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About Brent Black

Brent is currently responsible for product management in LRS’ Enterprise Output Management business unit. This involves working closely with sales, marketing and development organizations to monitor competitive movements and market trends; validate and prioritize product requirements; define the product portfolio and future roadmap; and identify new business opportunities for investment. Prior to joining LRS, Brent worked in IBM’s printer business for nearly 20 years, where he held several executive positions in marketing, sales and services. In total, Brent has spent over 35 years in the printing and output management industry.

Affiliate Printing Capabilities and Use Cases

Print Securely over the Internet without a VPN/WAN connection

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LRS and the Cloud – An Evolving Story

If you build it, will they come?

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LRS Adds Data Capture Solutions with Acquisition of Drivve, Inc.

A new addition to the family

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Adding Analytics to the Innovate/Audit Value Proposition

Faster reporting + deeper analytics = better decisions

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Leveraging iBeacon Technology for Better Print Security and User Experience

Closing in on better print security

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High Availability (HA) for Enterprise Pull Printing – Part 2

Direct IP meets pull printing

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High Availability (HA) for Enterprise Pull Printing – Part 1

How “highly available” are your enterprise documents?

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Adopt policy printing to lower costs & support green IT

We don’t need no stinking rules... Or do we?

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Network Printing and Security

Is it safe?

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LRS Acquisition of Cirrato Technologies AB

Discussing the “whys” behind the “whats and whens”…

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Leader of the Pack

You can’t tell the players without a scorecard…

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You Can Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

Who says you can’t have it all?

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Change – The One Constant in Life

Turn and face the strain…

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Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?

Small savings add up. Print savings add up faster.

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Magic Trick Anyone?

What have you got up your sleeve?

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Think Big When Starting Small

Think that short-term fix will go the distance? That’s a stretch.

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Walking the Talk

Need a quick reality check? Ask a customer…

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Universal Print Drivers – How universal are they really?

Bigfoot, UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster, and now UPDs…

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The Real McCoy versus the Wannabe Gang

“Fake it till you make it” is not a strategy for success…

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Buzzwords and Output Management – Improve Your Business Agility

Sorting the knowledge from the nonsense…

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Building Your Digital Platform – Deploy “Printing as a Service”

Congratulations – you’ve been named the new CIO! Now let’s take a look at that new Inbox…

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IT Transformation, Documents, and The Cloud — Part 2

Want real benefits? Try adding an output management service layer in your IT services stack…

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IT Transformation, Documents, and The Cloud - Part 1

It's "Innovate or Die" time in IT. What's in your stack?

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Hey, Can I Get a Little Self-Service Here?

In today’s business world, two things are certain: companies want to save as much money as possible and workers demand more freedom in how they do their jobs. So it is no surprise that IT organizations are rushing to invest in “self-service” capabilities that let users control aspects of technology once deemed far too complex or risky to entrust to average employees. Self service printing is simply one of those.

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