Monthly Archives: "August 2020"

Toshiba officially out of laptop business confirmed that it has sold the remaining stake in its laptop business to Hon Hai Precision of Taiwan (aka Sharp, Foxconn) formally exiting the PC market.

Ricoh posts last quarter’s earnings Total sales down 26.2% to 352.2 billion yen ($3.3 billion) Gross profit down 33.8% to 122 billion yen Operating profit was a loss of 21.2 billion yen Profit attributable to owners of parent was a loss of 18.6 billion yen Office Printing division hardware sales down 32.1% to 174.7 billion

Xerox downgraded the Fitch Ratings credit-rating agency announced that it revised its Rating Outlook for Xerox from Stable to Negative firm said its rating actions followed Xerox’s second-quarter revenue decline of 35% noted that lost post-sale revenue (such as toner cartridges, paper, etc.), which declined 34%, will likely not be recovered. Xerox’s business “has also

Canon confirms major ransomware attack has taken down its systems By Joel Khalili 3 days ago Canon ransomware attack takes down website, email and various other services (Image credit: Canon) Update: An internal memo delivered to Canon staff has confirmed the company is suffering the effects of a ransomware attack. “Canon U.S.A, Inc. and its subsidiaries understand the

Agent of Change: Kyocera Difference Maker Oscar Sanchez Sees Reward in Risk Thursday, August 6, 2020 Erik Cagle Oscar Sanchez, Kyocera The great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy once observed, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” But with all due respect to the man who penned “War and Peace,”

Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce’s ongoing KEYNOTE SERIES will feature Congressman Dan Crenshaw at 9:00 am Thursday August 6. www.HoustonNWChamber.org This event is presented by Lone Star College – University Park   AND   cycreekstoptheflooding.com “Get insight into what is going on in Washington DC in regards to COVID, local flood control and the possibility of additional

Work from home study published Survey research published by Harvard Business Review Studied all the employees that Microsoft sent home to work remotely “People were ‘on’ four more hours a week, on average” Work days on average are now longer People were taking time out during the day for things like: Walking dog Teaching child

Ninestar battles OEMs over firmware Ninestar of China, owner of Lexmark, is launching new solution which is being advertised as helping customers use its non-OEM toner cartridges by getting around manufacturer’s firmware that prevents non-OEM cartridges Named the “Upgrade without Unpacking Solution”, updates cartridges affected by firmware upgrades without opening the packaging Claims that its

Xerox security issue in MFPs/printers Company sent out a bulletin warning that some of its devices are at risk from the Ripple20 security vulnerability Ripple20 affects devices that use Treck Software to manage their TCP/IP stack The bulletin lists a number of devices that are made by Fujifilm for Xerox that have this issue ‘we