TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC. CAPTURES SEVEN BERTL® READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS INCLUDING THE PLATINUM AWARD FOR TOTAL SOLUTION PROVIDER
IRVINE , California ( Jan 07, 2008 ) :
Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) is proud to announce that it secured top honors in the prestigious BERTL “Readers’ Choice” 2007 awards for the third consecutive year. TABS is recognized by the publication’s readership for outstanding product and service leadership with seven awards in total:
Platinum Awards
- Total Solution Provider
- Integration
- IT Knowledge Base
- Speed & Efficiency of Installation
- Ease of Use – Scan
Gold Awards
- Reseller Training and Support
- Third Party Partners
“Toshiba is proud to have been singled-out by our customers for the third year in a row for delivering value-added services and programs that our customers need to compete in today’s marketplace,” said Steve Rhorer, vice president, Marketing, TABS. “Having seven honors bestowed to us through BERTL’s ‘Readers’ Choice’ awards confirms that we are achieving our mission of helping to increase office efficiency and reduce operating expenses with our suite of extended services and unique software solutions.”
Since its inception in 2003, BERTL’s “Readers’ Choice” awards distinguish the highest caliber of office equipment manufacturers as surveyed by end-users, IT managers and business decision makers. The award for “Total Solutions Provider” queried BERTL readers about how adept a manufacturer was at responding to requests for new IT functions as well as thinking “beyond the box” in understanding the specific needs of a customers’ network topology, server architecture and software release levels to deliver a complete document workflow package.
BERTL’s “Readers’ Choice” awards are the cumulative findings gathered from thousands of BERTL surveys over the past year to determine “the most outstanding manufacturers” in the digital imaging marketplace. Unlike other industry awards which are chosen by a small group of industry pundits, BERTL’s “Readers’ Choice” awards are decided by its readers, the most experienced, technically savvy and discerning digital imaging equipment buyers and users in more than 50 countries worldwide. Survey respondents rated the quality of products, service, reliability and functionality of equipment among other categories, with 32 digital imaging equipment manufacturers included in the survey.
About BERTL
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Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) manages product planning, marketing, sales, service support and distribution of copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers, and toner products throughout the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TABS has four divisions: the Electronic Imaging Division; the Toner Products Division; the Document Solutions Engineering Division; and TOPAC U.S.A., Inc., dba Toshiba Business Solutions (TBS), a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of TABS, that operates a network of wholly-owned office equipment dealers throughout the United States.
Named the most favored manufacturer eight times by the Business Technology Association (BTA), Toshiba’s entire product line, customer support and marketing distribution policies are markers for the industry. Among the many other awards garnered in recent years, Toshiba was named the “Manufacturer of the Year” seven times by Marketing Research Consultants (MRC), and has twice been named to the CIO 100 for being among the top 100 “bold” (2005) and “agile” (2004) companies in the world.
TABS is an independent operating company of Toshiba Corporation, the seventh largest electronics/electrical equipment company and the world's 91st largest company in terms of sales. Ranked by Fortune magazine as the 10th Most Admired Electronics Company in the World, Toshiba Corporation is a world leader in high technology products with more than 300 major subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Fiscal year revenue in 2006 was approximately $60 billion.
For more information on Toshiba copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers or toner products, or for a dealer in your area, call 800-GO-TOSHIBA or visit the TABS Web site at www.copiers.toshiba.com.