2019 Northwest Harris County Heart Walk Houston, TX November 16th, 2019 Life is why we walk. Thanks to all our walkers, donors and volunteers who have accepted the challenge to help fight heart disease and stroke. We cannot achieve our mission without each one of you! Date & Time November 16, 2019 Check-In 8 AM Starts 9 AM Where Lone
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Konica Minolta supports National Kidney Foundation
Konica Minolta Donating $1 To National Kidney Foundation For Every View Of This Video Posted on November 5, 2019 by IA Staff Tweet Share Share Celebrate Halloween this year by entering the “Hub-Side Down” 🕰🙃 🧡 Even better, enter the Hub-Side Down for a great cause! Konica Minolta is going to donate $1 to the NKF for every view
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Konica Minolta Business Innovation Center Partners with AnyVision and MOBOTIX to Deploy Facial Recognition on IoT Cameras TweetShareShareNew Facial Recognition Deployment Will Offer More Lightweight and Secure Alternative RAMSEY, NJ (October 29, 2019) – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.’s (Konica Minolta) Business Innovation Center (BIC), along with … Continue readingKonica Minolta Business Innovation Center Partners with
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Xerox Wins? 1 Billion FUJIFILM Lawsuit Dismissed, Sells Stake In Fuji Xerox Posted on November 5, 2019 by IA Staff Xerox Restructures FUJIFILM Relationship, Will Receive $2.3B from Related Transactions Norwalk, Conn., Nov. 5, 2019 – Xerox Holdings Corporation (NYSE: XRX) announced that it has entered into agreements with FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries that will
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Xerox to Sell Stake in Joint Venture to Fujifilm for About $2.3 Billion Companies agree to end 57-year-old joint venture after an attempt at a full merger soured Fujifilm President Kenji Sukeno, left. The company, which got its start in film and cameras, remade itself as that business slowed. PHOTO: YOSHIO TSUNODA/ZUMA PRESS By Cara Lombardo Updated
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Konica Minolta Introduces AccurioPress C14000 Series High-volume Production Presses Posted on October 24, 2019 by IA Staff Commercial Printing Leader Offers Higher Total Productivity and Efficiency with its Fastest Cutsheet Toner Device Ramsey, N.J. – October 23, 2019 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leader in industrial and commercial printing and packaging solutions, today announced the
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Five New Products Range from High Volume Production Print to Decorative Embellishment Ramsey, NJ, Oct. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leader in world-class printing technology, used the stage of the industry’s largest show to introduce five new products. Starting with the worldwide premiere of the AccurioPress C14000, its
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Pitney Bowes hits by ransomware On October 13th, notified up to 1.5 million customers of its mailing systems that its network was attacked by RYUK ransomware, which prevented customers from using equipment to print and send out mail On October 16th, notified customers that systems were restored (some reports claim that the hacker originally was
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Printing Premiere at PRINTING United FACEBOOKFACEBOOKTWITTERTWITTERLINKEDINLINKEDINEMAILEMAIL0 COMMENTSCOMMENTS Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. today announced its diamond sponsorship and participation at PRINTING United in Dallas, Oct. 23-25. Konica Minolta is also a silver sponsor for SGIA’s Women in Print Alliance breakfast on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 a.m. In its 10,000-sq.-ft. booth located in the Commercial and Packaging area,
Continue reading »Sat Nov 16 American Heart Walk dedicated to Jim
Life is why we walk. Thanks to all our walkers, donors and volunteers who have accepted the challenge to help fight heart disease and stroke. We cannot achieve our mission without each one of you! Date & Time November 16, 2019 Check-In 8 AM Starts 9 AM Where Lone Star College University Park – 11521 Compaq Center W Dr Houston, TX 77070
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Konica Minolta would like to advise you that effective December 10, 2019, we will no longer be supporting the Konica Minolta Mobile Print app for Windows-based mobile devices. This app will be removed from the Microsoft App Store as of December 13, 2019. The availability and support for iOS and Android-based devices will continue. The
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Top 9 Reasons To Invest In An ERP System 10/08/2019 Drew Cataldo, V.P Of Business Development, All Covered BCS Enterprise Resource Planning software (ERP), if implemented correctly, supports innovation and growth within your organization. It does this by offering a range of customizable applications to enable businesses to integrate and manage their most important processes. Put simply, it is
Continue reading »Harris County Flood Control District Meeting re Cypress Creek
Community Engagement Meetings for the Cypress Creek Watershed Regional Drainage Plan and Environmental Investigation for Major Tributaries in the Cypress Creek Watershed HCFCD Unit K100-00-00-P005 – Bond Project CI-035 Major Maintenance of Cypress Creek and Tributaries HCFCD Unit K100-00-00-G002 – Bond Project CI-012 The Harris County Flood Control District will hold two identical Community Engagement
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PRESS RELEASES HP Inc. Announces Fiscal 2020 Financial Outlook and Restructuring Plan October 3, 2019 News highlights: Estimates GAAP diluted net earnings per share (“EPS”) for fiscal 2020 of $1.98 to $2.10 Estimates non-GAAP diluted net EPS for fiscal 2020 of $2.22 to $2.32 Estimates fiscal 2020 free cash flow of at least $3.0 billion
