Digital Transformation
Latest Trends
Millennial decision-makers’ attitude to print in the workplace
Millennial decision-makers are less sceptical about printing and printed documents than those in other age groups and believe that paper documents will continue to play a significant role in the future workplace, according to the latest Print 2025 Spotlight Report: Millennials Matter.
Channels To Managed Print Services, 2018
Managed print services (MPS) are an untapped opportunity for channel organisations to extend their influence within small and mid-sized business market (SMB) where MPS can help improve productivity and efficiency and reduce costs. MPS adoption in the SMB market...
5 tips for channel partners to succeed in the SMB market
Quocirca’s Global Print 2025 report reveals that print manufacturers are set to lose their influence on customer relationships in favour of IT service providers that deliver print services as part of a broader offering. Businesses are increasingly looking for...
Global Print 2025: Industry giants must steer a new direction to remain relevant
Will print industry giants, that have the scale and size of an oil tanker, respond to digital disruption with the agility of a speedboat, or will they miss opportunities by not changing direction quickly enough? In an era of rapid technological, social and business...
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...
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...
How printers can be a launchpad for malware attacks
HP continues to shine a spotlight on print security with the recent announcement of embedded print security features that aim to mitigate the threat of malware. So how vulnerable are printers to external attacks, and how can businesses limit their risks? While 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...
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