International Data Corporation (IDC) has released a study on the hardcopy peripherals market in India for the 2013 calendar year. Overall, the report shows that shipments declined by 0.1 percent year-over-year to 3.1 million units. “Both consumer and commercial markets were weak in the first half of 2013, but with the help of aggressive consumer
In a pair of previous article on CONTEXT’s inkjet all-in-one data in Western Europe (see “Top-Selling Inkjet All-in-Ones in Western Europe” and “CONTEXT Examines Low-End Inkjet AIO Share in Western European Markets”), we noted that while most of the top-selling inkjet all-in-ones are consumer- or small-office/home-office (SOHO)-oriented devices, inkjet vendors are increasingly focusing on business-class
International Data Corporation (IDC) announced on February 19 that the worldwide market for hardcopy peripherals, defined as printers, copiers, and MFPs, grew for the second consecutive quarter during the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the same period the year prior. Data from the Framingham, MA-based market research firm’s “Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker” indicated
For the past couple of years, business inkjet machines have gotten a lot of attention. Sales of higher-end business units are up as hardware vendors realize that most of their future growth opportunities will come from sales to office users rather than to home users. With that said, however, the number of lower-end units shipped
In separate statements released on February 13, Epson and Ricoh announced they have joined the Mopria Alliance. Formed last September by a group of hardcopy industry heavyweights including Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung Electronics, and Xerox, the nonprofit alliance says its mission is “to promote, simplify, and increase accessibility of wireless printing from smartphones, tablets, and other
Starting this month, CONTEXT is providing Actionable Intelligence with data on printer and supplies. The UK-based company tracks information and communications technology sales in 18 counties in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), as well as pricing in 35 countries globally. This month, CONTEXT shared data on the inkjet all-in-one market in Western Europe,
Epson America and PrintFleet have announced a partnership aimed at making certain Epson printers more suitable for managed print services (MPS) deployments. According to the two companies, PrintFleet software can now accurately collect, analyze, and deliver data from Epson’s business printing products so that MPS deployments can “remotely monitor and manage productivity, performance, and costs.”
On January 31, Seiko Epson reported financial results for the third quarter and nine-month period ending on December 31, 2013. After several years of declining sales and profitability, Epson has finally been able to talk about both top- and bottom-line growth in the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2014. In March 2013,
Seiko Epson recently signed an agreement with patent-licensing firm Intellectual Ventures (IV), providing Epson with a license to IV’s portfolio of more than 40,000 patents. IV holds patents in numerous areas of technology; the company, which has been called a patent troll, describes itself in more flattering terms as “the global leader in the business
One patent-infringement complaint before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that we have been following, albeit not closely, was the Section 337 investigation brought by Technology Properties Limited, LLC (TPL) against printer OEMs Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson, and HP, along with numerous others, including Acer, Dane-Elec Memory, Falcon Northwest Computer Systems, Fujitsu, Jasco Products Company,