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Optimism Greets Upcoming Technology Quarter Earnings
All eyes will focus on technology companies in the weeks ahead as Intel, Google, IBM, and others prepare to announce their quarter earnings amid a new sense of optimism. Observers will be listening for guidance from executives as to what to expect in the upcoming quarters.
Rumored HP PC and Print Merger a Boon for Channel Partners?
Rumors are floating that HP plans to unify its PC and print divisions, creating one big operating group as print and print supply sales such as ink continue to lag during the recession. But such a change could benefit HP reseller channel partners, and give HP a competitive edge over rivals such as Dell, Acer and Toshiba.
Xerox Acquires ACS for $6.4 Billion
The acquisition being announced this morning will transform Xerox from a document management company to a multidimensional enterprise with business process management and system integration capabilities gained from ACS. The deal puts Xerox in a more competitive position against rivals Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM.
Test Driving Cloud Computing
You want to make an enterprise case for cloud computing? Maybe you should consider the new Monterey initiative from Cloudsoft, Prima Cloud, Intel, Citrix and Super Micro.
HP Unveils Global Business Unit for Managed Print Services
HP announces new printer products, new alliances with distributors and an enhanced relationship with Canon, a services component through EDS, and a new channel partner program to help resellers get into the managed printer services business.
VARs Continue to Struggle in Peripherals Market
Solution providers battered by declining PC sales haven't seen much relief in terms of peripheral sales either, according to a new report from IDC. MFPs marked the single bright spot.
Printer Sales Problematic for VARs
The global printer market declined 23 percent in the last quarter despite an increase in the number of color laser and color multifunction printers.
Printer Unit Market Falls on Weak Demand, Tightened Inventory
A weak market and tighter inventory controls drove down unit sales of printers, copiers and multifunction printers (MFPs) in the first half of 2009. HP was hit harder than other vendors, losing 3.4 percent of market share from the same period a year ago.
Netbooks Drive Higher Technology Sales in First Quarter
Notebooks, network security, VOIP, MFPs and server products drove sales growth for D&H Distributing and its SMB resellers in the distributor's first fiscal quarter, and the company tells Channel Insider that Microsoft Windows 7 will mean opportunities for pent up demand at the end of 2009 and into 2010.
HP Quarter Expected Solid, Meeting Expectations
HP (NYSE:HPQ) may slightly beat consensus expectations for its third quarter earnings as IT spending stabilizes and cost cutting measures yield positive results for the bottom line.
OnForce: Businesses Fix Computers Instead of Buying New
With a glut of old computers at-the-ready for redeployment, their old users the victims of downsizing, businesses haven't been eager to invest in new computers or other IT infrastructure. Instead, many of the jobs available these days are in repairing the old technology. And those two trends have driven price down for IT service jobs.
Xerox and Lexmark Release New MFPs
New multifunction printers by Xerox and Lexmark, aimed squarely at small businesses and midmarket companies, add enhanced features that ease use and provide greater workflow efficiencies.
Gartner: Still No Economic Recovery for IT Spending, Sales
Gartner says that while recent signs show stabilization that could lead to an economic recovery, the market research firm is revising its forecast for IT sales and IT spending in 2009 downward again to a 6 percent decline. Forrester also recently adjusted its forecast for IT spending downward.
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? >> Read More From Our Printers News Archive
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