Printing and Imaging

Managed Services

Tigerpaw adds full Managed Print Services support with new integration

April 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tigerpaw adds full Managed Print Services support with new integration
The new Tigerpaw integration is not just aimed at allowing their present MSPs to add a managed print services capability, but at reaching out to office equipment dealers who need to diversify their businesses to survive.

HP Canada channel chief John Cammalleri and president and CEO Mary Ann Yule
Computers

New Year’s Podcast Series: Mary Ann Yule and John Cammalleri of HP Canada

January 10, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Mary Ann Yule and John Cammalleri of HP Canada
HP Canada president and CEO Mary Ann Yule and channel chief John Cammalleri discuss the year that was 2016 and offer their predictions for 2017.

Mary Ann Yule, president of HP Canada
Computers

HP Canada’s Mary Ann Yule sees Canada as fertile ground for new HP focus

September 16, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP Canada’s Mary Ann Yule sees Canada as fertile ground for new HP focus
Mary Ann Yule believes the message of the new HP has strong resonance in Canada, particularly with the emphasis she has made since taking over of having HP’s Canadian staff be more empathetic to partners.

Printing and Imaging

HP looks to Samsung printing acquisition to increase A3 printer share by 800 per cent

September 13, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP looks to Samsung printing acquisition to increase A3 printer share by 800 per cent
HP believes that the synergies between their printing technologies and Samsung’s A3 technology will allow them to bust into a $55 billion A3 space largely held now by copier vendors.

HP CEO Dion Weisler
Channel Programs

HP boss Weisler pledges bigger channel role driving new HP forward

September 12, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP boss Weisler pledges bigger channel role driving new HP forward
Weisler also discussed HP’s billion dollar acquisition of Samsung’s printer business, and how it will make HP a power in the A3 market.

Printing and Imaging

PageWide: HP opens a third front in printing

March 9, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on PageWide: HP opens a third front in printing
Since the launch of the OfficeJet Pro X printers nearly two years ago, HP and its partners have been fighting the good fight against the old perception that inkjet isn’t a technology ready for the
Managed Services

SmartPrint expands MPS practice with acquisition of Lasercorp’s Toronto assets

January 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on SmartPrint expands MPS practice with acquisition of Lasercorp’s Toronto assets
SmartPrint strengthens its claim to being Canada’s largest independent MPS provider by acquiring the Toronto MPS business of Lasercorp, which is highly focused on legal and professional services in downtown Toronto.

Printing and Imaging

Video: Inside Epson’s EcoTank printers

November 23, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Video: Inside Epson’s EcoTank printers
Epson’s new EcoTank inkjet printers flip the cost equation on printers and consumables. What does this mean to VARs and managed print provider?

Printing and Imaging

HP stresses security with new HP LaserJets

September 22, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP stresses security with new HP LaserJets
All the new printers have built-in self-healing security features with protection down to the BIOS, secure whitelisting, and run-time intrusion detection. All these are backward compatible to the LaserJets announced in the spring, and all but the BIOS protection is compatible on HP printers made since 2010.

John Corley, president of Xerox’s channel partner organization
Managed Services

Xerox channel MPS push continues with new tools, programs

July 7, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Xerox channel MPS push continues with new tools, programs
Xerox is looking to make partners more productive as it sees a boom coming in demand for managed print services in the SMB space.