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Jaspers · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 6

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In an effort to provide one-stop shopping for their customers, the nation's largest copier companies are enlarging the scope of their businesses by purchasing systems integration and document services firms. By acquiring firms that can integrate digital copiers into computer networks and service those networks, as well as provide printing services on large projects, the firms are hoping to capture business that would typically be outsourced. "It allows us to provide a lot more solutions for a wider range of client applications," says Bob Raymond, sales manager for Ikon Office Solutions in San Antonio. "The goal is to be able to provide a one-stop shop," says Michael Fitzgibbons, president and chief executive officer of Felco Office Systems Inc., a company owned by Tampa, Fla.wow power leveling,-based Global Imaging Systems Co. "Instead of being able to provide a portion of their needs, we're looking to provide a whole turn-key program." Several years ago, national business machine firms such as Ikon, Global Imaging and Danka Business Systems plc began purchasing independent copier sales and service companies in an effort to provide competitive prices and technologically advanced products to their customers. But as more copiers have become digital - and more customers are aiming to hook up their computer systems to their digital copiers - copier firms are stepping in to service that market. What's more, since more firms are preparing their documents in-house, business machine firms are working to provide just-in-time printing services - where they are able to print large quantities of documents for their clients on a demand basis. The goal, industry officials say, is to have one sales representative selling all the various office equipment services to the company's customers. To that end, Valley Forge, Penn.-based Ikon recently renamed its document services unit to Ikon Office Solutions. Last December, Ikon-Night Rider, Ikon's document services division, acquired Legal Copies International, which owned Alamo Legal Copies of San Antonio. "It's important that we present our solutions to the market in a unified way so that customers can remember a single name for all of their legal and business document needs," Lynn Graham, president of Ikon Document Services, said in a prepared statement released last month. During the second quarter of Ikon's fiscal year 1997 alone, Ikon purchased 24 companies nationwide - nine systems integration firms, six outsourcing and imaging companies, and nine traditional office equipment firms. That brings the total number of companies Ikon has acquired in the first six months of this fiscal year to 47 - 19 in systems integration, 13 in outsourcing, and 15 in traditional office equipment. (Ikon, then known as Alco Standard Co., acquired Texas Copy in San Antonio in the early 1990s.) Bruce Ganger, director of digital and color programs for Danka, says that his firm has grown its systems integration and print-on-demand business internally for several years. However, last September the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based company purchased the office imaging division of Eastman Kodak. That division was already a top player in the print-on-demand business. Tom Johnson, CEO of Global Imaging, says the firm has 44 locations nationwide. In the past eight months, it has acquired two systems integration firms, one of which is the 34th largest in the nation. Fitzgibbons says his firm currently is holding talks regarding possible deals with some local firms. John Thomas, president of the San Antonio systems integration firm The Publishing Group, says he has been contacted by some of the major companies about providing services, but has yet to be approached regarding an acquisition. "They do use my services," he says. However, Sam Lorimer, vice president of SabreData of Austin, another systems integrator, says he has seen many of his peers nationwide get purchased or approached by some of the nation's major office equipment service firms. Of those, he says, Ikon appears to be the most aggressive. "I've seen a lot of peers get purchased by Ikon," he says. While digital copiers still make up only a small percentage of the market, industry analysts say it is increasing. Analysts says digital copiers make up less than 10 percent of the installed market. Digital equipment, which digitizes images electronically instead of using a light source, gears and drums, allows the use of one machine for various functions, including faxing and laser printing. However, digital equipment is becoming a larger source of revenues for the business-machine industry. For example, Xerox Corp., which has its own systems integration division, recently reported that digital sales accounted for 34 percent of its revenues, according to an industry analyst. "There's a sense that there's a lot of waste in a business environment by having a printer, fax and a copier," says Kristy Thiese, an analyst with Raymond James & Associates in St. Petersburg, Fla. world of warcraft power leveling,"The (digital) products are here now and there'll be more coming in a year." But while the digital market is still small, Thiese also notes that systems integration - because it involves servicing equipment - is similar to the copier service business, making it a good business for the business-machine companies to enter. For example, they are able to use the same dispatch system they are already using for their copier service people. "It's a similar business to run to the business they're already in," she says. "It's a good growth business for them." However, Thiese says that as digital copiers do take over the market, independent copier companies could feel financial pressure to expend capital to provide systems integrations and other complementary services. Duane Meehan, president of Office Communications Systems Inc. (OCS), the largest independent business machine firm in San Antonio, says he saw several years ago that digital copiers would create the need for systems integration and formed a division to address the need. He is expecting that division to grow. Indeed, Meehan says he was recently told by a top official of a major copier manufacturer that by the year 2000, no more analog copiers would be developed by the firm. "Everything they are doing is going to be connectable," Meehan says about copier manufacturers. "As a dealer, we've had to be fully prepared to sell and service digital copiers." So far, Meehan says that adding systems integration to his business has helped fuel the firm's growth. OCS has seen its revenues grow by more than 60 percent over the last three years.

