EDS, an HP Company, Offers Flexible Sourcing Choices to Help Enterprises Contain Costs, Capital
Submitted by Webmaster on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 17:02PLANO, Texas – EDS, an HP company, today announced an enhanced set of services that use flexible pricing and tiered levels of service to contain costs and use less capital while laying the groundwork to emerge more competitive when the economy recovers.
“Clients need to contain costs and protect capital,” said Jeff Womack, vice president of Product Marketing at EDS, an HP company. “In response to market conditions, EDS is one of the only global service providers to offer clients more buying options with greater visibility and control over expenses.”
Applications Management Services help clients prioritize technology investments
EDS Applications Management Services now offer new pricing options for tiered levels of service to give clients more control over costs while meeting the needs of the business. This flexible pricing enables clients to choose higher service levels for critical applications and lower service levels for less-strategic applications. Prices for these scalable services are predictable and provide variable components based on client needs. The unique pricing accompanies a full range of support services that are available for selected applications or the client’s entire applications portfolio. This innovative approach to managing services maximizes applications business value and reduces overall applications maintenance costs by up to 40 percent. continue reading...
HP Bolsters Professional Printing Portfolio to Help Graphic Arts Customers Increase Profit
Submitted by Webmaster on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 11:26LAS VEGAS, March 2, 2009 - HP today expanded its professional printing portfolio as part of its effort to target the estimated $663 billion page-value opportunity for the global graphic arts market and accelerate the analog to digital transformation.(1)
Unveiled at the 2009 PMA tradeshow in booth F150, HP’s comprehensive portfolio of digital printing solutions is designed to help creative and technical professionals explore new business opportunities – from gallery-quality prints to technical drawings and proofing. continue reading...
Study Finds that RISO Ink-Based Printers Consume up to 95% Less Energy than Toner-Based Printers
Submitted by Webmaster on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 07:15Danvers, MA – March 2, 2009 – RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, announced today that a recent third party study verified that RISO’s digital duplicators and HC5500 inkjet printer use up to 95 percent less energy than comparable toner-based printing devices. As part of a “comparative energy consumption test,” Buyers Laboratory, Inc. (BLI) measured the energy usage of RISO printers against digital multi-functional printers (MFPs). In addition to demonstrating a substantial reduction in the overall amount of energy consumed, RISO printers were found to provide users with potential cost savings of thousands of dollars in energy consumption over a five-year lease.
“The results from BLI validate the energy efficiency claims that we have made around our digital duplicator and full color inkjet printers for some time,” said David Murphy, vice president of marketing for RISO, Inc. “More than ever, it is important for businesses to make purchasing decisions that positively impact their bottom line. RISO printers are not only a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solution, but these results prove that they are also the smartest investment for companies when it comes to their printing and copying needs.”
The tests were conducted in BLI’s 10,000-square-foot testing facility in Hackensack, NJ under ambient conditions of 72F (+/- 10 percent). BLI’s lab evaluation tested RISO’s CZ180, EZ220, EZ390 and EZ590 digital duplicators, which offer variable speeds from 60 to 130 pages per minute (ppm), along with the 120 ppm HC5500 inkjet printer. In addition to using significantly less energy at 60 ppm than the lower-speed MFP and printer models, the RISO units use less energy at 80 ppm and 100 ppm. Plus, all four duplicator models and the HC5500 inkjet printer offer energy costs that are considerably less than the comparable models tested. continue reading...
Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. Expands Color Product Line-up with New e-STUDIO™5530C Pro and e-STUDIO7030C Pro
Submitted by Webmaster on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 09:29IRVINE, Calif., (Feb. 23, 2009) – Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) today announced the expansion of its color product line-up with the new Toshiba e-STUDIO™5530c PRO and e-STUDIO7030c PRO – two fully-featured, high-volume, color digital copiers with optional network printing, scanning and fax capabilities. Replacing the current e-STUDIO4500c/5500c models, the e-STUDIO5530c PRO at 55 pages per minute (PPM) color/60 PPM monochrome, and the e-STUDIO7030c PRO at 70 PPM color/75 PPM monochrome, provide the most powerful, high-volume, light-production color offerings available today.
“These new systems will allow Toshiba dealers to explore product marketing opportunities not previously afforded by the existing color line-up,” said Joseph Contreras, director, Product and Solutions Marketing, TABS. “Ideal for today’s budget-conscious business, the e-STUDIO7030c PRO not only offers the fastest color printing speed of any system in its class, but total cost of ownership remains in-line with comparable monochrome machines as well.” continue reading...
Toshiba Business Solutions-Arizona Earns prestigious title as No. 1 Office Machine Dealer by Ranking Arizona
Submitted by Webmaster on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 12:05TEMPE, Ariz., (Feb. 11, 2009) – Toshiba Business Solutions – Arizona (TBS-AZ) today announced that for the third year-running, the company was named “No. 1 Office Machine Dealer” in the annual book, Ranking Arizona. The list is published as the result of the largest business opinion poll taken in the state of Arizona by AZ Big Media. Ranking Arizona nominations are submitted by readers and voted on by individuals via an online polling system between August and July each year.
