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Print volumes may be in
decline, but the market
for MFP, printer and
scanner software solutions
will continue to grow
as companies invest
in technology to drive
efficiencies and reduce print
costs, IDC claims in a new
report (
Worldwide and U.S.
Document Solutions 2011-
2015 Forecast
).
The research company
expects worldwide document
solutions software revenue to
rise from $3.4 billion in 2010
to $5.5 billion in 2015, with
growth being driven by rising
demand for effective device
and output management and
the introduction of electronic
business workflows.
Growing use of mobile
devices will cause worldwide
sales of mobile printing
solutions software to rise from
$68.3 million in 2010 to $1
billion in 2015 at a compound
annual growth rate of 71.2%.
Other categories to enjoy
double-digit revenue growth
rates through the forecast
period are authentication,
authorisation and security
software.
www.idc.com
A separate IDC report, the
Western Europe Quarterly
Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker
,
shows a big fall in market
value in the third quarter of
2011. Unit sales rose by 0.2%
(year-on-year), but revenue
declined by 11.9% (year-on-
year).
Arnaud Gagneux, director
of IDC’s Western Europe
Imaging Hardware Devices and
Document Solutions group,
said: “The market for print
hardware in the region has
been affected by
stalling consumer
and commercial
demand across
Western Europe as
economies struggle
to deal with the
uncertainty caused
by the sovereign
debt crisis, which
continues to
threaten the wider
economic recovery.”
Bright spots include
business inkjets for low-volume
office applications and laser
multifunctionals, as demand
continues to shift from printers
to MFPs. While total printer
shipments in Western Europe
contracted by 8.7% to 1.52
million units, MFP shipments
grew by 3.4% to 4.8 million
units.
The UK market bucked the
trend, with an 11% rise in unit
shipments, due mainly to the
large number of low-end inkjet
products being stocked in the
lead up to Christmas. Inkjet
shipments of MFPs and printers
increased 12.6% over 3Q10.
InfoTrends, too, is predicting
strong growth for document
solutions. Its
Western
Europe Network Document
Solutions Forecast: 2010-
2015
predicts that the office
document solutions market in
Western Europe will grow at a
compound annual growth rate
(CAGR) of 17.5% to 2015.
“There have been many
different contributors to the
huge growth we are seeing in
the Western Europe Network
Document Solutions Forecast,”
commented Randy Dazo,
Director of Solutions and
Services at InfoTrends. “The
most prominent factors have
been the economy, Managed
Print Services (MPS) and new
regulations that are making an
impact to the market, especially
in the developed countries.”
According to Infotrends, there
is a direct correlation between
solutions growth and managed
print services (MPS).
It is predicting strong growth
in output management solutions
as MPS shifts from managing
devices to managing users and,
later in the forecast period,
in capture and document
management solutions as
organisations shift from device
optimisation to workflow
optimisation.
Currently, security solutions
top the list of most requested
applications.
www.infotrends.com
The hot topic of IT
consumerisation has been
given a printer-related angle
with the launch of Cortado
Instant Printer.
Cortado quotes a Cisco-
commissioned international
study by the U.S. market research
institute, InsightExpress, showing
that half of all data loss in
enterprises is related to installing
unauthorized software on
computers or visiting unwanted
websites.
One solution to this problem,
it says, is to make laptops so
secure that users can’t install any
software or drivers. Unfortunately,
this would mean that they could
only print to devices pre-installed
by their IT department.
Cortado Instant Printer gets
around this problem by allowing
organisations to operate centrally
managed desktops and laptops
without printer drivers, while still
allowing users to print to network
printers and wireless printers in
the same Wi-Fi network, such as
in a home office.
When a user selects Cortado
Instant Printer as a printer,
the software searches the
network for available printers
and presents a list of suitable
models. Once the user has
chosen the printer and driver he
wants to use, the print job is sent
encrypted to the Cortado server,
where it is rendered and sent
back to the user’s workstation.
www.cortado.com/
instantprinter
In line with its strategy to deliver
business solutions and not just
hardware, Dell has launched
a free web-based printer
fleet management tool and
announced new partnerships
with Cortado, Nuance and
Perceptive Software that will
enable it and its partners to
offer customers anywhere,
anytime cloud printing,
secure device integration
and enterprise content
management.
www.dell.com
Solutions still a key growth area
Laser MFPs buck the trend
Software sales linked to MPS
Stay safe with Cortado Instant Printer
Dell takes on range of print solutions
Business inkjets like the new
HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus
e-All-in-One were one of the few
bright spots in Q3 2011.
Authentication solutions are
expected to enjoy double digit
annual revenue growth from
2010 to 2015. Photo shows
Canon’s new imageRUNNER
1100 A4 MFP which is fully
compatible with Canon’s
uniFLOW authentication and
device management solution.