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Take control today with Landscape managed printing solutions

December 2nd, 2009

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Uncontrolled print environments are estimated to account for between 1% and 3% of an organisation’s total revenue – yet it is often an area that is literally left to its own devices.

Printers and copier technology in the majority of businesses has evolved by necessity, rather than by design. Resulting in an infrastructure made up of devices from a diverse range of manufacturers with a large inventory of varying supplies. With IT budgets constantly being cut, it’s often believed that cost savings can be made through the deployment of new technologies and techniques. But in truth, it’s understanding how your existing technology is being used, and how money is being spent that is critical for making cost savings – right from the company-wide daily usage of printers and imaging devices, through to where they are situated, and the volume of consumables being ordered.

Use a managed approach and make big savings

The Landscape Group is one of the UK’s fastest growing multi-faceted IT solution providers. Based in Hampshire, it has over the past fourteen years established a reputation for outstanding quality, supply, service and support of HP’s extensive IT portfolio.

Our HP managed print solutions (MPS) enable you to gain control of your complex print environment.

We assume responsibility for the management of either part of, or the entire print environment, and can handle the full range of activities including assessment, fleet optimisation, asset management, maintenance and support, enabling your organisation to:

Reduce total ownership costs – by increasing visibility into the true cost of managing your print environment you can realise immediate and long-term savings Enhance productivity – by gaining control, you can help free up technical resources and enable employees to save time and work more effectively Reduce risk – by leveraging Landscape’s expertise your organisation is better able to protect and control its assets Improve environmental sustainability – through reducing your energy consumption and environmental impact Accelerate business results – by focusing on improving key workflows and process efficiencies you can bring better bottom-line outcomes

The complete package

By choosing managed print solutions from Landscape and HP, your company will benefit from a fully optimised, managed and supported print and copy infrastructure. Working together with you, we put the right devices, with the right capabilities, in the right places.

You never have to worry about supplies inventory or shortages, inappropriate quality or unscheduled maintenance.

Because we understand that all organisations are different, our three tier approach to MPS enables us to create the solution that is appropriate to your business:

Assess the Fleet

Landscape will assess your existing print environment to identify the number of devices, how they are utilised and what the user requirements are. Usage patterns, customer requirements and other user dynamics will be collated to create an effective deployment plan. Landscape will assess your existing print environment to identify the number of devices, how they are utilised and what the user requirements are. Usage patterns, customer requirements and other user dynamics will be collated to create an effective deployment plan. By ensuring your fleet is working to its full potential, Landscape will help you release capacity and office space whilst maximising print efficiency and reducing print related support incidents.

Optimise the Fleet

Following assessment, Landscape will ensure your devices are deployed in the most effective way in terms of asset utilisation and productivity. To assist with this Landscape specify a programme of HP Smart Printing Services, tailor-made for your organisation, with an all-inclusive price comprising:

Hardware – the most suitable HP printers and MFPs for your needs and environment Supplies – assistance with monitoring and managing your print supplies Services – installation, training, support and maintenance services

Maintain the Fleet

Once your fleet is deployed and optimised, Landscape will help you to manage the process of ongoing fleet monitoring, accounting and asset control. Utilising HP Pay for Print services, Landscape can provide an automated and simplified supplies replenishment process, enabling you to significantly reduce your printing costs for improved ROI and provide critical management reporting for a better overview of printer performance and supplies consumption. Alongside UK-wide service and support from our UK based call centre.

Save up to 30% on your print costs

Hidden and uncontrolled costs, poor utilisation of resources and low visibility into the print environment all add up to a big headache for most organisations. Studies show that as much as 90% of your total print expenses may be invisible or uncontrolled.

Landscape can work with you to reduce your costs by up to 30% through the effective management of your print environment, and provide the following compelling business benefits:

Reduced print related support incidents Released capacity and office space Increased staff productivity

Don’t leave your print environment to its own devices.

Take control today with Landscape managed print solutions.

The Landscape Group is an HP Office Printing Solutions Specialist and Gold Partner and can provide all the products listed in this article. Telephone +44 (0)2392 572572 for further information.




By: R Steiner

Outsourcing Your Managed Hosting: What Should You Consider?

October 11th, 2009

It is true that many companies fall into a trap when they decide to try to manage their own hosting. They may try to use employees already on staff and find that these employees are spending all of their time with the managed hosting instead of their regular duties. Then again, the business may have to hire additional employees. This means that more wages have to be paid. So here we have two situations that shows work being sacrificed in one area and the business having to pay out more money to pay the new salaries. How can this be avoided?

This is the point where the business may consider outsourcing their managed hosting. This is where you can make sure your employees are doing the job that they are hired to do and the company you are outsourcing to may not be quite as expensive as having to hire one or more full-time employees to manage your hosting.

Here are some things to consider:

• Consider the fact that by outsourcing your managed hosting, the outsource supplier is the one who will be carrying the risks. This means that they are going to do all that they can to make sure everything stays up and running and that everything is secure.

• Your company does not have to fit the bill for equipment costs if you run servers on your own property. You are using the servers of the IT Company that you hire to take care of your managed hosting. This is another area in which you can save money.

• Your company can stay up on the most up-to-date technology. The company you have outsourced to relies on staying up with the latest technology, which means that your business will follow in that respect.

• Since environmental issues are taking shape this day and age, many IT companies are employing practices that are more favorable to the environment.

• Know that they will do all they can to keep everything up and running. If you have ever noticed, the press covers huge outages and that can hurt a reputation. Most of all, it can hurt the IT Company’s reputation if the problem is traced back to them. Chances are they are managing the managed hosting of more than one company and that can cause a huge problem. These IT Companies employ methods that will keep them up and running even if the world around them is not.

As you can see, there are some things to consider when outsourcing your managed hosting. Smaller businesses may have to evaluate these items more thoroughly because outsourcing may be a big price to pay for them. Larger businesses, on the other hand, may have never imagined that they would fully outsource their managed hosting and other IT operations. However, the more affordable and practical it becomes, the more businesses are outsourcing such operations so that they can keep their minds on the task at hand and not worry about the technical aspect of it. That is why there are so many businesses that are finding success. They rely on the security of an IT outsource company to take care of their websites and other technical aspects so that they can focus on wooing their customers and keeping the money coming in faster than ever.

In the end, you end up with an efficient company that is at the top of their game. At that point, outsourcing their managed hosting may seem like a drop in the bucket compared to what it used to be. That makes looking at outsourced managed hosting something to consider.




By: Amy Nutt