The following appears on theweekinimaging.com, by Scott Cullen

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the more things change, the more things change. Having covered this industry as a journalist for 27 years now, I’ve seen a lot of changes as have many of you who have been in the industry longer than I have. Then again, those of you who have only been around for a decade or so have witnessed your share of changes as well. Let’s sit back and look at the way things were yesterday, and the way things are today. And by the way, enjoy it while you can, because it’s all changing as you read this.

Yesterday: Analog copiers

Today: Digital, connected copiers

Yesterday: Monochrome

Today: Color

Yesterday: Hardware

Today: Services and Solutions

Yesterday: Hardware Sales Quotas

Today: Hardware Sales Quotas (This hasn’t changed has it?)

Yesterday: Konica, Minolta, Mita, Kyocera, Océ, Kodak

Today: Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita

Yesterday: IKON, Global, Danka

Today: Ricoh, Xerox, Konica Minolta

Yesterday: Maps and printed directions

Today: GPS

Yesterday: Phone calls and cold calls

Today: E-mails and text messages

Yesterday: File cabinets

Today: Cloud storage

Yesterday: The NOMDA Show

Today: OEM-Specific Dealer Meetings

Yesterday: Managed Print Services

Today: Managed Services

Yesterday: Local Office Supply Stores

Today: Office Superstores

Yesterday: The Dream of the Paperless Office

Today: The Office with Less Paper

Yesterday: Dozens of fax manufacturers, including names like Mitsubishi and dex.

Today: Who needs fax?

Yesterday: Teleconferences and Press Conferences

Today: Webinars

Yesterday: Independent dealers

Today: Direct branches

Yesterday: Thousands of independent dealers were the future of the industry.

Today: Hundreds of independent dealers are the future of the industry.

Yesterday: Selling to the Purchasing Department

Today: Selling to the IT Department

If you’ve got anything to add to the list, send them my way and I’ll publish them in an upcoming issue inThe Week in Imaging.

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