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What Next? Six Trends for the Print Industry in 2018
Changing customer preferences, increased mobility, tightening regulation and technological change are reshaping the print industry. As such, 2017 was a year of mixed fortunes for global manufacturers. Market consolidation has seen HP, Xerox and Lexmark reform and...
Can McAfee and Xerox raise the bar on print security?
McAfee’s MPOWER event in Amsterdam on 29th November shone a light on artificial intelligence and machine learning as the industry continues to grapple with an evolving and complex threat landscape. With printers a key element of today’s IoT landscape, McAfee’s...
Race for relevance: Five strategies for print vendors
In a time of accelerating change when the rules of the workplace and workforce are being redefined, the print industry faces challenges in maintaining its relevance. New technology is rendering existing business models obsolete while customers are more demanding of...
Print renaissance: The value of print in the age of distraction
Far from being dead, print is enjoying a resurgence as a way for people to disconnect from the noisy online world. As a trusted and tangible medium, the printed page provides longevity and an emotional connection that cannot be replicated by a screen. Print has the...
Artificial Intelligence: Should the print industry care?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to drive the next wave of digital disruption as it moves from buzzword to reality. The largest vertical markets for AI include fintech, healthcare, transportation and retail. Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Google, SAP, Salesforce and GE...
Managed Print Services: Seize the Opportunity
Quocirca surveyed 240 organisations the UK, France, Germany and the US to understand how MPS is helping them address their business challenges. The findings contained in this infographic reveal the continued reliance on paper and how MPS is an enabling platform for...
Print security and GDPR compliance: European companies lag US peers
With the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force in May 2018, it appears that European organisations are still underestimating the importance of including print security in their compliance strategies. This provides a significant opportunity...
Managed print services: The service quality battleground
The latest Quocirca Managed Print Services Landscape 2017 report, which surveyed midmarket and large enterprise organisations in the UK, France, Germany and the US, has revealed that service quality is the top reason that organisations implement a managed print...
Print 2025: A vision for the future of the print industry
I am pleased to announce that we are embarking on a new and unique study to examine the future of the print industry in the face of digital disruption. For more information please register at www.print2025.com
Quocirca MPS Landscape Report, 2017
Managed print services (MPS) remains a proven approach that enables businesses to acquire the skills and expertise they require to address the cost, complexity and risk of an unmanaged print infrastructure. While many MPS providers are repositioning MPS in the wider...
Kodak Alaris expands information capture portfolio to drive digital transformation
Digital transformation is high on the agenda for many businesses that are looking to tackle the exponential increase in information – both paper and digital. Intelligent information capture is a key starting point for digital transformation, with leading vendors...
GDPR: Why print is a crucial element of endpoint security
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect on 25th May 2018, could prove to be a catalyst to change the existing haphazard approach to print security. Networked printers and multifunction printers (MFPs) are often overlooked when it comes to...