Category Archives: Xerox

News and articles about Xerox, one of Rochester New Yorks larger employers.

Make a lab agitator from an old CDROM drive

The author basically made a slow “shaker” that moves a bowl back and forth to mix things up. http://dangerousprototypes.com/2013/09/11/homebrew-lab-agitator-from-salvaged-cd-rom-parts/

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Xerox CEO talks to Government about Big Data

It sounds like Ursula Burns, and several other CEO’s went to government and I believe are asking the US to not regulate big data.  Which is good for them, bad for individuals and privacy. http://www.cio.com/article/print/749714

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Xerox new VP coming in from HP

I had seen articles that HP is killing alot of its Europe branches, so I wonder if this gent is just jumping ship to save himself. http://www.printweek.com/print-week/news/1142735/stabler-steps-xerox

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Xerox becomes a Principal Member on NFC forum

Well I guess its better late than never to join a new(er) tech forum. http://www.pymnts.com/news/businesswire-feed/2014/march/13/thinfilm-and-xerox-become-principal-members-of-the-nfc-forum-20140313005278

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Blog on picking successors for Xerox

An ex human resource person from Xerox describes how she had an hand in grooming Ursula Burns to be CEO of Xerox. http://blog.hreonline.com/2014/03/13/lessons-from-xerox-succession-experience/

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Xerox Debt Management Disaster

It sounds like the upgrades Xerox did for managing student loan debt did not go over well. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/03/13/gao-cites-serious-weaknesses-federal-oversight-debt-management-system  

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Xerox Finds a tenant for part of its Webster campus

Xerox it looks like is leasing part of one of its buildings to a German company in Webster, NY.  Sounds like they sold part of a testing group to the company too.  Its another sign that Xerox (tech) is becoming … Continue reading

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Xerox closes part of Webster campus due to water issues

Looks like Xerox had some maintenance problems a couple days ago. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/money/business/2014/03/10/xerox-webster-water-main-break/6260811/

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Xerox + data = better transportation

Video report on how Xerox research is analyzing data to come up with better ways to move stuff around. ttp://www.nbcnews.com/feature/30-seconds-to-know/xerox-uses-big-data-improve-transportation-n46276

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Xerox going after low hanging fruit in services?

What was interesting in this article was Xerox won a ~23K bid to manage the towns land records. That is a pretty small amount of change for such a large company.  But its interesting cause it shows that Xerox is … Continue reading

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