Hey Adobe! What About In-plants?
According to Johnny Loiacono, senior vice president of Adobe’s Creative Solutions Business Unit, version 8.1.1, shipping sometime in October, will disable the print-to-FedEx Kinko’s functionality when it is installed. Further, Loiacono claimed that the update would be “automatic,” as Adobe products regularly “ping” the software Goliath’s servers looking for updates and security patches. FedEx Kinko’s will continue to distribute an enabled version of Acrobat and Reader from its Web sites, but distribution will no longer be universal.
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Ray Chambers, CGCM, MBA, has invested over 30 years managing and directing printing plants, copy centers, mail centers and award-winning document management facilities in higher education and government.
Most recently, Chambers served as vice president and chief information officer at Juniata College. Chambers is currently a doctoral candidate studying Higher Education Administration at the Pennsylvania State University (PSU). His research interests include outsourcing in higher education and its impact on support services in higher education and managing support services. He also consults (Chambers Management Group) with leaders in both the public and private sectors to help them understand and improve in-plant printing and document services operations.
