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OKI Printing Solutions Introduces New Retail SignDirector Solution to Help Retailers React Faster

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., August 26, 2010- SignDirector™ is an efficient way to electronically distribute and manage signage across retail operations

OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI Printing Solutions brand, introduces the SignDirector Solution, a web-based application that allows retailers to react quickly to the marketplace by printing signs on-demand at the store level. Compatible with OKI’s digital color printers, the solution allows stores to easily print onsite with OKI’s driverless printing capabilities, reducing the need to outsource or print and ship signs because the right signs are immediately available from corporate. 

“This solution is ideal for corporations that want to streamline processes and better manage in-store promotions across all locations to increase efficiency and time to market,” said Terry Cruikshank, Sr. Manager, Industry Marketing at OKI Data Americas. “SignDirector gives headquarters full control over in-store signage and reduces outsourcing and eliminates wasted signs through electronic distribution. Additionally, the solution simplifies the printing process for store employees, therefore overall productivity increases.” 

The SignDirector Solution from OKI Printing Solutions helps companies simplify in-store sign printing and become more cost-efficient. Through the use of unlimited defined merchandise departments and store groups, promotions can be localized and quickly updated to reflect product availability or other adjustments.  Store personnel simply log into the company portal and select the signs needed by name or thumbnail and click print. 

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Toshiba Honored with BERTL’s Innovation Award for Social Business Networking Site

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) was recently awarded the BERTL's Best Award for “Most Innovative Vendor Relationship Management System” for Toshiba eXCHANGE, an internal social networking site for corporate employees, independent dealers and the direct sales and service channel.

Recognizing the significant impact that social networking can have on business, Toshiba began exploring ways to create its own internal social networking site. The basis for this initiative was the belief that everyone within the Toshiba family should have easy opportunities to exchange information, build relationships, and share sales successes regardless of their physical location or job description.

“It’s estimated that only 20 percent of a company’s knowledge is contained in written documents, while the remaining information resides in the minds of employees. Toshiba eXCHANGE gives members the chance to easily document, share and seek that information, in turn creating new opportunities for sales and service success,” said Bill Melo, vice president of marketing, services and solutions, TABS.

“We are excited to present Toshiba with a BERTL’s Best Award this year for Toshiba eXCHANGE. In several threads reviewed, it was easy to see how barriers have been taken down with the use of this tool. In numerous instances, we witnessed direct and independent sales representatives working with one another to answer questions, provide solutions and share best practices to win over a customer and defeat the competition. Direct and independent dealers are not giving away trade secrets or exposing any information that would hurt them. They are working together to combat their real competitors out in the market place,” said Art Wynne, president, BERTL. “Also evident is that this system has the potential on a larger scale of helping Toshiba gain more market share.”

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The "One of a Kind" OKI pro510DW Digital Color Web Press is Now Available

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., August 18, 2010

The innovative pro510DW is now available for shipment, producing short-run color continuous print jobs on various roll tag, paper and label stocks

OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI® Printing Solutions brand, is excited to announce the OKI pro510DW digital color web press is available for shipment, along with product accessories. Priced at under $46,000, this game-changing product can print short-run color continuous tags and labels with the ability to also produce up to 85,000 prints per day. With various data capabilities, no two labels will look the same! The web press will be displayed at the upcoming Labelexpo Americas, Graph Expo and SGIA Expo to showcase live the product’s innovative capabilities. The pro510DW is also available for purchase through #1 Network dealers.

The compact and easy-to-operate web press produces customized continuous web printing with exceptional color quality. The pro510DW digital color press also supports an optional re-winder to produce roll to roll printing expanding its uses into production applications. Unlike anything else in the market, businesses can now produce a wide range of color tags and labels in-house as needed.

“With the pro510DW, our customers can now print short-run professional quality color labels and tags, allowing them to increase the level of customization to more customers, at smaller quantities without significant cost penalties, said Rich Egert, Strategic Technology Providers, General Manager for OKI Data Americas. Businesses can print on-demand as needed, significantly changing the supply chain practices for label of the past. With the ability to produce the exact quantity needed, they don’t suffer from large overruns which are customary on roll press runs.”

