After a tumultuous year for Australian retailers, the industry’s national body has formed a five year managed print services partnership with Upstream Print Solutions in an effort to cut costs internally and for its members.
CIOs discuss print services in the mobile enterprise at the CIO Summit 2011 in Sydney
The Department of Finance and Deregulation has announced the formulation of its Managed Print Services Panel as part of its overall push to whole-of-government ICT procurement.
NSW government-owned energy supplier, Country Energy, has entered into a managed print services contract with HP to reduce time spent by IT staff managing printers by as much as 95 per cent. Country Energy has 4525 staff and 169 offices across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. It has about 800,000 customers. Alan Montgomery, group manager for business services at Country Energy, said back in 2007 about 31 IT staff serviced some 800 printers at the utility.
HP treats CIOs to an evening on Fort Denison
HP treats CIOs to an evening on Fort Denison
HP treats CIOs to an evening on Fort Denison
A look at the emergence of managed print services as a means for organisations to cut costs while addressing organisational green initiatives.
With organisations often reporting that they are being stung by the hidden costs of office printing, it’s no surprise a whole sub-genre of outsourcing — managed print services (MPS) — has emerged.
Bakers Delight has moved to an Upstream unified printing solution, reducing the cost of printing services by 18 per cent over 12 months.
Despite the advantages often touted with managed print services (MPS) and close relationships with account managers, most companies fail to utilise the advanced functionality of the hardware they lease.
Japanese printing giant Fuji Xerox has bought out Australian managed printing services company Upstream Print Solutions for an undisclosed sum.
The Federal Department of Finance and Deregulation has gone to market for multi-function devices such as printers and faxes, in a purchasing initiative which will cover the majority of the Federal public sector.
Forthcoming Hewlett-Packard printers that are priced at more than $US99 will let users print remotely using mobile phones and other wireless devices, without needing a traditional PC, the company announced on Monday.
Dell could start offering managed print services later this year as it tries to extend its reach in the printing and imaging market, a company executive said on Wednesday.