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• Ask the Expert: April 2016

  

  Listen to the Uncle Henry Show's Ask the Expert live from our grand opening celebration! You'll learn about our team members and different vendors like Copystar, Kyocera and Canon.     

• March's 'Ask the Expert'

  Listen to President of BIS Office Systems, Tyran Colvin, his daughter, Teryn Colvin, his business partner, Phillip Long, and Warehouse Manager, Bill Bulman, discuss data and document protection on Ask the Expert, a segment of the Uncle Henry radio show!   During this segment, we discuss: Data & document security Free employee training Trained staff Copier security Toner  And more!

• Crimson Tide Football Isn’t the Only Team That’s Rolling in Alabama

  

  Fast Facts History in Brief: Formed in 2009, document imaging hardware and software subsidiary of the BIS Technology Group; covers the Gulf Coast from Mississippi to northwest Florida, has been an active MPS provider for many years, and is in the private-label toner business Headquarters: Mobile, Alabama Locations: 1 (Alabama) Employees: 12 Hardware Partners: (Copier MFP) Copystar, Canon; (Printer/MFP) KYOCERA, Canon; (Wide Format) Canon, KIP Noteworthy Software Partners: KYOCERA (DMConnect Pro), Biscom, Hyland Software (OnBase, via KYOCERA/DataBank), PaperCut Tyran Colvin is a fan of KISS—both the ubiquitous principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid) and “the hottest band in the world.” The former has helped him build BIS Office Systems, of which he is President, into the successful dealer it is today, while the latter, well, that’s just one of his many passions outside of work. The company began out of a conversation between Colvin and Phillip Long, Founder and CEO of the Business Information Solutions Technology Group. More specifically, an eight-year, ongoing dialogue about the benefits and potential strategy of pairing hardware and software with IT services. After more life experience and considerable deliberation, Colvin took the plunge and opened BIS Office Systems, thus fulfilling his ...

• What You Need to Know About Toner

  

  Toner is a major component to your printer. Without toner, you would not be able to print because the toner is the color that gets put on the page. Ink cartridges are very similar to toners, except that ink cartridges are used in inkjet printers while toner cartridges are used in laser printers. Laser printers are the type of printer that most businesses use. This is because laser printers are more efficient and can print a larger volume of black and white pages much faster than most inkjet printers.   Inkjet printers are mainly used for home, personal printing or printing that requires a lot of color. While laser printers are excellent for users that print a high volume of pages regularly which is why many businesses prefer laser over inkjet. The cost per page and regular maintenance is usually lower than an inkjet printer too. Laser printers have the capability to print pages at a much faster rate – think about 20 pages per minute versus about five pages per minutes with an inkjet printer.   So, if you are a ...

• Copiers and Security Issues

    Did you know that your copiers might put you, your employees and the company at risk? Copiers hang onto sensitive data that is scanned, copied, printed, faxed and emailed by employees. That data is usually stored within the copier’s hard disk drive. If your employees are scanning or printing information that is sensitive in nature, you need to implement a copier policy to keep your data secure.   But how does a copier take that information? Most work copiers have a hard disk drive which is necessary to manage and control tasks and jobs sent to the copier. These types of copiers, referred to as “digital copiers” are more productive and high-tech than the average at-home copier, which usually does not contain a hard drive. The hard drive in work copiers stores images of every document, whether you are scanning, faxing, copying or emailing a document.   How can someone steal that stored data? As the digital age progresses, so does the intelligence of hackers. These hackers have discovered a way to extract this sensitive data either remotely or after the hard drive had been ...

• Lower Your Business Expenses by Establishing a Print Policy

  In today’s world, businesses are trying to reduce unnecessary paper waste which affects the environment as well as their profitability. Aside from using Document Management Software, an effective printer policy can curtail the exorbitant waste of money and resources businesses see on a daily basis.   Did you know that the average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of copy paper a year? This amount of consumption obviously impacts the environment, and puts a serious dent into the operational budget of any size business.     45% of the paper printed in offices reportedly ends up in the trash at the end of the day.    Much of this is from pages users didn’t even intend on printing.   Many companies may be aware of the amount of wasted paper, but don’t have a handle on how much it may be costing them or what they can do about it. With printer ink costing almost 2000% more than the cost of gas, all those unimportant print jobs really add up. A report from the Gartner Group said that the mismanagement of copiers, printers and faxes can cost businesses between 1-3% of their revenue ...