News

Managed Print Services

• April 29, 2025 29 Apr'25

  Print players need to cover rising cloud demand

  Shift to hybrid and fully hosted environments continues to be a trend the channel must address

• February 27, 2025 27 Feb'25

  Lexmark looking to partners to gain A3 market share

  Print player Lexmark has armed its channel with a range of options as it looks to enter the low-page volume end of the market

• February 14, 2025 14 Feb'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Geographic expansion, partner programmes, fresh warehouses and attempts to increase trust levels in artificial intelligence have all been happening over the past few days

• February 11, 2025 11 Feb'25

  Quocirca: AI is a managed print services opportunity

  Market watcher shares insights into how print vendors and partners are gearing up to take advantage of growing demand for artificial intelligence

• December 09, 2024 09 Dec'24

  Security, cloud and commercial inkjet driving print channel growth

  Kyocera has shared its expectations for the year ahead, pointing its channel partners in the direction of areas where there should be high levels of activity

• September 24, 2024 24 Sep'24

  Printer refresh sparked by move to AI PCs

  Quocirca’s annual investigation into the managed print landscape is a call to action for the channel

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Local councils could benefit from the channel’s help

  OVHcloud shares insights it discovered by asking councils about their current challenges

• July 05, 2024 05 Jul'24

  MSPs deserve more recognition

  CEO of Kaseya outlines its mission to improve the position of the managed service provider community

• July 01, 2024 01 Jul'24

  Canon Business Centre SOS expands geographic reach

  Partner able to provide more coverage for the print vendor in Hampshire and the South coast following acquisition

• June 14, 2024 14 Jun'24

  The AI journey must start with the data

  MSPs advised to begin conversations with customers at a data level to ensure AI tools will deliver the promised results

• June 04, 2024 04 Jun'24

  Print channel continuing services shift

  Research from Quocirca highlights areas for potential growth and identifies challenges for channel firms in adapting to meet changing customer needs

• May 14, 2024 14 May'24

  Security hampers shift towards cloud printing

  Customers have been moving towards off-premise options, but concerns around data integrity remain

• April 02, 2024 02 Apr'24

  Security and AI occupy SME thoughts

  Digital workspace player Espria shares the themes it uncovered at its recent discussion around technology that delivers users peace of mind

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Kyocera: In tough times, get closer to your suppliers

  Print and document management player advises the channel to deepen relationships, while elsewhere, Canon puts more products into the hands of partners

• February 02, 2024 02 Feb'24

  AI impacting print market with shift to digital capture

  Shift towards scanning documents will have an impact on print volumes and the approach the channel needs to take with users

• January 09, 2024 09 Jan'24

  Print managed services part of a sustainability pitch

  It’s been pitched as a cost-controlling benefit, but the green benefits of MPS is growing, according to Kyocera Document Solutions UK

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  Sustainability a key consideration for print buyers

  Quocirca has uncovered the importance customers put on the green credentials of those providing them with printers

• September 19, 2023 19 Sep'23

  Managed print investments growing

  Research from Quocirca underlines market opportunity for those with the right solutions and ability to meet increasing customer expectations

• September 12, 2023 12 Sep'23

  Channel share commercial print users’ top concerns

  Research from Epson shares the views of numerous partners that are trying to help users to overcome challenges

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Managed print grows, but the channel can help to it expand further

  Quocirca research indicates there are hurdles holding back users from committing to cloud printing, but Brother reports that the cloud-printing side of the business is expanding healthily

• June 02, 2023 02 Jun'23

  MSP Day: Benefits from shifting towards security

  Managed service providers have looked to grow revenues over the past year and have identified security as a key area and expanded their ability to operate in that area

• April 03, 2023 03 Apr'23

  BCN, Daisy and Apogee start Q2 with M&A moves

  The first working day of April started with a flurry of activity as consolidation continues across the channel

• March 13, 2023 13 Mar'23

  Apogee signals ambition to expand reach

  Creation of MCA-Apogee and acquisition in France is the start of a strategy that expands beyond the UK

• March 01, 2023 01 Mar'23

  Printerbase charts surge in demand for MPS

  Brother channel partner reports rising interest from SMEs in subscription services model

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  Canon extends Business Centre network

  Print player cuts the ribbon on two centres established with platinum partners to increase services for customers

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  Brother and Epson giving channel more business print options

