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The End Of The Day With Ray! Ares Capital 2nd Qtr. 10Q Visual Edge IT Fair Value Drops BIG!
In today's episode I also discuss our industry’s culture and how the ongoing story regarding Visual Edge IT and Ares Capital is exposing something very dysfunctional regarding our industry’s culture. The industry's culture is extremely important to the industry’s relevance.
The End Of The Day With Ray! Canon 1st Half FY 2025 What Would Canon Be If HP Inc. Fired Canon?
In today's episode I discuss Canon's Numbers for their FY 2025 First half. I also share the revenue number which HP Inc contributed to Canon's FY2024 Revenues. It's A lot and makes one think what if HP Inc Fired Canon?
The End Of The Day With Ray! What Makes XEROX Different Regarding Delivering Diversified Services!
The Xerox difference from Canon, Konica Minolta And RICOH regarding their direct operations or helping their dealers diversification into the Managed IT Services or any deliverable outside the core of the print deliverable is based in the structure of The Xerox leadership team. Tune In I Explain!
The End Of The Day With Ray! Canon Wants To Be Like Konica & RICOH Regarding IT Services? REALLY?
Canon bringing Managed IT Services To U.S. Marketplace through its partner SupraITS In The Manner Of That Of RICOH or Konica Minolta Seems Totally Insane! Canon also seems not to understand the difference between what Xerox is doing with IT Savvy to what RICOH is was dreaming it would do with Mindshift or What Konica Minolta dreamed it would do with All Covered! Canon I suggest you rethink what I see as merely an IT Services Hobby based in a fantasy.
The End Of The Day With Ray! After Exodus Of Tenured Senior Leaders-GreatAmerica Is Now Buying Bank!
GreatAmerica Financial Services is buying Heritage Bank Of Marion Iowa - Once approved by regulators the bank will be called GreatAmerica Bank National Association (WOW Long Name) What I discovered regarding Heritage Bank of Marion Iowa was very surprising. According to the data published by Visbanking, Heritage Bank seems very small. Data showing only 8 employees and assets of only $40.5 Million. Data also shows questionable performance against some optimal banking key financial benchmarks. So, Who will run the bank and how will buying a small bank be beneficial to GreatAmerica? I am thinking this acquisition will be more distracting than beneficial. Especially as we have all seen the exodus of much of GreatAmerica's tenured leadership team. Interesting times ahead for sure!