A router designed specifically for branch computing should be able to carry out a limited set of tasks securely and efficiently and be easy to configure and manage remotely. Branch offices of large organisations - whether retail chains, banks or...
Printers and photocopiers also eat up a lot of energy and tend to be left switched on in many offices. He also set about overhauling an aging estate of around 2,000 printers. He managed to get rid of 1,200 printers at a stroke, replacing them with...
Once an organisation has analysed its existing fleet, tools are available such as HP's Web JetAdmin and Lexmark's MarkVision, which enables IT managers to remotely configure, troubleshoot and administer devices.
Using less paper is key and many new copiers and printers include paper-saving functionality but Nicholas Bellenberg, IT director at UK publisher Hachette Filipacchi, said: "The cost of paper is still the smallest part of the office printing bill...
Reuters' print infrastructure comprises more than 1,400 printers and similar function devices from 200 different suppliers. Xerox will revamp the company's print infrastructure in the UK and consolidate 12 of its London offices' print systems into...
Many businesses do not even know how many printers they have, how many pages are printed daily, the operating costs or the total printing cost across the enterprise. An unmanaged print environment also reduces productivity and creates support...