HP Simplifies Networking with Broadest Choice of OpenFlow-enabled Switches</h1> <article> <h1>HP Simplifies Networking with Broadest Choice of OpenFlow-enabled Switches</h1> <p>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:14:34 +0000</p> <p>HP today announced a portfolio of OpenFlow-enabled switches, providing customers with the broadest choice in the industry for simplifying network management while meeting a wide range of bandwidth, performance and budget needs.<sup>(1)</sup></p> <p>The portfolio spans 16 models and includes the HP <a href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/products/switches/HP_3500_yl_Switch_Series/index.aspx">3500</a>, <a href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/products/switches/HP_5400_zl_Switch_Series/index.aspx">5400</a> and <a href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/products/switches/HP_8200_zl_Switch_Series/index.aspx">8200</a> series switches.</p> <p>Additionally, HP plans to expand support for OpenFlow across all switches in the <a href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/solutions/branch-office/index.aspx">HP FlexNetwork architecture</a> this year, making HP the only major networking vendor to offer a complete portfolio of OpenFlow-enabled solutions.</p> <p>OpenFlow is an emerging network virtualization technology that provides customers flexibility and control to configure their networking environments to their specifications.<span class="read-more"><a href="/hp_simplifies_networking_with_broadest_choice_openflow_enabled_switches_0"><strong> continue reading...</strong></a></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>H&H Color Lab Case Study: Using Photo Applications to Drive Revenues and Create a "Buzz" with New Products</h1> <p>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:12:06 +0000</p> <p><a href="http://www.officeproductnews.net/files/HH.png"></a>Challenge <br />Like other photographic labs serving professional photographers, H&H Color Lab has seen a shift in its customer base—from large studio storefronts to more and more single-person businesses. With that shift has come a marked decline in the number of transactions for each customer—as well as the dollar value for each of those transactions. </p> <p>“The reality is that a customer today is worth half as much in sales as they were five years ago,” says David Drum, business development manager at H&H.</p> <p>With professional studios buying fewer photographic prints, H&H realized it needed to offer new products and attract new customers if it wanted to continue to grow and thrive. The key, though, was to do so while staying true to the company’s core values of customer service and uncompromising quality.</p> <p>Solution <br />H&H needed a way to accommodate short-run printing—such as to output one photo book or 24 greeting cards—using lots of variable data. “A digital press was the only way we’d get a press,” <br />says Drum.</p> <p>But Drum and his colleagues had looked at digital presses in the past and felt that the quality they delivered for photo applications wouldn’t live up to the quality H&H had become known for. Then they looked at Xerox.<span class="read-more"><a href="/hh_color_lab_case_study_using_photo_applications_drive_revenues_and_create_buzz_with_new_products"><strong> continue reading...</strong></a></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>The Solid Ink Advantage–A Sustainable Strategy to Improve Your Business Output</h1> <p>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:07:47 +0000</p> <p>Make Every Impression Count</p> <p>Whether you’re presenting your ideas or proposals to clients or colleagues, it’s smart business to make the most of every opportunity. Color helps you stand out from the crowd. Research shows the use of color provides substantial improvement in attention, comprehension, recall and response. And solid ink produces the most impressive, most vibrant, most consistent color in the office.</p> <p>Vivid, Saturated Colors</p> <p>Combined with Xerox’s 2400 FinePoint™ technology, solid ink ensures exceptional print quality. This technology enhances print quality using sophisticated algorithms to intelligently augment dot patterns. The software uses halftone and post-processing techniques to optimize the image as it is applied to the print drum while smoothing out fills and transitions to eliminate disruptive patterns, characteristic of laser prints. </p> <p>Because solid ink is transferred from the print drum to paper in precise state, the ink does not spread into the paper. This makes its color quality far less dependent on the paper’s surface, allowing it to maintain excellent color quality on the broadest range of papers and <br />media types. </p> <p>Xerox solid ink printers offer four print modes for the utmost flexibility in quality and speed. Users can choose settings that range from Photo Mode to Fast Color Mode.<span class="read-more"><a href="/solid_ink_advantage%E2%80%93_sustainable_strategy_improve_your_business_output"><strong> continue reading...