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Effective strategic decisions bring high levels of reward. Keypoint Intelligence helps clients raise the quality of their decisions—and their decision-making processes.
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- Custom research & consulting
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InfoBlog
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ECi Software Acquired by Apax Partners
Apax Partners LLP announced it has agreed to acquire ECi Software Solutions (Fort Worth, TX) a provider of enterprise resource planning software solutions for small and medium-sized companies in the distribution, field services, building and construction, and manufacturing industries. The sellers are The Carlyle Group, a global asset management and private-equity firm which acquired ECi […] Read
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Do You ChannelCon?
CompTIA ChannelCon event was held in Austin,Texas in August. It was an amazing event filled with tons of educational seminars, interactive events, several vendors, great dialogues along with fun things to do like participating in a 5K walk/run and going to an event where we were fitted for cowboy hats. Everything is big in Texas! […] Read
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Kyocera Hits the Accelerate Button with DataBank Acquisition
Kyocera Hits the Accelerate Button with DataBank Acquisition Synergies that go “Beyond the Document” KYOCERA announced they have acquired DataBank IMX, a nation-wide provider of distributed capture and business process automation services and enterprise content management (ECM) solutions. Specific terms of the deal were not disclosed, but although KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. acquired DataBank, […] Read
Editors' Desk
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Family Ties: ACT Group Delivers in 3D
It actually did start with a YouTube video. True story. Six years ago. When the IT director of ACT Group in Cromwell, Connecticut, approached CEO Cindi Gondek with a clip on 3D print. Read
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Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Announces Acquisition of Muratec America
On August 1, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., announced the acquisition of Muratec America, Inc., a leading supplier of MFP solutions and a provider of managed document and cloud services in North America. Read
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Infographic: Gold Tested Solutions
Keypoint Intelligence - Buyers Lab analysts and techs have judged six software solutions that we've tested this year to be at our Gold level. Read
Industry News
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Funds Advised by Apax Partners to Acquire ECi Software Solutions
Funds advised by Apax Partners (“Apax Funds”) today announced that they have reached a definitive agreement to acquire ECi Software Solutions, a provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solutions to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB) across the distribution, field services, building and construction and manufacturing industries. Read
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The Cannata Report Salutes 2017 Women Influencers: Valerie Belli of Canon, Victoria Hensley of PSIGEN & Ekta Sahasi of Konica Minolta
In the accompanying cover story featuring exclusive interviews, Belli, Hensley and Sahasi open up about their careers and successes, and discuss diversity, innovation, collaboration and the future of the business technology industry. Read
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HP Launches New Additions to Its OfficeJet Pro Range: 7720 and 7730
From the same family as IF Design Award 2017 winner HP OfficeJet Pro 7740, the revamped wide-format, All-in-One printers are mobile-first, providing a seamless print experience from set-up to output. Read