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Toshiba’s Successful Lead 2010 Managed Print and Professional Services Conferences Mark Beginning of Greater MPS Dealer Training

IRVINE, Calif. (Aug. 16, 2010) – Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) recently wrapped-up an entirely new series of interactive conferences designed to provide office technology dealers with the tools and knowledge to help them succeed in selling and implementing Managed Print and Professional Services (MPS and PS). LEAD 2010, which stands for Learn, Engage, Act, and Deliver, was held at four regional locations this summer, including Washington D.C., Dallas, Irvine, Calif., and Chicago, and drew nearly 700 attendees from all across the country. 

Bill Melo, vice president of marketing, services and solutions for TABS opened each conference by describing the “new normal” in today’s business world and the office technology industry more specifically. “When you define yourselves as MPS providers, rather than copier dealers, your market of opportunity quadruples,” Melo said, referencing in part the fact that for every dollar spent on A3 technology, customers spend three dollars on A41. After making the compelling argument for why successful dealers must have an MPS program, presentations were then given by representatives from Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, Strategy Development, Drivve and Capella, and other Toshiba partners.

Security
Multi-function devices (MFDs) and document security, which Toshiba has been promoting to dealers for years as an essential element of a successful MPS program, was a major focus of the conference. While it was mentioned in most of the twenty education sessions that made up each conference’s three course tracks – sales, service, and consulting –Toshiba also held an additional session specifically on security featuring representatives from Digital Copier Security Inc., who recently became well-known in the industry for their participation in the “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” investigative report earlier this year on copier hard drive security.

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Results from OKI "Color Lab" Experiment Show Color Images Increase Retention and Recall

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., August 10, 2010- “Color Lab” experiment conducted at the International Society for Technology in Education Conference supports theory that people retain more information with color images

OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI® Printing Solutions brand, conducted an informal “Color Lab” experiment at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) to test the theory that color visuals help increase learning and retention.  The interactive presentation proved the theory to be true, as 100 percent of the experiments showed participants scored better with questions that pertained to the color images versus the black and white images.

Twenty-one “Color Lab” experiments were conducted over the three-day tradeshow at the OKI Printing Solutions booth. The booth attracted 290 show attendees to participate, ranging from teachers, administrators, IT practitioners and other education professionals. Three sets of color and black and white images were presented to each group followed by multiple choice questions pertaining to each image.  Each group received printed results from their experiment, emphasizing the positive impact color had on their learning retention. 

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OKI Printing Solutions Showcases ProColor Series at Fall Tradeshows

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., August 3, 2010- OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI® Printing Solutions brand, today announced it will be showcasing the innovative proColor Series at four upcoming graphic arts and production tradeshows to demonstrate the line’s ability to deliver short-run on-demand color output across various media types including envelopes and labels.  The proColor Series will be displayed at the following shows:

Label Expo (September 14th – 16th 2010) 
Chicago, IL
Graph Expo (October 3rd – 6th 2010) 
Chicago, IL
SGIA Expo (October 13th – 15th 2010) 
Las Vegas, NV
Graphics of the Americas Expo (February 24th – 26th  2011)
Orlando, FL

“The proColor Series is truly a line of innovative products, allowing companies to produce short-run color print jobs in-house rather than outsourcing,” said Rich Egert, Strategic Technology Providers, General Manager for OKI Data Americas.  “The tradeshows give us the ability to increase exposure of the proColor Series and conduct live demonstrations with customers to show how these products can help grow their business.”

The proColor line was launched in January 2010, disrupting the graphic arts and production market with the pro810 Series, pro910 and pro930 cut-sheet printers, pro900DP digital color press and pro510DW digital web press.

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HP Has Been Positioned as a “Leader” in the Latest Gartner “Magic Quadrant Report for MFPs and Printers.”

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 3, 2010- HP today announced it has been positioned as a “leader” in the latest Gartner “Magic Quadrant Report for MFPs and Printers.”

A leading provider of IT research and advice, Gartner issues independent multivendor reports that position vendors based on their “ability to execute” and their “completeness of vision.”

According to Gartner’s report, “software, vertical solutions and service integration are playing a bigger role in the purchasing decisions of office printers and multifunction products (MFPs). The traditional speeds and feeds for typical office printing … have given way to the hardware’s ability to integrate and deploy software applications that connect them to the company’s document management systems. Remote monitoring capabilities, diagnostics, security and other factors are becoming the true differentiators.”

HP recently introduced solutions that not only leverage web, mobile and security technologies, but also offer customers new ways to print and manage their information. From the first web-enabled printer that allows users to print from anywhere without a PC, to the HP ePrint Enterprise Solution, which enables users to print from a Blackberry device, HP demonstrates a vision for market change.