</strong></a></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>Save More than Ever Before with Print Management</h1> <p>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:01:07 +0000</p> <p>Gaining control of your office printing habits may seem like an unachievable goal, especially for larger businesses with many employees. While office printing is necessary in the world today, there are many ways that you can take management of your print environment to the next level and truly begin saving!</p> <p>Did you know that the average office spends upwards of 3% of their annual budget on printing alone? With Print Management programs in place, this number can be cut by up to 1/3, simply by making a few changes in the ways that your office approaches printing. </p> <p>Here are some of our favorite tips when it comes to cutting down on office printing:</p> <p>· <b>Change Settings</b>: Many office printers come with duplex printing settings. Changing to duplex printing can give you a significant boost to cut back your office printing, saving you up to 40% on paper expenditure. <span class="read-more"><a href="/save_more_ever_with_print_management"><strong> continue reading...</strong></a></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>Fuji Xerox Australia Launches Industry-First Workflow Audit App</h1> <p>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:26:00 +0000</p> <p><b>Feb 03, 2012</b> Sydney, Australia – Fuji Xerox Australia today announced its new Print Production Workflow Audit application for iPad. The industry first application of this kind is unique to organisations that have high-end print production capabilities and want to reduce costs through streamlined workflows.</p> <p>The app, which is available now, free of charge from the App store, is an intuitive tool designed to quickly map a printer’s workflow; from job submission through the manufacturing process, right through to the final product delivery, all in a mobile, easy-to-use format via iPad.</p> <p>As each step in the workflow is recorded, the time and associated costs are calculated to highlight inefficiencies within the current workflow. It then provides an ROI by estimating the annual savings in time and effort that can be achieved by automating the workflow with Fuji Xerox Workflow Solutions.<span class="read-more"><a href="/fuji_xerox_australia_launches_industry_first_workflow_audit_app"><strong> continue reading...</strong></a></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>HP Improves Customer Experience for PEMCO Mutual Insurance Company</h1> <p>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:23:00 +0000</p> <p><strong>Palo Alto, CA.</strong> -- HP recently announced that Seattle-based PEMCO Mutual Insurance Company has upgraded its customer communication management solution to HP Exstream to improve the customer experience it offers through personalized policies, invoices, renewal letters and privacy notices.</p> <p>HP Exstream enables PEMCO to more quickly communicate new insurance offerings and easily scale to meet the requirements of its growing customer base.</p> <p>In addition to support for multiple customer communications channels such as web, text and email, PEMCO will use HP Exstream to provide consistent branding, reduce print and postage costs, and decrease its environmental footprint. Due to the low total cost of ownership for HP Exstream, PEMCO is aiming to achieve 100 percent return on investment within 24 months.<span class="read-more"><a href="/hp_improves_customer_experience_pemco_mutual_insurance_company_0"><strong> continue reading...</strong></a></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>What’s in a Color: Creating an Emotional Impact to Incite Action (This article originally appeared in DOCUMENT’s Jan./Feb. eNotes)</h1> <p>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:22:00 +0000</p> <p>by <a href="http://news.xerox.com/pr/xerox/Xerox-on-use-of-color-in-business-documents.aspx">Shell Haffner</a>, manager, Desktop Product Marketing Team, Xerox Corporation</p> <p>In a sluggish economy, businesses of all sizes are squarely focused on two things: sales and productivity. But in the era of information overload, the burden is on the consumer to distill meaningful information from the noise, including the nearly 3,000 marketing messages the average person is exposed to every day.</p> <p>Employees face a similar challenge as many struggle to stay focused on priorities amidst constantly refreshing social media feeds, a 24/7 news cycle and phones that serve as a pocket-sized entertainment system. For bottom-line oriented businesses, the answer to both of these challenges may lie in color.</p> <p>In a color survey<a href="https://na1.ipressroom.com/editor/tiny_mce/plugins/paste/pasteword.htm#_ftn1">[1]</a> conducted by Xerox Corporation, 69 percent of people said that they understand new ideas better when presented in color. Seventy-six percent of those surveyed say they can find information faster if it’s presented in color.