HP Simplifies Networking with Broadest Choice of OpenFlow-enabled Switches

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.(1)

The portfolio spans 16 models and includes the HP 3500, 5400 and 8200 series switches.

Additionally, HP plans to expand support for OpenFlow across all switches in the HP FlexNetwork architecture this year, making HP the only major networking vendor to offer a complete portfolio of OpenFlow-enabled solutions.

OpenFlow is an emerging network virtualization technology that provides customers flexibility and control to configure their networking environments to their specifications.

HP Improves Customer Experience for PEMCO Mutual Insurance Company

HP today 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.

HP Exstream enables PEMCO to more quickly communicate new insurance offerings and easily scale to meet the requirements of its growing customer base.

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.

HP Helps Create “Storybook” Beginning for New York’s Pinhole Press

Jan 25, 2012 PALO ALTO, Calif. - To meet fast-growing demand for personalized keepsakes, online photo products boutique Pinhole Press used the superior printing quality of HP Indigo digital presses to create its new Storybook product.

The Storybook is the first Pinhole Press photo book that allows customers to personalize each page with text and choose their own layouts. Cohoes, N.Y.-based Pinhole Press released the new web-to-print offering on pinholepress.com in November.

HP is the market leader in photo book/photo merchandise printing.(1) Pinhole Press, a subsidiary of Mohawk Fine Papers, uses HP Indigo presses exclusively for its printing. The high-quality color imaging HP Indigo presses offer, combined with premium Mohawk papers and fabric cover options, make Storybooks coveted photo gifts.

Toshiba Debuts the World's First Self-Encrypting Drive for MFPs

Toshiba SED Will Offer Automatic Security Function to Bring New Levels of Data Protection

IRVINE, CA -- Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (http://business.toshiba.com), announces the debut of the world's first Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) equipped with proprietary wipe technology for multifunction printers (MFPs). This new Toshiba technology allows users to determine a range of security settings, including the invalidation of encryption keys and data invalidation when a drive is removed from its housing or connected to an unauthorized host system.

"As the needs of our customers constantly evolve, Toshiba is committed to remaining at the forefront of product innovation," said Joseph Contreras, director, Product and Solutions Marketing, Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. "Toshiba's new SED security technology improves data security and reduces the risk of sensitive information stored on copiers and printers leaving your company. When the SED is removed or stolen from the MFP and installed into another device, the data is invalidated automatically. If the SED is returned to the MFP without being installed into another device, data will not be invalidated and is accessible."

OKI Data Americas’ Printers Recognized by Key Media and Industry Analysts for Remarkable Performance and Innovation

Jan 17, 2012 Mount Laurel, NJ – OKI Data Americas announces that its printers have recently earned a number of awards and top rankings from prominent industry publications, including PC Magazine’s Extreme Performance Award for Fastest Color Laser-Class Business MFP – a recognition given to products that “push the limits of the impossible and do what no others can.” The award was given to OKI’s MC561 and CX2731, which were praised for their exceptional speed and broad range of features. The OKI MC561 and MC361 were also selected for PC World’s list of Top 10 Color Laser MFPs, placing at number five and number six, respectively.

Inc. Magazine ranked the OKI B730DN – part of the B700 series of full-featured monochrome printers – at number two in the publication’s Top Six Gadgets of the Year, recognizing the B730DN for its extraordinary print speeds in a busy office environment.

OKI Announces Partnership with Graphics One as Authorized Reseller of the New pro920WT Printer in the USA

TOKYO, January, 17, 2012 -- OKI Data Corporation, an OKI Group company specializing in the printer business, announces that OKI Data Americas has partnered with Graphics One, LLC of Burbank, CA to distribute its new pro920WT printer in the USA. The pro920WT – part of the OKI proColor™ Series – is now available for sale throughout North America.

The launch of the pro920WT tabloid/A3 digital color printer supplements the already impressive OKI proColor Series of printers. What makes the pro920WT unique is the inclusion of white toner for graphics, signage and textile transfers. The innovative pro920WT is a cost-effective alternative to screen printing, and is the lowest-cost white toner product available in the marketplace today.