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Rethinking Server Virtualization

Capture Introduction
Server virtualization is an ever more important tool for reducing cost, increasing availability, and enhancing business agility. But for many organizations, the savings that come from server consolidation are the primary reason for server virtualization.

Many of virtualization’s additional benefits—including built-in, cost-effective high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR)—require external shared storage with a comprehensive feature set to support them. Without proper planning, it is all too easy to see the savings from server virtualization be misdirected toward inefficient storage systems. IP SANs are frequently seen as overcoming cost and management limitations of traditional storage area
networks (SANs) and are becoming very popular in virtualized server environments.

Advantages of scale-out iSCSI SANs
HP StorageWorks P4000 G2 SAN Solutions are iSCSI-based and use storage clustering—a form of scale-out storage that creates a scalable storage pool by aggregating the critical components of a number of storage systems into a single pool of resources or storage cluster (Figure 1). The cluster accepts and responds to iSCSI requests as a single system. In an HP P4000 G2 SAN all physical capacity is aggregated and is available to all volumes created on the SAN.
When more storage is needed, additional P4000 storage nodes can be added to the SAN cluster online; the SAN seamlessly, non-disruptively reorganizes its storage to incorporate the new node into the cluster.

Built-in support for HA and DR implementations, superior, scalable performance, and straightforward management that any server administrator can understand and put into use make HP P4000 SANs the preferred choice to support virtualized infrastructures. This white paper describes the advantages of scale-out iSCSI storage in four areas—cost, high availability and disaster recovery, performance, and management—and illustrate how the HP P4000 SANs provide better overall support for virtualized environments.

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OKI's Color Digital LED Printer Series Receive "BERTL’s Best "

OKI Data Corporation, a subsidiary of OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd., which markets its products under the OKI Printing Solutions brand, today announced the receipt of the "BERTL’s Best" for the C610 Series and C711 Series of Color digital LED printers. The C711 received the Best Small Medium Workgroup Series Award and the C610 Best Compact Desktop Printer Award.

The A4 color digital LED printers, the C610 Series and C711 Series, increase the impact of color output, offer maximum efficiency for medium to large workgroups and provide users the flexibility and ability to print on a variety of media allowing color document production to take place in-house in an effort to reduce costs and save time.

The Business Equipment Research and Test Laboratories Inc., (BERTL) is an independent testing laboratory whose purpose is to provide objective, independent product evaluation reports and comparative analyses on imaging devices and software workflow solutions. Their primary focus is the end user. Since 1995, the “BERTL's Best” Award recognizes the best device, software, and product lines in the digital imaging marketplace that were launched during the year. The categories are based on desktop, workgroup, departmental and production work environments. BERTL's analysts review them to identify the select group of devices and software that stand apart from the others.The C610 Series is a perfect fit for small-to-medium sized businesses and medium workgroups enabling output with sharp detail and rich, dramatic color. Featuring a 400-sheet standard paper capacity (which is expandable to 1,460 with optional second and third paper trays), the C610 Series is also flexible enough to handle paper weights to 250 gsm. Powered by Single Pass Color Digital technology and 1200 x 600 dpi resolution, the C610 Series provides users crisp and clear output on a variety of media from 3” x 5” cards to 8.5” x 52” banner-size sheets. 

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HP Launches “LaserJet Pays You Back” Global Marketing Campaign

HP today unveiled its “HP LaserJet Pays You Back” global marketing campaign to illustrate the significant cost savings – up to $2,500 in less than one year – that are possible when using an HP Color LaserJet Multifunction Printer (MFP).(1)

The campaign illustrates the surprising returns available from an HP Color LaserJet MFP. Over time, the printer pays for itself through money saved and then continues to pay customers back through energy, paper and toner savings.(1)

“Upgrading to an HP Color LaserJet MFP is like trading in your gas guzzler for a hybrid that pays for itself in gas savings and then continues to pay its owner after that,” said Ron Coughlin, senior vice president, LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. “The campaign helps demonstrate how HP LaserJet printers are an investment that keep giving back to your business.”  

To celebrate the significant cost savings businesses can achieve by using an HP LaserJet printer, HP is teaming with renowned entrepreneurs Ivanka Trump and Bill Rancic to host the HP “Pay Back” event today at 11 a.m. ET at the north corner of Madison Square Park (next to Shake Shack) in New York. Trump and Rancic will “pay customers back” with a gift, while supplies last, courtesy of HP. 

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