Hi all....

Yesterday was quite a day!  JB and I rode right into the horrible devastation that hit Oklahoma City.   The news here keeps getting worse with so many children lost and total loss is catastrophic !  As we ride out of town this morning ....please send your love and prayers to the good people of Oklahoma City.

Maryann....thank you for guiding us to safety with no time to spare.   It was the most amazing thing I ever saw from a motorcycle! 

Please find a little update below!

Thank you!

Mike

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At its annual meeting of shareholders held here today, Ursula Burns, chairman and CEO of Xerox (NYSE:XRX), highlighted the company’s solid financial position, progress in evolving to a services-led, technology-driven company and the steps Xerox is taking to capitalize on growth opportunities.

Melbourne, Tuesday 21 May — Kodak leads the transformation of the print industry, offering hybrid and digital print solutions that help customers drive profitability and grow their businesses.

Canon Professional Print today announced the introduction of PRISMAproduction V5, a new milestone in output management. It provides users with even more added-value features to better control their print operations.

SPRINGFIELD, IL – May 13, 2013, – Today, Levi Ray & Shoup, Inc. (LRS) announced that it is acquiring Capella Technologies Inc. (Capella). After more than a decade of successful collaboration with Capella, Capella will become a division of LRS, a global leader in enterprise software for output management. Capella management and staff will continue to operate their business and service their traditional customers, markets, and partners.

Kansas City, MO — On June 17-18, 2013, the Business Technology Association’s (BTA; www.bta.org) Mid-America district will host Cruise to Success, an  educational and networking event at the DoubleTree by Hilton – Magnificent Mile in Chicago. The event will feature a keynote presentation by Doug Albregts, president of Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, four additional educational sessions presented by industry leaders and a dealer panel focused on turning business disruption into opportunity

Swiss Post has signed an agreement with Pitney Bowes Limited and Pitney Bowes Ireland Limited concerning the purchase of their mailroom and document management services in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. (PRWeb May 16, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10740756.htm

Cloud computing services, whether software as a service (SaaS) or infrastructure as a service (IaaS), are subject to taxes, whether your cloud provider tells you or not when you purchase them. Reid Okimoto, senior manager in the state and local tax practice at KPMG, shares tips to help you understand the real cost of cloud computing.

U.K. and U.S. companies are focusing more on mobile app strategies in the cloud than traditional PC app strategies as bring your own device (BYOD) take-up widens, according to research among 1,300 companies.

The study has found that 60 percent of UK companies say their employees are demanding more business-level apps which they can install on mobile devices to access corporate IT systems.

About half of the world's companies will enact BYOD (bring your own device) programs by 2017 and will no longer provide computing devices to employees, a new Gartner report predicts.

Ultimately, only 15 percent of companies will never move to a BYOD model, while 40 percent will offer a choice between BYOD and employer-provided devices, according to the report by Gartner analyst David Willis, which was announced Wednesday.

The average number of connected devices per knowledge worker in 2014 will reach 3.3 devices, up from 2.8 in 2012.[1] To accommodate the explosion of smartphone, tablet and other mobile device use in the workplace, Xerox DocuShare^®, a Xerox enterprise content management (ECM) offering focused on content management and business workflows, introduces DocuShare Mobile, an offering that allows its existing customers the ability to edit, search and share business content in DocuShare from a mobile device.

Is cloud computing really catching on in the enterprise? Well, that depends on who you talk to, recent surveys have found.

RightScale, a company that acts a broker between end users and public cloud service providers, released the most recent results of its annual State of the Cloud report and found that about 75% of respondents surveyed were using the cloud in some capacity.

Ramsey – May 20, 2013 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) announces the addition of OpenText RightFax and Fax Appliance to its EnvisionIT vertical solution portfolio. The OpenText fax products work directly with Konica Minolta bizhub Office MFPs to provide both small and large customers with a complete networked fax solution that maximizes an organization’s productivity and cost-savings.

Tokyo (May 16, 2013) - Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) will be unveiling for the first time a new inkjet textile printer, the Nassenger PRO120, at ShanghaiTex 2013, an international textile and garment machinery exhibition to be held at Shanghai, China, from June 10 through June 13.

MELVILLE, N.Y., May 15, 2013 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced the release of uniFLOW v5.2 print and scan management software, offering improved installation and usability, fully integrated print room management, and enhanced mobile and cloud printing capabilities, including support for Google Cloud Print^TM.

Malvern, PA, May 21, 2013 - Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced the MP 2501SP, a productive, economical 25 ppm monochrome multifunction product (MFP) designed to meet the diverse needs of small workgroups.

The MP 2501SP copies and prints documents up to 11x17 inches, scans in color, and offers optional faxing and advanced security features. It extends Ricoh’s advanced technology platform – including mobile worker support, cloud connectivity and sustainability features – to the most economical end of its product line.

FAIRFIELD, N.J. – May 20, 2013 – Kyocera Document Solutions America, Inc., a global leader in advanced imaging technology and practical document solutions, today announced that Pantone LLC, the world-renowned provider of professional color standards, has approved the TASKalfa 5550ci, 4550ci, 3550ci, and 3050ci MFPs for PANTONE Color production capabilities.

Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.'s (http://business.toshiba.com) e-STUDIO407cs multifunction product (MFP) series was recognized by Better Buys for Business for winning the office equipment analyst group's  April/May 2013 Editor's Choice Award within the color copier category.

Rockville, MD - May 21, 2013 -- Contex, the world's leader of wide format scanning and imaging solutions, today announces that it is working with HP to develop two wide format multifunction (MFP) products specifically designed to meet the needs of the technical and graphics markets. The new bundles are high-production MFPs, combining the HP Designjet T7100 Printer with either the award-winning Contex HD Ultra 3650 or Contex SD 3690. These new MFPs provide users with affordable, fast, high-quality imaging solutions for wide format scanning, copying and monochrome or color printing. The Contex and HP Designjet T7100 Printer bundles are specially ...

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Publishers Press , a Shepherdsville, Ky.-based publication printer, recently installed Fujifilm’s ColorPath ® Sync ™ Align and ColorPath ® Sync ™ DLP color management solutions. The tools enabled Publishers Press to successfully achieve G7 ® Master Qualification.