  Vendors add more business printers to their ranges and look to channel to start selling to customers

• October 13, 2022 13 Oct'22

  HP expects printer market to ramp up

  As offices have reopened and workers have returned, the printer has been one of the key tools they have missed during the pandemic

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  Context: Channel remains optimistic

  Research from market watcher shows most across the European channel are feeling upbeat, even if that sentiment is not shared with all their customers

• September 27, 2022 27 Sep'22

  BCN, XBM and Valsoft keep consolidation trend going

  Firms add fellow resellers to their operations as they look to bolster depth, expertise and market reach

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Print industry needs to work with channel on sustainability

  Vendors are strong on their own actions, but need to use programmes to support more action in their channels

• May 17, 2022 17 May'22

  Cloud print management set to dominate over next few years

  Research from Quocirca paints a picture of a customer base moving to the cloud over the next few years, as it reacts to hybrid working

• April 12, 2022 12 Apr'22

  Kaseya and Datto tie-up will put pressure on rivals

  Initial responses to multi-billion-dollar deal is to talk up the MSP market as a whole and focus on existing strategies

• April 04, 2022 04 Apr'22

  Print industry unclear on net-zero definition as sustainability tops priority lists

  The print world knows it has to be more sustainable, and mentioning the need to reduce carbon seems to be a key part of that process

• March 31, 2022 31 Mar'22

  Quocirca: Sustainability becoming top factor in print world

  Customers want to get to net zero and the print channel must be able to show it can support that ambition

• March 30, 2022 30 Mar'22

  Brother launches MPS offering at small customers

  Print specialist Brother gives channel a subscription service option that should appeal to those that have previously shied away from managed print services

• March 15, 2022 15 Mar'22

  Face-to-face sales still vital, says Kyocera

  Print and document specialist Kyocera reminds partners that personal touch makes a difference and demos still help to close a sale

• February 24, 2022 24 Feb'22

  Print channel benefits from offices reopening

  It’s been a tough time for those selling, servicing and supporting print hardware, but there are signs that 2022 will be a better year for the channel

• February 07, 2022 07 Feb'22

  Kyocera Document Solutions boss calls for carbon negative to be the goal

  Print player’s UK CEO argues that aiming to be carbon neutral through offsetting does not go far enough on the sustainability issue

• December 06, 2021 06 Dec'21

  MPS Monitor launches UK operation

  Managed print player recruits industry veteran and looks to tap into growing interest in print services

• November 23, 2021 23 Nov'21

  SME customers embracing hybrid working at a fast pace

  Smaller businesses appear to have taken to a hybrid working world much more easily than their enterprise-sized counterparts

• September 23, 2021 23 Sep'21

  HP reacts to hybrid shift with Managed Print Flex

  UK partners are part of pilot of cloud-based subscription printing model being offered to customers

• July 27, 2021 27 Jul'21

  Print services procurement moving into the cloud

  Research from Quocirca reveals increasing use of cloud marketplaces while Konica Minolta charts increasing SME move towards digitisation

• July 23, 2021 23 Jul'21

  MSPs upbeat but wary of increased competition

  Datto’s Global State of the MSP Report reveals widespread optimism, but also signs that the battle for customers is intensifying

• June 24, 2021 24 Jun'21

  Print market transitioning to services

  Covid-hit industry is accelerating its shift to a cloud and services model to ensure it can offset decline in traditional volume business

• May 05, 2021 05 May'21

  Maintel sells MPS unit to CCS Group

  Firm offloads managed print services unit as it looks to tighten its focus on cloud and managed services

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  Cloud print demand surges, but MPS players risk being left behind

  Quocirca warns that some MPS players are not providing their customers with the cloud print services that they are looking for

• March 31, 2021 31 Mar'21

  Apogee picks up Direct-Tec

  Managed print services player Apogee makes its first acquisition since being picked up by HP a few years ago

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Quocirca: Managed print services must react to market changes

  Changes caused by the pandemic have changed the demands that customers have from their channel print partners

• March 23, 2021 23 Mar'21

  Sharp cuts ribbon on European services operation

  Supplier builds on recent acquisitions to develop its own focused unit dedicated to growing services revenues

• March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

  Computacenter records fastest profit growth in 2020

  Channel player releases full-year results showing that the business navigated the choppy waters of the pandemic successfully