Patrick Brand

In the mid 1880s, when pioneers were just beginning to test the concept of direct mail, the French journalist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr wrote‚ "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose," which roughly translates to "the more things change, the more they stay the same."

Pitney Bowes Inc. has launched pbSmartPostage, the industry's first mailing and shipping service that uses cloud technology to enable businesses to apply postage to letters and shipping labels and packages directly from any PC with an Internet connection.

Pitney Bowes, located in Stamford, Conn., has received the 1500th order for its state-of-the-art FPS Split Drive Inserting System, making it one of the fastest-selling new inserters the company ever has produced. The 1500th purchase was acknowledged at the opening ceremonies of the Pitney Bowes Customer Summit, held in its Danbury, Connecticut document technology center.

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