I like mail & I look forward to checking the mailbox, every day… I don’t know why- it seems like mostly all I get are credit card offers, bills and offers for new windows and doors, but every time I…
Reading list: The Expanse books 1-3, by James S.A. Corey
I didn’t watch the television version of The Expanse when it originally aired, but heard the books were really good, from many people. I finally bought the audio book version of Leviathan Wakes a few months ago and was immediately…
Xerox awarded patent using blockchain for audit trails
Xerox may be known for copiers, but they continue to add to their massive patent portfolio for technologies only tangentially related. One of those patents was just awarded, and uses blockchain technology to track and confirm a document’s integrity. Using…
Jax Chamber West Council: Jacksonville Networking
Tim Rogers, from the Jacksonville Public Library, spoke today at the JAX Chamber West Council Lunch today. I’m not sure how I’ve managed to NOT attend a West Council meeting until today as they meet at one of my favorite…
Jacksonville Networking: ISC2 of Northeast Florida hosts Henry Frith from McAfee
Yesterday’s ISC2 of Northeast Florida chapter meeting featured a talk with Henry Frith, CISSP, from McAfee. Henry had some interesting things to say about cloud security and he pointed out that as we move a greater portion of our data…
Newest Xerox ConnectKey Apps make Digital Transformation Easier
Xerox has made it easier to connect their MFP / copiers to business critical applications such as Salesforce, QuickBooks Online and Concur. Frankly, all of the manufacturers talk about connecting to third-party applications, but it’s often juts lip service. Xerox…
Jacksonville Networking: PCC breakfast with Wayne Hogan
From the PCC breakfast this morning: “We are all just prisoners here, of our own device” I am pretty sure that the Eagles were NOT talking about mobile phones back in the 1970s, but the point that Wayne Hogan made…
Bay Street buildings set to come down
In order for the new development that we need in downtown Jacksonville, the old stuff has to come down. And come down it will! Permits for the destruction of the old courthouse and annex on Bay Street were filed and…
Xerox Cloud-based Automation Speeds Office Tasks and Simplifies Managed Print Services for Channel Partners
Xerox is integrating ECi’s e-automate backend software into the software used by its MPS (managed print services) dealers and partners. This is a good move; more and more copier dealers (not just Xerox ones) have been using e-automate to simplify…
Nuance to Sell Imaging Division to Kofax for $400m
Nuance has decided to sell its imaging division to rival Kofax for a cool $400 million… It’s a bit of a twist, as Nuance has been doing a lot of acquisitions over the last few years: Copitrak, Equitrac, eCopy, just…