"We are excited about this strategic alliance with Graphics One. They have a strong reputation within the industry and were instrumental in helping develop this product for the textile market," said Rich Egert, General Manager of the Strategic Technology Provider Business Group for OKI Data Americas. "Combining OKI's expertise in developing innovative, high quality, short-run color printing solutions with Graphics One's ability to deliver these products to the textile and specialty graphic markets make this an ideal partnership."

Perfect Colours Installs HP Designjet L25500 at Fast Signs Gloucester

Jan 06, 2012 Perfect Colours, a London-based value added reseller of large format digital printing solutions, has supplied and installed a HP DesignJet L25500 printer at Fast Signs Gloucester’s premises.   The new printer will enable Fast Signs Gloucester to improve its productivity and expand its solutions into the ‘green’ product arena.

Fast Signs Gloucester designs, prints and installs bespoke signage solutions including vehicle wraps, exhibition displays, outdoor banners, site and traffic signs and corporate logo signage.  The company needed to upgrade to a new printer that could handle increased workload without compromising the quality of output.

Perfect Colours recommended the HP DesignJet L25500 printer.  The L25500 delivers unrivalled versatility for the production of a wide range of both outdoor and indoor sign and display applications.

HP Ranked a Leader in IDC Managed Print Services MarketScape

HP today announced that industry analyst firm IDC has named HP a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Print Services 2011 Hardcopy Vendor Analysis Study.(1)

An independent and global provider of IT research, IDC completed its multivendor assessment study and identified that HP Managed Print Services (MPS) continues to maintain market leadership with high scores in strategic direction and offering capabilities.

Based on the report, HP’s market leadership is reflective of its comprehensive strategy to deliver a unified experience across the office, onsite production and external printing and imaging environments. Its broad portfolio is enriched with industry solutions and features such as HP ePrint, the Open Extensibility Platform (OXP) and FutureSmart firmware. These innovations allow customers to easily update, manage and extend the capabilities of their multifunction printers (MFPs) and printers with the latest solutions and applications, and conveniently print while on the go.

HP Scitex FB7500 Upgrade Brings New Opportunities to US-Based POP Solutions Provider

Dec 20, 2011 Point-of-purchase solutions provider KDM P.O.P. Solutions Group is one of the first U.S. customers to upgrade its HP Scitex FB7500 Industrial Press to include features from the new HP Scitex FB7600 Industrial Press model.

The field upgrade for one of its two HP Scitex FB7500 Industrial Presses has helped the Cincinnati-based company move more analogue screen print jobs to digital production for faster turnaround times. The company also can transition very long runs toward multiple, customised short- and medium-quantity jobs that allow clients to capitalise on targeted marketing opportunities.

Increased application versatility and quality

Upgrade features and advantages of the new HP Scitex FB7600 Industrial Press include:

  • saturation controls that boost quality by laying down more ink with no throughput reduction
  • new, UV-curable HP FB225 Scitex Inks that make the press compatible with a wider range of media, such as polystyrene, polycarbonate and polyethylene substrates, expanding the types of jobs KDM can print digitally.

OKI Introduces pro920WT with White Toner for Short-run Printing on Colored and Transparent Media in the USA

TOKYO, December 13, 2011 -- OKI Data Corporation, an OKI Group company specializing in the printer business, today announced the addition of the pro920WT to its OKI proColor™ Series, an innovative line of products for color-critical applications in graphic arts and production environments in North America. The pro920WT tabloid/A3 digital color printer brings a new set of creative options to the short-run marketplace with the addition of white toner, allowing direct imaging to dark or colored media, signage and films.

“The pro920WHT is the lowest-cost toner-based white solution product available to the graphic arts and production market,” said Rich Egert, Strategic Technology Providers, General Manager for OKI Data Americas. “The ability to change the position of the white toner broadens the possibilities of printing on a variety of clear and dark or solid backgrounds, and is an ideal solution for lower-cost textile transfer media for direct-to-dark fabric applications.”