Archive for the ‘Financials’ Category
Hewlett-Packard’s need to return profit is showing cracks
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 - Posted in Printer Market, Strategy, Financials, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »Issue #0936/1 – Recent reports in the press and in Hewlett-Packard’s quarterly financial results and end of year round-up indicate that the company is putting its shareholders, and pressure from Wall Street, above the welfare of its staff and customers, to the detriment of its business. Supply of printers has not met demand and EDS staff in the UK are reported to be planning a strike, as has already occurred in Germany.
Hewlett-Packard plugs the gap – Extended alliance with Canon brings MFP hardware to bolster expanding Hewlett-Packard MPS offering
Friday, September 18th, 2009 - Posted in Strategy, Productivity Tools, Managed Print Services, Workflow, Hardware, Total Print Management, News, Financials, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »Issue #0925/1 – Making the most significant announcement in some time, Hewlett-Packard revealed plans earlier this week to enable a more thorough Managed Print Services (MPS) offering – through an extended alliance with Canon for use of MFP hardware, which finally plugs the yawning gap in Hewlett-Packard’s printer and MFP hardware line-up, and the creation of a range of on-board MFP solutions designed to streamline and enhance the digital workflow in the enterprise.
Printer OEMs are killing off their own supplies business - losing out to third party supplies industry
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 - Posted in Supplies, Printer Market, Pricing, Comparisons, Third party supplies, Financials, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »Issue #0918/1 – Printer users are faced with massive increases in supplies prices that are pushing their Total Cost of Printing through the roof. Those suffering most are small and medium businesses with a high print volume as printer manufacturers steadily push up supplies prices. But, printer manufactures are themselves suffering with huge loss of revenue from supplies. Why? Are they guilty of cutting off their noses to spite their faces? This article presents masses of data to show why printer manufacturers are alienating their customer base and pushing customers into the hands of the third party supplies industry.
Printer manufacturers can only maintain profits by cutting costs – biggest cutting back hardest
Thursday, June 4th, 2009 - Posted in Printer Market, Strategy, Financials, News, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »Issue 0916/3 – While a global market analyst firm warns against the dangers of cutting research budgets at a time when a clear understanding of changing market trends is vital, financial results from printer manufacturers demonstrate that they are doing just that! And, it is the largest companies that are cutting budgets and reducing costs hardest – and it shows in the profit returns!