“Arizona businesses have great respect for Ranking Arizona and know that it’s a huge honor to be voted ‘best of the best’ among businesses throughout our state,” said Lenore J. Grobstein, vice president, Sales and Marketing, Ranking Arizona. “Congratulations to TBS-Arizona for its impressive winning streak.”
“Local businesses know that they can count on TBS-AZ to deliver excellence in service, products and technologies that improve their business and their bottom line,” said Brad Osborn, vice president, Sales, TBS-Arizona. “Our company is appreciative of the overwhelming support we have received from our customers. We are extremely proud and honored to hold the title as the top office machine dealer in the Grand Canyon State for another year and will continue to work hard to earn the title for many years to come.” continue reading...
New HP Scanning Imager 1100 Enables Low-cost Quality Color Printing for Labels and Flexible Media
Submitted by Webmaster on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 11:37PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 29, 2009 – HP today announced the launch of a compact, low-cost imaging platform for continuous-form, label and flexible media color printers based on HP’s patented Scalable Printing Technology (SPT).
The new HP Scanning Imager 1100 for the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) market offers fast color printing at speeds up to 3.4 inches per second with low intervention rates, low running costs and high efficiency. HP partners will show the first end-user products to incorporate this imager at several upcoming events for the label and packaging, petroleum exploration and geoscience industries.
“The HP Scanning Imager 1100 offers key enhancements that take fast, low-cost and high-quality SPT inkjet imaging to new markets in ways that emphasize HP’s abiding commitment to customer success for OEMs and their clients,” said Kathy Tobin, vice president and general manager, HP Specialty Printing Systems (SPS). continue reading...
HP Graphics Solutions Business Experiences Most Successful Year to Date in Fiscal 2008
Submitted by Webmaster on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 11:44PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 22, 2009 – HP today announced it has completed its most successful year in the graphic arts industry to date, building on increased sales activity, leads and interest from its first announcement of new-platform technologies in March, through the debut of those solutions at drupa in May, to subsequent fulfillment of sales in the months following the show.
HP’s organizational unit serving this industry, the Graphics Solutions Business (GSB), made a series of significant announcements during 2008, including the integration of acquired assets from NUR Macroprinters and MacDermid ColorSpan, the unveiling of a new HP Inkjet Web Press and Latex Ink/Wide Scan platforms utilizing HP Scalable Printing Technology (SPT), and the announcement of a new HP SmartStream graphic arts workflow and next-generation HP Indigo digital press models.
During the year, HP has extended its market stance as the leading provider of digital color printing solutions to the graphic arts. For the HP Indigo business, worldwide page growth exceeded 30 percent year over year. continue reading...
Toshiba America Business Solutions INC. creates Cutting-Edge Mobile Business Center for Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
Submitted by Webmaster on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 04:33IRVINE, Calif., (Jan. 20, 2009) – Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc (TABS), a leading manufacturer of copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers and toner products, today announced its partnership with Grand-Am Road Racing as the official document and business solutions provider for the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. The TABS-sponsored mobile business solutions center will be stationed at each event throughout the racing series, which begins Jan. 22 with the Rolex 24 at Daytona and ends Oct. 10 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
“Toshiba is revved-up about the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series,” said Kay Fernandez, vice president, Marketing, TABS. “Grand-Am Road Racing has allowed us to offer much more than sponsoring the event in name only. Toshiba is thrilled to provide a full-service office environment featuring Toshiba’s award-winning technology at each race location to help keep race teams connected and productive on the road.” continue reading...
Toshiba America Business Solutions Wins Trio of Coveted Industry Awards For Latest Color MFP Series
Submitted by Webmaster on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 11:20IRVINE, Calif., (Jan. 12, 2009) – Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) is proud to announce that its e-STUDIO™2330c/2830c/3530c/4520c color multifunction product (MFP) series has earned accolades from three of the nation’s renowned independent consulting firms – Better Buys for Business, BERTL and Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI).
Toshiba’s e-STUDIO2330c/2830c/3530c/4520c color MFP series achieved the following recognitions based on independent analyses encompassing industry expertise, laboratory and field tests:
§ Better Buys for Business – “Editor’s Choice” Award (for 2008 and 2009)
§ BERTL – 2008 “BERTL’s Best” Award
§ BERTL – “Exceptional Five Star Rating”
§ BLI – “Four and a Half Star” Rating in Field Test Report continue reading...
Riso Donates Trees To Trinity River Audubon Center In Dallas
Submitted by Webmaster on Fri, 12/19/2008 - 07:20DANVERS, MA and DALLAS, TX – Dec. 19, 2008 – RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, today announced that the company’s Dallas branch has donated two trees to the Trinity River Audubon Center in Dallas, TX. Members of RISO’s Dallas branch will join Audubon Texas staff and volunteers at the Trinity River Audubon Center for a dedication event later today to plant the two trees, which were specially selected for the surrounding wetlands. continue reading...
