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Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Concord Technologies and Loffler Companies Enter Into Strategic Partnership
Collaboration brings Concord's suite of advanced capabilities for document exchange and automation to Loffler's office technology and communications portfolio SEATTLE, June 10, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Concord Technologies ("Concord"), a leading provider of Secure Document Exchange, Intelligent Document Processing, and Interoperability solutions, has entered a comprehensive partnership with Loffler Companies, a leading business technology and managed-services provider serving industries including financial services, healthcare, education, legal, and manufacturing. Through this partnership, Loffler's clients will have additional capabilities to send and receive documents quickly and securely. They will do so through the integration of Concord's industry-leading cloud fax and intelligent document processing solutions, including the ability to check document status, route documents, and much more, all directly within their current applications. Concord's advanced capabilities for AI-driven efficiencies, along with its long history of secure fax services and strong customer support, were key deciding factors in pursuing a relationship with Concord, said Jeff King Sr., Senior Director of Loffler's Intelligent Automation Team. "Loffler Companies is known for being highly selective in bringing the best technology solutions to our customers and we needed a partner who could provide provable cost and speed efficiencies over manual data processing," King said. "So, we are thrilled to partner with Concord, which has earned a reputation for highly efficient document processing and an industry-leading 99.99% uptime." The reach of those benefits will be expanded further as Loffler Companies begins deploying Concord's Practical AI™ technology for advanced document classification and data extraction services to build customized workflows in client settings. "Our partnership with Loffler Companies shows the value of what Concord can provide to companies for improving how vital information is exchanged and processed," added William Cavanaugh, Chief Executive Officer. "And that's just the starting point. Concord's Practical AI™ approach to intelligent document processing will then unlock whole new ways to leverage automation to streamline workflows, reduce administrative burden and, ultimately, improve business outcomes." About Concord Technologies Concord Technologies is a leading provider of Secure Document Exchange, Intelligent Document Processing, and Interoperability solutions to healthcare providers, payers, and other highly regulated businesses. For more than 20 years, billions of sensitive records containing valuable patient information have been reliably, accurately, and securely sent and received across Concord's digital health network, and today, the company processes more than 4 billion pages of protected data each year. The company is also recognized for its best-in-class development of new artificial intelligence technologies, including Concord's Practical AI™ approach to solving the most pervasive administrative challenges in the healthcare industry and for its industry-leading applications that help its customers grow and manage their business. About Loffler Companies Loffler Companies provides the most comprehensive business technology solutions in the country to companies of all sizes, with experts who bring it all together to build secure, optimized technology environments. Loffler's offerings include fully managed IT, cybersecurity services, business security systems, disaster recovery/business continuity, multifunctional copiers and printers, print management services, software and workflow technology consulting, unified communications, and on-site management of print and mail centers. As one of the top Canon and Konica Minolta dealers in the U.S., Loffler Companies also works with leading partners such as Arctic Wolf, Microsoft, Mitel, 8x8, Xerox, HP, Lexmark, and FP Mailing Solutions. These wide-ranging products and services exist for one purpose: to help organizations succeed. Loffler's specialized trainers, flexible billing and financing options at all price levels and award-winning service and support benefits all clients. Founded by Jim Loffler in 1986, and now led by James Loffler, Loffler Companies is nationally recognized as a leader in business technology and managed services. Loffler is among the top office solutions dealers in the US for service and support, with more than 500 employees working every day to exceed the expectations of their clients, partners, and the community. View source version on Contacts For more information about Concord Technologies, contact:Dan Conley, PresidentBeacon Communicationsdconley@ Julie Freguia, Vice President of MarketingConcord Technologiesjfreguia@ For more information about Loffler Companies, contact:Christine Berres, Marketing ManagerLoffler Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
The Mainichi
31-05-2025
- Business
- The Mainichi
Career pathways in the US dim for international students as Trump cracks down on visas
