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Technology Spending Growth to Return in Q4
Forrester Research says that IT spending took a harder hit than expected in the first half of 2009, but IT spending growth will return in Q4 and will continue in 2010. The report aligns with another recent report from Gartner that shows a return of PC sales growth in Q4. Declines are still forecast for the full year of 2009.
Six Reasons Why HP`s Web-Connected Printer Will Fail
HP's new Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart connects directly to the Internet and doesn't require a computer to print documents. While a neat idea, the long-term viability of this printer in the increasingly digital, mobile world is questionable.
Resellers to Get Economic Stimulus Package Grant Funding Help
Help is on the way for solution providers and resellers looking to tap into grant funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- the Obama administration's economic stimulus package. Ingram Micro has expanded its partnership with The Grants Office to generate leads for solution providers and coach them through the grant submission process.
Color MFP Continues to Do Well Despite Down Economy
IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker finds the overall MFP market has fared much better than the single function printer market, as products transition towards multifunction.
Printing: The Untapped Services Opportunity
The printer vendors are reporting steep declines in product and consumables revenues. Is printing dead? Hardly. Printing and printing supplies are still a profitable venture when done in a services model.
Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy to Step Down
One of the most powerful and well-known female executives in the technology industry will retire July 1, paving the way for her successor, Ursula Brown.
Will Printer and Printer Supply Sales Ever Recover?
The recession has slammed sales of printers and printing supplies as hard as it's slammed most other technology sales. But vendors such as HP, Lexmark and Xerox are grappling with the question of whether the move toward green technology and doing more with less will fundamentally change how companies consume printers and printing supplies. And how will reseller solution providers evolve to fit the new model?
Level Platforms Adds Microsoft Hosted Apps to Monitoring Dashboard
The company's new Managed Cloud Services program addresses the shift from remote monitoring of on-premises software to the increasing need to keep tabs on apps in the cloud.
HP's CEO: Not Ready to Call It Better
Computer giant HP's sales dipped 3 percent in the second quarter, including its EDS acquisition, but that performance wasn't enough for HP's CEO to call an end to the current economic crisis. Instead, HP took the conservative road, narrowing revenue guidance toward the lower end of what it had previously forecast for 2009, and said we are in for more of the same.
Xerox Asserts Commitment to RandD Program
Xerox says it will maintain investments in developing new printing and document management technologies even if it means short-term canibalization of existing products.
Printers and Enterprise Servers Expected to Drag on HP Sales
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ)'s Q2 earnings are expected to reveal a bleak picture for sales of printers, printing supplies, and enterprise servers and storage. HP watchers are expected to pay particular attention to how well HP did in reducing its channel inventory for its Imaging and Printing Group.
Xerox Updates Managed Services Program
Xerox's new set of tools for its managed print services offering promises to make print infrastructure less complex and more cost effective in small and midsized businesses.
Weak Printer and Supplies Sales Drag on Lexmark Revenues
Printer manufacturer Lexmark blamed the weak economy for revenues that fell 20 percent in Q1, as demand for both printers and supplies slackened. Lexmark said it will close its Juarez, Mexico, ink-jet cartridge manufacturing facility in 2010.
Xerox's Phaser 6128MFP: Just What the Workgroup Ordered
The Xerox Phaser 6128MFP Color Laser, an all-in-one multifunction printer, brings color printing, operational efficiency and enhanced document management capabilities to workgroup settings.
Selecting the Right MFPs for SMBs
Multifunction printers for small and midsize businesses have improved greatly in quality, performance and price. Channel Insider looks at five leading MFPs that cost less than $1,000 to see which one gives solution providers and their customers the biggest bang for their printing buck.
CDW Gets Temporary Exclusivity to Kodak's Scan Station 500
For the first 35 days of the product launch, CDW will have exclusive rights to sell the network scanning product, which now includes a voice memo feature. Kodak says the agreement will speed sales and seed the market for midmarket resellers.
Lexmark Keeps New Channel Chiefs Undercover
Mike Johnson and David Baird are now at the helm of the printer vendor’s channel program, even though no official announcement has been made and no interviews or statements being given.
HP Says No Printers for Iran
Hewlett-Packard is reining in a Middle East distributor that has been selling HP printers in the Iranian market despite U.S. export restrictions. >> Read More From Our Printers News Archive
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