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Jim Snelling passed away Friday evening October 4. Jim had just turned 60 years old on September 27. He began his career with Office Systems of Texas on August 10, 1981. A celebration of Jim’s life will be held on Saturday October 12, 2019 from 2 pm – 5 pm at the Bradshaw-Carter Memorial &
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You hear them all the time, something “as a service,” but what do these terms mean and how are they significant to your business? Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) are merely a few of the innumerable cloud computing offerings available today. Thoroughly understanding their unique benefits, purpose,
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HOUSTON – What happened Many Houstonians haven’t received mail since Wednesday as a result of Tropical Imelda Storm’s impact on several post offices east of Houston and near Beaumont. What’s new Officials with the U.S. Postal Service still won’t tell KPRC 2 if the roof collapse at the nation’s largest processing and distribution center in north Houston
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Tropical Storm Imelda came into Texas near the coastal town of Freeport on Tuesday and produced rain and lightning in the evening. Wednesday, the Houston area received rain and the areas south and east of the city received the most. At our office in North Houston, we measured a little more than 3″ of rain
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HIPAA & Cybersecurity Update Experian published results of HIPAA survey: 73% of patients expect to be notified about a breach within 24 hours of the breach being discovered 90% of respondents said they would be somewhat forgiving if they knew that the breached organization had a plan in place for communicating with patients in the
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HARRIS COUNTY TAX INCREASE ALERT! Letter from Pct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle Dear Friends: I want to make you aware of an important issue arising from our Harris County Commissioners Court meeting this week. Moments after rejecting my proposal for a property tax cut, a majority of Commissioners Court voted instead to raise your property
Continue reading »Intalere GPO contract
Office Systems of Texas, a Pro-Tech Authorized Dealer for Konica Minolta since 1977, offers the Intalere GPO contract to qualified medical businesses. Contact Kim Sanders, Sales Manager, for more information. kims@osot.com or 281 443-2996
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Office Systems of Texas Employees: We’re proud to announce that Office Systems of Texas is participating in the Northwest Harris County Heart Walk and the American Heart Association’s Healthy For Good initiative. The Heart Walk is the American Heart Association’s premiere event that brings communities together to raise funds and celebrate progress in the fight
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Ricoh details its last quarter earnings Total revenue down 2.7% to $4.3 billion Gross profit down 5.2% to $1.7 billion Office Printing division (printers/MFPs) revenue down 6.4% to $2.3 billion Americas saw sales drop 4.6% Commercial Printing division (PPS) revenue up 1.5% to $391 million Industrial Printing division revenue up 2.3% to $54 million
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Reportably: Kyocera busted for tax evasion The Jiji Press newspaper of Osaka, Japan reported that the Osake Regional Taxation Bureau has found that Kyocera (aka Kyoto Ceramic company) has failed to declare 1.4 billion yen in taxable income Will pay 300 million yen in back taxes Apparently the company attempted to transfer income to Singapore,
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Lexmark devices are security risk – report Multiple articles, including Washington Post newspaper, details a report published by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, which is made up of a dozen representative from the U.S. Congress, as well as current and former government officials States that the Pentagon (and all parts of the Department of Defense, Airforce,
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HP Inc. reports earnings, and changes CEO Total revenue up 0.1% to $14.6 billion for last quarter Printer/MFP division revenue down 5.3% to $4.912 billion Operating profit of $765 million Supply revenue down 7% Total hardware units down 9% Commercial hardware units down 4% (includes A3 models) CEO Dion Weisler, announced he is stepping down
Continue reading »NW Harris County Heart Walk 11/16
On Saturday November 16, 2019 The American Heart Association will have a “Heart Walk” at Lone Star College University Park. Office Systems of Texas is pleased to be a sponsoring partner in this event. We invite you to come out to join with us and participate. 11521 Compa1 Center W Dr. Houston, Texas 77070.
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SECURITY EVALUATION REPORT BY NTT DATA ABLE TO WITHSTAND 80 HOURS OF WHITE HAT HACKING Independent testing by a respected global security expert Any network-connected device with a CPU and operating system introduces a security risk. To protect data and comply with security regulations such as PCI, HIPAA, FERPA and GDPR, global organizations continually monitor
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What Your Company Needs to Know About Ransomware – Security The Threat of Ransomware: How to Keep Your Business Safe Tech experts say your next quarterly conference call could produce an unusual action item: extortion. If recent events are any indication, there’s a hefty ransom coming for many corporations – specifically, for IT professionals and
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Texas is hit with ransomware attack as at least 20 local governments come under ‘coordinated’ cyber assault • Texas state government reports coordinated ransomware attacks in 20 cities • State Department of Information Resources is leading the response • Ransomware cripples computer infrastructure with demand for payment By Keith Griffith – 17 August 2019 Texas
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