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Since coming from China as a teenager for boarding school, Bob Zeng has imagined building a career in the United States. But as he prepared to graduate Thursday from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it felt like the last chapter of his life in America. Zeng said he has been rethinking his plans because of the Trump administration's pledge to aggressively revoke the visas of Chinese students. Having completed a masters degree in science and management, he is thinking about moving to Europe. Or going home to China. "I am worried about working here," said Zeng, 30. "You never know what's going to happen." Many international students come to the U.S. with hopes of gaining work experience and returning to their home countries or pursuing a career in the U.S. But the administration's intensifying scrutiny of international students -- and signs that formal career pathways for them may be closed -- are leading some to reconsider their plans. Beyond the steps the administration already has taken -- expanding the grounds for terminating students' ability to study in the U.S., adding new vetting for student visas, moving to block foreign enrollment at Harvard -- a key nominee has raised the possibility of ending a program that encourages international students to stay and gain work experience. About 240,000 of the 1.1 million people on student visas in the U.S. are on Optional Practical Training -- a one-year post-graduation period where they are authorized to work in fields related to their degrees. It can last up to three years for graduates in science, math and technology fields. President Donald Trump's nominee for director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Joseph Edlow, said during his confirmation hearing on May 21 that he would like to see an end to post-graduate work authorization for international students. "What I want to see would be essentially a regulatory and sub-regulatory program that would allow us to remove the ability for employment authorizations for F-1 students beyond the time that they are in school," said Edlow, referring to the F-1 visas on which most international students attend college in the U.S. A program offers international students a foothold for careers in the US The opportunity to gain career experience at U.S. companies, especially in technology and other fields where American companies dominate, has long been a draw of studying here. Many enter the H-1B visa lottery, hoping to be selected for one of the employer-sponsored visas that offer a pathway to permanent residency in the United States. Threatening practical training opportunities would have long-term consequences for the U.S. in attracting international students, said Fanta Aw, CEO of NAFSA, which represents international educators. "We turn global talent away at our own expense," Aw said. Like many international students, Marko, 29, finds himself glued to the news with a growing sense of alarm. His Optional Practical Training expires in a month, and he has applied for an extension but hasn't heard back, leaving him in limbo. Lawyers for the tech company where he works in New York City advised him to carry proof of his legal status in his wallet, which he finds "dehumanizing." "The message being sent now is that: You are not one of us, and we are going to get rid of you," said Marko, who asked that only his first name be used because he is worried about being targeted for removal from the country. He has lived in the U.S. for a decade spanning college and graduate school, but his family and friends back home have encouraged him to leave. His hope is that he gets the OPT extension and can then apply for an H-1B visa and continue his life in the U.S., but he also worries about anti-immigrant sentiment and who will be targeted next. Guy, an HIV researcher at Mount Sinai Hospital who declined to provide his last name for fear of retaliation, came to the United States in 2018 for a PhD program at New York University. He's now in his second year of OPT and would have to return to the United Kingdom if the program was terminated. Although he still feels welcome in New York City, he said it feels like there's a "war on immigrants in this country." "It's not a particularly attractive place to stay and do science right now," he said. Foreign students have been targeted on several fronts In his first administration, Trump floated the idea of curtailing OPT, but that did not materialize. During the campaign, he suggested he would give green cards to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges, a sentiment that students and educators hoped would signal more welcoming policies. But his administration has cracked down on international students in several ways. In April, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement began terminating the legal status of people with student visas who appeared in a database of police encounters. Many caught up in that effort were on OPT, and had to leave their jobs or risk violating laws about working without legal authorization. ICE eventually restored students' status after widespread legal challenges, but not before some chose to leave the country pre-emptively, fearing deportation. In mid-May, some recent graduates received letters threatening to terminate their status if they did not update their employment records. While the letters gave them an opportunity to fix any reporting issues, it sent another wave of uncertainty through international graduates. This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the government would move to revoke visas of Chinese students with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in "critical" fields. Yurong "Luanna" Jiang, a Chinese student who graduated Thursday from Harvard University, said in an interview that she had hoped to stay in the U.S. for a few years but she has been unsettled by the Trump administration's crackdown on visas. "In terms of the plan going forward, I would say everything is up in the air at this point," said Jiang, who is now open to going anywhere in the world to work in international development. "At this point, it's difficult to say what will happen." ___ Gecker reported from San Francisco, Toness and Michael Casey contributed from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Collin Binkley contributed from Washington.