<span class="read-more"><a href="/what%E2%80%99s_color_creating_emotional_impact_incite_action_article_originally_appeared_document%E2%80%99s_janfeb__1"><strong> continue reading...</strong></a></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>What’s in a Color: Creating an Emotional Impact to Incite Action (This article originally appeared in DOCUMENT’s Jan./Feb. eNotes)</h1> <p>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:19:00 +0000</p> <p>by <a href="http://news.xerox.com/pr/xerox/Xerox-on-use-of-color-in-business-documents.aspx">Shell Haffner</a>, manager, Desktop Product Marketing Team, Xerox Corporation</p> <p>In a sluggish economy, businesses of all sizes are squarely focused on two things: sales and productivity. But in the era of information overload, the burden is on the consumer to distill meaningful information from the noise, including the nearly 3,000 marketing messages the average person is exposed to every day.</p> <p>Employees face a similar challenge as many struggle to stay focused on priorities amidst constantly refreshing social media feeds, a 24/7 news cycle and phones that serve as a pocket-sized entertainment system. For bottom-line oriented businesses, the answer to both of these challenges may lie in color.</p> <p>In a color survey<a href="https://na1.ipressroom.com/editor/tiny_mce/plugins/paste/pasteword.htm#_ftn1">[1]</a> conducted by Xerox Corporation, 69 percent of people said that they understand new ideas better when presented in color. Seventy-six percent of those surveyed say they can find information faster if it’s presented in color.<span class="read-more"><a href="/what%E2%80%99s_color_creating_emotional_impact_incite_action_article_originally_appeared_document%E2%80%99s_janfeb_e"><strong> continue reading...</strong></a></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>What’s in a Color: Creating an Emotional Impact to Incite Action (This article originally appeared in DOCUMENT’s Jan./Feb. eNotes)</h1> <p>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:19:00 +0000</p> <p>by <a href="http://news.xerox.com/pr/xerox/Xerox-on-use-of-color-in-business-documents.aspx">Shell Haffner</a>, manager, Desktop Product Marketing Team, Xerox Corporation</p> <p>In a sluggish economy, businesses of all sizes are squarely focused on two things: sales and productivity. But in the era of information overload, the burden is on the consumer to distill meaningful information from the noise, including the nearly 3,000 marketing messages the average person is exposed to every day.</p> <p>Employees face a similar challenge as many struggle to stay focused on priorities amidst constantly refreshing social media feeds, a 24/7 news cycle and phones that serve as a pocket-sized entertainment system. For bottom-line oriented businesses, the answer to both of these challenges may lie in color.</p> <p>In a color survey<a href="https://na1.ipressroom.com/editor/tiny_mce/plugins/paste/pasteword.htm#_ftn1">[1]</a> conducted by Xerox Corporation, 69 percent of people said that they understand new ideas better when presented in color. Seventy-six percent of those surveyed say they can find information faster if it’s presented in color.<span class="read-more"><a href="/what%E2%80%99s_color_creating_emotional_impact_incite_action_article_originally_appeared_document%E2%80%99s_janfeb__0"><strong> continue reading...</strong></a></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>HP Simplifies Networking with Broadest Choice of OpenFlow-enabled Switches</h1> <p>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:41:00 +0000</p> <p>HP today announced a portfolio of OpenFlow-enabled switches, providing customers with the broadest choice in the industry for simplifying network management while meeting a wide range of bandwidth, performance and budget needs.<sup>(1)</sup></p> <p>The portfolio spans 16 models and includes the HP <a href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/products/switches/HP_3500_yl_Switch_Series/index.aspx">3500</a>, <a href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/products/switches/HP_5400_zl_Switch_Series/index.aspx">5400</a> and <a href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/products/switches/HP_8200_zl_Switch_Series/index.aspx">8200</a> series switches.</p> <p>Additionally, HP plans to expand support for OpenFlow across all switches in the <a href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/solutions/branch-office/index.aspx">HP FlexNetwork architecture</a> this year, making HP the only major networking vendor to offer a complete portfolio of OpenFlow-enabled solutions.</p> <p>OpenFlow is an emerging network virtualization technology that provides customers flexibility and control to configure their networking environments to their specifications.<span class="read-more"><a href="/hp_simplifies_networking_with_broadest_choice_openflow_enabled_switches"><strong> continue reading...</strong></a></span></p> </article> </main></body></html>