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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Public Sector: Sustainability in Action
Education and the wider public sector typically share a common ‘serving the citizen’, rather than customer oriented, approach. This generally leads to progressive attitudes towards the environment, often bolstered by government legislation and directives, with regards...
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...
Xerox banks on ConnectKey technology to drive success in SMB market
Xerox has broadened its SMB portfolio to capture a larger share of the A4 MFP market, which is estimated as a $12 billion opportunity growing at 3% annually. It has launched a range of 29 AltaLink and VersaLink devices, targeted at distributed and centralised...
HP continues to advance print security credentials
Amidst a rapidly evolving threat landscape, where malware and exploits continue to proliferate, endpoint security often fails to adequately protect networked printer and multifunction printer (MFP) devices. Through the recent launch of its HP Studios web series called...