longjail · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Posts: 5

Money is not everything. There’s Mastercard & Visa.
钞票不是万能的,有时还需要信用卡。

One should love animals. archlord gold, They are so tasty.
每个人都应该热爱动物,因为它们很好吃。

Save water. Shower with your girlfriend.
要节约用水,尽量和女友一起洗澡。

Love the neighbor. archlord power leveling, But don’t get caught.
要用心去爱你的邻居,不过不要让她的老公知道.。

Behind every successful man,there is a man.And behind every unsuccessful man,there are two.
每个成功男人的背后,都有一个女人。每个不成功男人的背后, 都有两个。

Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.
再快乐的单身汉迟早也会结婚,幸福不是永久的嘛。

The wise never marry, And when they marry they become otherwise.
聪明人都是未婚的,结婚的人很难再聪明起来.。

Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.
成功是一个相关名词,他会给你带来很多不相关的亲戚(联系)。

Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today.
不要等明天交不上差再找借口, 今天就要找好。

Love is photogenic. It needs darkness to develop.
爱情就象照片,需要大量的暗房时间来培养。

Children in backseats cause accidents. Accidents in backseats cause children.
后排座位上的小孩会生出意外, 后排座位上的意外会生出小孩。

“Your future depends on your dreams.” So go to sleep.
“现在的梦想决定着你的将来”，所以还是再睡一会吧。

There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning.
应该有更好的方式开始新一天,而不是千篇一律的在每个上午都醒来。

“Hard work never killed anybody. archlord gold,“ But why take the risk?
努力工作不会导致死亡!不过我不会用自己去证明。

“Work fascinates me.“ I can look at it for hours!
工作好有意思耶!尤其是看着别人工作。

God made relatives; Thank God we can choose our friends.
神决定了谁是你的亲戚,幸运的是在选择朋友方面他给了你留了余地。

When two’s company, three’s the result!
两个人的状态是不稳定的,三个人才是!

A dress is like a barbed fence. It protects the premises without restricting the view.
服饰就象铁丝网,它阻止你冒然行动但并不妨碍你尽情的观看。

The more you learn, the more you know, The more you know, the more you forget.
The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.
学的越多,知道的越多, 知道的越多,忘记的越多, 忘记的越多,知道的越少, 为什么学来着。

其他：

I hate Mondays. 我讨厌星期一。(梦魇日的开始)

Poky，cover me. archlord power leveling, I’m going in. 波基，掩护我。我要行动了。(老板问起，就说我见客户去了。)

Trying to avoid your duties，huh？竟然想逃避责任。(错过大单子，被老板K。)

I make a point to get it good everyday. 我每天都是吃不了兜着走的。(再错过大单子，小心我让你吃不了兜着走。)

How shall I outwit you this time？我这回该怎么戏弄你呢？(老板怎么了，照样有办法对付你。)

It's a liver flavored. 这可是猪肝口味呀。(你家猫儿子最喜欢吃什么呀？)

That's even nicer.！那个更是不错！(我家猫儿子更喜欢Pizza。)

Jump back. Kiss myself. 搞定。真佩服我自己。(每个人都应该相信自己。)

She is some beautiful. 她真漂亮。(这位MM是新同事？名花有主否？)

Uh， Mr. Pathetic， you've had a crush on her since high school. 可怜虫先生，你从高中开始就被她迷得神魂颠倒了。(我痴心不改。)

Would you please ask her out so she can reject you， and we can get on with me life？你能不能把他约出来，好让她直截了当地拒绝你，然后咱们继续自己的生活？(是时候行动了。)

Wish me luck. Okay，aoc gold, go get'em，big tiger. 祝我好运吧。好的，大胆地冲上去吧。(不试试，我会后悔的。)

