ChannelWeb's publication of Gartner's placement statistics for printers and copiers is sobering, although not surprising. The economny--which as of late actually seems to be improving--may be driving the lower hardware investment, but my guess is that the process changes implemented to operate with fewer devices will be maintained by many of the companies when the economy starts to grow. Executives that manage budgets, the CIOs, CFOs, and Chief Procurement Officers (CPO) have now set a new, and lower, bar for output device expense.
The imaging business is still a great business. Make sure you have a plan in place to leverage this new environment. The link below will take you to ChannelWeb's article on the Gartner stats:
http://www.crn.com/hardware/215900485;jsessionid=ICR4AUYE2SGMMQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN?cid=VARBusinessFeed
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