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Hewlett-Packard undertakes to ‘bring on new talent from within’

Thursday, December 15th, 2011 - Posted in Strategy, News, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1123 – “We want … less outside recruitment and more promotion from within …” is the forward-looking objective for 2012 onwards, so said a senior Hewlett-Packard executive during an analysts’ briefing on Tuesday.

Embarrassing U-turn or a further betrayal – can customers continue to trust Hewlett-Packard?

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011 - Posted in Strategy, News, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1116 – Considering that the banner headline for Hewlett-Packard’s spring 2011 analysts’ conference in San Francisco was “Everybody On – seamless, secure, context-aware experiences for a connected world”, it seems to be totally incongruous for Léo Apotheker to be announcing the possibility of spinning the PSG division (Personal Systems Group) off. Without PSG, a Hewlett-Packard with this vision is impossible.

“Everybody On” – Under its new CEO, Hewlett-Packard unifies its vision and its workforce to take over the world

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 - Posted in Printing culture, Productivity Tools, Strategy, Workflow, New Products, Hardware, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1109 – Following the departure of Mark Hurd in August 2010, and the instalment as CEO of former SAP boss, Léo Apotheker, in September, the atmosphere at Hewlett-Packard has undoubtedly changed. No longer the sense of foreboding but an air of enthusiasm and optimism, with a clear target of taking over the world.

A couple of incredible offers – and more – Lexmark and Xerox!

Friday, February 11th, 2011 - Posted in Hardware, Strategy, Printer Market, Reliability, Supplies, New Products, Third party supplies, Pricing, Special Offers, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1104 – When two new products are placed under offers that reduce their price by as much as 66%, one has to sit up and take notice. Lexmark’s brand new Genesis S815 inkjet AiO and Xerox’s re-branded ColorQube 8570 (formerly Phaser) solid ink desktop printer are both being offered in the UK with £200 cash back! Note: Lexmark is offering cash back of up to £2,000 on some models.

Lexmark declares improved fortunes – but embarks on massive give-aways on business inkjet

Sunday, November 28th, 2010 - Posted in Special Offers, Strategy, Printer Market, Pricing, Comparisons, News, Financials, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #1013 – As Lexmark claims to have outperformed the market over the course of 2009 and 2010, we see some of the most significant giveaways ever seen and a market position that is, nonetheless, on the edge and inferior to other major manufacturers.