You the man. You the fella. You the boss. 你够男人，你是小伙子，你是老板。(她先约我了。)

So much time，and so little I need to do. 白日漫漫，我该如何消磨。(星期五的下午，让我欢喜让我忧。)

加菲猫语录解析：

A.帅呆小词

掩护用cover。

so 已经老掉牙了，生动到极致的形容词用some。

kiss自己就是崇拜自己。

Nice 一个放之四海皆优雅的词，形容淑女绅士可以，形容好吃的也不错。

B.酷毙特定用法

make a point to get it good 不求最好，但求更好，所以当然吃不了兜着走了。

Have a crush on 某人让你神魂颠倒了。

C. 学会感叹

So much time 表示了你的无奈。

You the man. You the fella. You the boss. 似乎有些语法问题，其实感叹时不用顾及太多。
肥猫加菲语录

daifan1r · Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 5

Today I begin a new life.

Today I shed my old skin which hath, too long, suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediority.

Today I am born anew and my birthplace is a vineyard where there is fruit for all.
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Today I will pluck grapes of wisdom from the tallest and fullest vines in the vineyard,for these were planted by the wisest of my profession who have come before me,generation upon generation.

Today I will savor the taste of grapes from these vines and verily I will swallow the seed of success buried in each and new life will sprout within me.

The career I have chosen is laden with opportunity yet it is fraught with heartbreak and despair and the bodies of those who have failed, were they piled one atop another, would cast a shadow down upon all the pyramids of the earth.
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Yet I will not fail, as the others, for in my hands I now hold the charts which will guide through perilous waters to shores which only yesterday seemed but a dream.

Failure no longer will be my payment for struggle. Just as nature made no provision for my body to tolerate pain neither has it made any provision for my life to suffer failure. Failure, like pain, is alien to my life. In the past I accepted it as I accepted pain. Now I reject it and I am prepared for wisdom and principles which will guide me out of the shadows into the sunlight of wealth, position, and happiness far beyond my most extravagant dreams until even the golden apples in the Garden of Hesperides will seem no more than my just reward.
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Time teaches all things to him who lives forever but I have not the luxury of eternity. Yet within my allotted time I must practice the art of patience for nature acts never in haste. To create the olive, king of all trees, a hundred years is required. An onion plant is old in nine weeks. I have lived as an onion plant. It has not pleased me. Now I wouldst become the greatest of olive trees and, in truth, the greatest of salesman.

And how will this be accomplished? For I have neither the knowledge nor the experience to achieve the greatness and already I have stumbled in ignorance and fallen into pools of self-pity. The answer is simple. I will commence my journey unencumbered with either the weight of unnecessary knowledge or the handicap of meaningless experience. Nature already has supplied me with knowledge and instinct far greater than any beast in the forest and the value of experience is overrated, usually by old men who nod wisely and speak stupidly.
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In truth, experience teaches thoroughly yet her course of instruction devours men''s years so the value of her lessons diminishes with the time necessary to acquire her special wisdom. The end finds it wasted on dead men. Furthermore, experience is comparable to fashion; an action that proved successful today will be unworkable and impractical tomorrow.

Only principles endure and these I now possess, for the laws that will lead me to greatness are contained in the words of these scrolls. What they will teach me is more to prevent failure than to gain success, for what is success other than a state of mind? Which two, among a thouand wise men, will define success in the same words; yet failure is always described but one way. Failure is man''s inability to reach his goals in life, whatever they may be.
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In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have successed lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is --I will form good habits and become their slave.

As a child I was slave to my impulses; now I am slave to my habits, as are all grown men. I have surrendered my free will to the years of accumulated habits and the past deeds of my life have already marked out a path which threatens to imprison my future. My actions are ruled by appetite, passion, prejudice, greed, love, fear, environment, habit, and the worst of these tyrants is habit. Therefore, if I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits. My bad habits must be destroyed and new furrows prepared for good seed.

I will form good habits and become their slave.
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And how will I accomplish this difficult feat? Through these scrolls, it will be done, for each scroll contains a principle which will drive a bad habit from my life and replace it with one which will bring me closer to success. For it is another of nature''s laws that only a habit can subdue another habit. So, in order for these written words to perform their chosen task, I must discipline myself with the first of my new habits which is as follows:

Today I begin a new life.