Have a Great 4th! John Mellencamp does Bruce...

The song is a protest song.  Anti-Vietnam War, even. Often misinterpreted, it is still a pro-USA work.

MpS Moving Away from Clicks, More Power to the Machines

When you were standing in the wake of devastation

when you were waiting on the edge of the unknown

with the cataclysm raining down, insides crying save me now

you were there and possibly alone.

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation

you build up hope, but failure's all you've known

remember all the sadness and frustration

and let it go, let it go.

And in the burst of light that blinded every angel

as if the sky had blown the heavens into stars

you felt the gravity of temper grace falling into empty space

no one there to catch you in their arms...

let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go

6/30/2011

The evolution of MpS is thick. Everybody scurrying around, grabbing all the clicks/prints/toner sales possible; Finally.

We're making a living now in MpS - even those of us settling into Stage 1 and Stage 2.  The Big Guys have taken up their purchased positions, Xerox, HP, Ricoh, have or are committing to an MpS Channel program.  Others, Konica, Kyocera, Lexmark, Dell, Okidata, Muratec, etc. stubbed their toe and are taking a second swing at Mps.

And then there is Samsung.  Mysteriously lurking just over the horizon.  Literally. Heck, it isn't MpS, but even MemJet appears to be getting off the ground!

So what is next?  Stage 3, that's what is next.  But how to go about jumping from the hardware as a service into software as a service realm.

Stage 3 incorporates software. Though S1/S2 engagements utilize some sort of software package, most of us aren't yet comfortable with the whole "EDM/Managed Services" thing.

If only there were a 'bridge' from S2 to S3, an 'on-ramp'. A platform that doesn't require a staff of specialists, installers, engineers, and training staff, yet provides actionable information.

Wouldn't that be nifty?

Let not your heart be troubled, I see that bridge. It's been in front of us all along and its mantra is "...manage the behavior, not the print..."

How intriguing...

The Greg_Walters, DOTC, Top 27 Posts of 2011 - 2012

From 2011-

Christmas in June.

Whenever writers find themselves getting a little behind, unable to get the flow of creativity, they rehash old subject matter and content.

Enjoy:

1. Managed Print Services Engagements vs. Copier Service Agreements - Tell me Again, why we don't comp copier Reps on Service contracts?
2. Managed Print Services Another DOTC Leopard - ReDux - Jennifer Shutwell. How to Steal MPS Clients
   
3. Managed print Services Tunnel Vision - Are You Focusing On One Thing
4. Managed Print Services - Practice What You Preach
5. Managed Print Services, the Copier and the Traditional Copier Dealer : End of Days
6. CIO's: What to Look for In A Managed Print Services Company. The Perfect 10.
7. Achieve Managed Print Services Immortality "...Simply By Doing One...Great...Thing..." - Keep Walking
8. Repeat After Me: "Managed Print Services is Business Process Management, MPS is BPM, MPS is BPM"" - FireWork
9. "If You Don't Stand for Something, You'll Fall for Anything..."
10. Managed Print Services Practices Managers: Are You Selling MPS Internally ? - Over and Over again.
11. CNET Needs Managed Print Services - So Says Molly Wood
12. Skylar, Dr. Dre, Em, and Ri - On and Off Stage, an Orchestra, Lights, Video - Lot's of Moving Parts. Just Like Managed Print Services
13. Managed Services: Let's Have a Cold Call Blitz!!
14. You're Not In Managed Print Services If -
15. The Separation Begins: Managed Print Services True Believers Leaving the Pack
16. Who is Everything Channel and Why Are They Important to You?
17. The Future of Managed Print Services: Look Back to IBM and See Your Future
18. HP to Purchase Xerox. Joins CISCO, IBM & MicroSoft in move offshore. Upside Down World.
19. History - Study It, or be Doomed to Repeat It...
20. Managed Print Services, Stage IV: What the Hell is Managed Network Services(MNS)? You're Kidding, right?
21. Ricoh Announces Purchase of White Castle - Strengthen Channel with "Bags of Sliders"
22. I use to think Managed Print Services would be a sub-set of MSP, but maybe it will end up the other way around.
23. Samsung Snags World's Largest ElectroWetting Company. What about the Silver Nanoparticles?
24. Managed Print Services Stuck in Stage 1&2 - And I Know Why...
25. "The Things We Think And Do Not Say. The Future of Our Business...", Managed Optimization Services
26. Does Your MpS World Reside in Toner & Service? Your Scale is small, Depth Shallow, and Vision Stunted. Buh Bye.
27. Another DOTC Leopard: 2011 MPSA MPS Leadership Award Winner, Kevin DeYoung, QualPath

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