Category: Blogs

Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today announced the appointment of Jeffrey Jacobson as president, Xerox Global Graphic Communications. / Xerox Newsroom

Joy Lipari, Vice President, MPS Center of Excellence – shared some thoughts on Xerox’s MPS success story regarding their work at Northrop Grumman.  Bill Haslett of Northrop Grumman was along to share his thoughts too.   (The following are NOT quotes.  They are my notes on what I took away from Joy’s and Bill’s presentation and discussion from the audience.)   Joy says that the customer defines what MPS is.  That the supplier should not try and make the prospect fit their MPS definition but what is important is to offer a wide range of products and services so the ...

  Mount Laurel, NJ (January 19, 2012) – OKI Data Americas announced today the company’s Official Event Sponsorship of the upcoming 2012 Lyra Imaging Symposium, taking place January 23-25, 2012 at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage, CA. OKI’s top Managed Print Services (MPS) executive, Tim Brien, will lead a presentation at the Symposium highlighting OKI’s recent partnership with Agiliant, Inc.

  Scottsdale, AZ. – January 18, 2012 – MWA Intelligence, Inc. (MWAi), a leader in enterprise-class M2M (machine to machine) and M2P (machine to people) solutions and services, has appointed Angelo Koutsogiannis as their lead developer for iPhone and iPad. In his new role, Angelo will direct all development of MWAi’s powerful new apps for Apple IOS on mobile devices  

  January 10, 2012 -- Midway, KY and Newton, MA —The imaging industry’s largest dedicated team of analysts was created today, as Photizo Group announced its acquisition of Lyra Research. The acquisition unites the two market leaders, creating the broadest, most comprehensive line of market intelligence and consulting services in the imaging industry to date.   

We want to thank everyone that took the time to send us their thoughts about 2011 and 2012.  Some reflected a great deal of thought, some where 1 word long :) that's OK we enjoyed receiving them all.  We thought you would enjoy some of the excerpts:

Hello Bob, Happy New Year!    As I leave 2011 behind I believe the industry will continue to face many of the same challenges of last year.   Certainly the impact on the OEM’s due to the tsunami catastrophe will continue to provide significant impediments to the supply chain and this will of course trigger other scenarios the OEM’s will have to respond to in the new year.   This is not a less than significant issue and while it will require major business model changes and there will be a “new normal” for all of us to manage.    That being ...

Patrick Chapuis has been appointed President and CEO of Océ North America effective January 1, 2012. Mr. Chapuis succeeds Joseph Skrzypczak, who has informed the Océ Board of his intent to retire in 2012. Mr. Chapuis will also retain his current responsibilities as President of the Wide Format Printing Systems division of Océ North America.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - Printersdirect, a world leader in remanufacturing laser printers for the managed print services industry, has announced that it has appointed Nuworld Business Systems in Cerritos, California as a distributor of its MPS Ready® brand of remanufactured HP and Lexmark printer hardware. The agreement between the two companies further supports Printersdirect in the expansion of their efforts into the managed print and managed services distribution channel. Nuworld is Printersdirect’

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, announced that Doug Albregts has joined the company’s Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA) as president. In his position, Albregts is responsible for directing the strategic growth and profitability of Sharp’s business-to-business (B2B) operations by increasing sales via channel and resellers, expanding market share and maintaining high levels of quality and innovation.

MISSION VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AUXILIO, Inc. (AUXO.OB), the pioneer in Managed Print Services (MPS) for the health care industry, announced the release of a best practices step-by-step analysis and case study for the successful implementation of an Electronic Health Records (EHR) strategy at Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center that resulted in end-to-end hardware and software ...

Nearly every enterprise – including commercial businesses, educational institutions and government organisations – relies on printing to support essential business processes, whether it is back-office operations such as accounting or payroll or front-office activities such as sales and marketing.

According to Xerox survey, as the holiday shopping season kicks into gear, companies that demonstrate an understanding of customers’ preferences are likely to pique more interest. / Xerox Newsroom

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)ECi Connect Conference 2011 a Huge SuccessSYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)For more than 30 years, ECi has served the manufacturing, office equipment, managed print services, office supplies, contract office furniture, business intelligence, lumber and building materials, hardware and jan/san sectors. ...

In its annual report on MPS, Gartner provides insight gleaned from global customers into the benefits and challenges of implementing managed print services, and criteria for identifying and evaluating providers. "We consider it both an honor and a ...