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Ricoh Dealer Automated Office Systems Acquires Complete Computing

Prior to founding Zygoquest, Dudek was vice president of acquisitions for IKON Office Solutions, a $5.5 billion company acquired by Ricoh Corporation.Dudek has evaluated transactions “ranging from the smallest transactions to the largest deals in the office products industry – from million-dollar deals to billion-dollar deals.”

Xerox Expands Partnership with Cisco to Boost Printer and Copier/MFP Security

Xerox also partners with McAfee to provide whitelisting security. With whitelisting, only approved files can run on Xerox MFPs and printers, providing significantly more protection than traditional black-listing tactics that let through all files except those explicitly defined.

Clover Imaging Group Responds to Canon’s Patent-Infringement Lawsuits

Canon announced that it had filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against 49 manufacturers, distributors and sellers of third-party clone toner cartridges and imaging drum units. It also filed patent-infringement lawsuits in the United States against various companies.

Ricoh Dismisses Reports of Layoffs, Unit Sales

The Nikkei-Asian Review also said that Ricoh would be  as well selling a logistics unit in Japan, and an “aging factory for copiers and other office equipment, as well as recording “tens of billions of yen worth of impairment losses,”and setting aside “at least ¥200 billion” for mergers and acquisitions.