Managed Print Services

WHITE PAPER: A review of Managed Print Services (MPS) programmes for SMBs and midmarket organisations.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Midmarket organisations face the same challenges as their enterprise counterparts in reducing the complexity and cost of maintaining their print infrastructure.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: More and more enterprises are recognising the value of optimising their printing infrastructure through device consolidation, proactive monitoring and ongoing management.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

ANALYST BRIEF: Quocirca looks at the case for mobile printing in the enterprise and suggests best practices for a mobile print strategy.

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 | Published: 09 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Despite the huge growth in electronic communications, printed output, whether internally produced or externally procured, is still widely used in 21st century businesses.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

ANALYST REPORT: This paper from Quocirca outlines the need for Managed Print Services (MPS)  and why organisations that are operating a heterogeneous print environment should consider an independent MPS provider to proactively manage and transform their print infrastructure.

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 | Published: 08 Nov 2011

WEBCAST: Today's IT teams are tasked with solving business critical availability issues and maximizing flexibility to meet their company's global demands in real-time. This resource presents how you can successfully handle these challenges by turning to a business service management approach to manage IT from the perspective of the business.

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Premiered: 22 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: A company-wide journey to the cloud can be very complex and is accomplished in multiple stages, with many intermediate goals to meet. This white paper discusses how one provider offers the right hardware, software and services to smooth your transition and ensure an optimal cloud experience.

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 | Published: 21 Nov 2011

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from Visa Europe CIO Steve Chambers on the technology behind the credit card transactions that retailers rely on. We examine the challenges facing the government's G-Cloud project; and we ask how Microsoft will cope when customers no longer want to purchase software licences. Download the new issue now.

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: In Quocirca’s evaluation of major providers of Managed Print Services (MPS) in Europe, Quocirca found that Xerox and HP  lead the pack, due to their  global scale and broad service capabilities. The analysis also showed that Ricoh and Lexmark  have gained considerable ground, demonstrating effective maturity and service delivery excellence.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Managed print services (MPS) offer organisations the opportunity to control costs, reduce the complexity of managing a heterogeneous infrastructure and improve business processes.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Networked printers and multifunction peripherals often require a high level of support and manual intervention. Secure remote monitoring platforms reduce device downtime through automating service alerts, providing proactive toner replenishment and automatic meter reading.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This report provides an overview of the inherent risks when operating an insecure print environment and discusses the current market landscape while recommending some best practices for adopting an integrated information and print security strategy.

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 | Published: 07 Nov 2011

CASE STUDY: As NPG's digital library and business applications continued to grow, so did data storage inefficiencies and costs. The aging equipment had limited storage capacity and there was no disaster recovery strategy other than time-consuming backups. Read on to learn how NPG managed their growing problem.

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 | Published: 29 Jun 2011

EZINE: In this edition of our quarterly SharePoint e-zine, get expert advice on avoiding surprise expenditures, examples of how customers use ISV products to fill in gaps in SharePoint functionality, and tips to ensure proper staffing so the enterprise gets a ROI.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

EZINE: This edition of the SharePoint e-zine, sponsored by AvePoint, examines ways that a sound SharePoint governance plan can help avoid deployment problems, ensuring the success of an implementation. Don Jones discusses how to avoid some of the costs and long-term problems associated with SharePoint growth.

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 | Published: 24 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: If you manage a WAN and support multiple locations, you are probably familiar with Cisco Wide Area Acceleration Services (WAAS) as a solution to costly bandwidth upgrades and latency issues. Since WAAS accelerates and caches content over the WAN and achieves branch consolidation, your management has probably decided that you should use this tool.

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, find out how to realize the benefits of service catalogs by following ITIL guidelines and tips from organizations that have successfully implemented service catalogs.

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 | Published: 06 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the various benefits of using document sets. Document setsare an excellent solution that enables teams of users to handle multiple related documents as a group. All-in-all, document sets are designed to make your life easier from the perspective of maintaining and finding similar content.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Discover how a fully managed, enterprise-grade and on-demand IaaS solution can help your organization reduce IT costs by up to 55%. Get services when you need them, securely and on demand, while reducing the IT administrative burden.

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 | Published: 25 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Discover the benefits of choosing a fully managed cloud services provider. Learn how SunGard Enterprise Cloud Services can deliver an on-demand, enterprise-class virtualized infrastructure and support for production applications including SAP, MS SQL databases, and MS Exchange, and more.

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Recovery as a Service (RaaS) has been around for some time, but the emergence of cloud computing offers a more efficient, faster and cheaper platform for application recovery. Find out what you should look for in a cloud-based recovery solution, and how you can successfully implement one.

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Cloud-based managed recovery services are appealing to an audience ready to take advantage of the low cost and flexibility of the cloud. Access this resource to explore the top vendors in the market and key features of each offering.

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Take a look at the real value of cloud computing in this resource. Compare the costs of running an on-premise private cloud with the costs of choosing an IaaS or managed services model.

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: To remain competitive in a global market, manufacturers have begun to outsource IT processes ranging from vendor-managed inventory to hosted ERP systems. However, the first step is choosing a reliable provider. Access this paper to explore a fully managed, IaaS solution that guarantees unmatched reliability, security and infrastructure.

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 | Published: 23 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this case study, explore how Spirit Incentives chose a cloud service to help it meet evolving business needs. Discover how this move to the cloud was accomplished in 10 days and how it enabled the company to consolidate services, reduce costs and better utilize its staff and applications.

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 | Published: 26 Jan 2012

EGUIDE: As cloud deployments continue to expand, there are a number of security issues IT managers must keep in mind to ensure that content is protected. This white paper is here to keep you up to date on the latest cloud security challenges and solutions, and will help you understand how to accurately define your backup and security needs.

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 | Published: 06 Feb 2012

EGUIDE: This E-Guide from SearchCloudStorage.com is here to help you decide if cloud storage services are a good fit for your organization. In this guide you'll learn about the pros and cons of various cloud deployments, explore advantages specific to SMBs regarding cloud infrastructures, and discover 5 of today's best practices for moving to the cloud.

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 | Published: 25 Jan 2012