GLG News by Printer Experts (North America)

Ricoh has acquired a number of key competitors over the years, with the result that they now have a number of entities to manage and, at least as important, to position within the market and against each other. While the general philosophy of increasing coverage through such investments is legitimate,...

Ricoh’s acquisition of Danka’s Europe operations is important for several reasons: 1)This places a significant reseller of Canon’s MFP products in the hands of a key competitor – Ricoh. 2)Ricoh has been acquiring key channel partners globally (Gestetner in Europe, Danke in Europe, and Lanier in...

While it is not surprising that Hewlett Packard is the best-known printer brand, it was further noted in this article that HP was listed as a leading brand for product groups that they do not actually dominate, such as copiers and fax machines.This fact demonstrates the impressive brand power...

Open source software products/projects are now reaching a critical mass of usability and acceptability in a variety of application sectors.Despite understandable business concerns, open source products can be considered an acceptable and viable alternative, both for SMBs as well as larger corporationsAs...