoint Intelligence’s 2022 Channel Survey

The Keypoint Intelligence 2022 Channel Survey sure does have some important, strategic research and data. What you see here is an infinitesimal sliver of the pie. Have a look and let your brain wander!