Mike Feldman 
Vice President and General Manager
Managed Enterprise Solutions
IPG-Americas

Hi everyone,

As you can tell, there’s a lot happening in here in the land of HP Enterprise Printing, and I want to make sure you all have the details you need to register for an incredibly cool new event we have coming up…. HP’s Virtual Image Print 2009!  When?  October 7-8.  Where?  Attend from the comfort of your home, your office, your conference room – explore HP’s first virtual tradeshow ‘Changing the Economics of Technology’--- wherever you find yourself on October 7-8. 

Virtual Image Print promises to be a ‘not to miss’ event for those of you thinking about your IT and printing infrastructure and paper intensive workflows. 

Vyomesh Joshi, Executive VP of IPG; Bruce Dahlgren, Sr. VP of Worldwide Sales and Services, and I will be delivering the keynote address on October 7th at 11am ET in the Virtual Auditorium.  We’ll be sharing our ideas to help you cut costs, boost productivity and implement green printing initiatives, as well as sharing our thoughts on our newly announced solutions.

I hope that you will register today:   http://bit.ly/HPVIP09

I look forward to meeting with you on the 7th!

Mike Feldman 
Vice President and General Manager
Enterprise Sales and Services
IPG-Americas

Document Output for Customer Communications Management –  HP Does This

I wonder if many of our Enterprise Printing Blog readers are really aware of the truly end-to-end imaging and printing portfolio (products, solutions, services) HP has lined up. 

This came to mind as I was checking out a recent press release and Forrester report which ranked HP Exstream as #1 in the document output for customer communications management (DOCCM) market.  Did you know HP does this?

Forrester defines DOCCM as “software used to compose, format, personalize and distribute content to support physical and electronic customer communications and improve the customer experience.” 

Yes, HP does that.  If you’ve been reading and following our space, you know that HP has steadily been trying to revolutionize the way companies think of printing. 

And, by extension, communications.

HP Exstream is a prime example.  Businesses worldwide have been turning to HP Exstream to help them streamline document processes and produce all kinds of communications through all kinds of delivery methods – print, mail and online. They think of HP for more than just the cool printer portfolio, or leading managed print services offerings.   

It’s great for HP’s breadth to be recognized.  Keeps the sparks of possibility burning!

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Mike Feldman 
Vice President and General Manager
Enterprise Sales and Services
IPG-Americas

We know that businesses spend untold time and money waging war daily against PC and network attacks.  Smart CIOs, IT and facility managers are now looking beyond disk drives and databases, and beginning to tackle the huge challenge of securing business documents, printer fleets and the information streaming through their document workflow systems.  Less obvious?  Yes - but also critical to the health and welfare of your corporation. 

At HP, we are beginning to see our more forward-thinking customers include document security within their RFPs.  These technology leaders are just like you - faced with shrinking budgets and hard decisions: Where do I cut? Where do I spend?   Faced with these hard choices, it is clear to me that the smart ones are placing a premium on security of their entire IT environment – including their imaging and printing infrastructure.  They know that it is imperative that the information flowing through their enterprise printing fleet is secure.

If you haven’t started to address this nagging concern, I simply do not think you can afford to lag behind any longer.  

The resources are in place to help guide you through the process.  

HP can help you address imaging and printing security threats, risks and vulnerabilities, compliance and privacy concerns, and how to implement a secure environment.  As a first step, I urge you to visit the HP site dedicated to imaging and printing security.

Also, Gartner analyst Don Dixon has released a new report, “Securing Your MFP and Printer Is More Relevant Than Ever,”* a great overview of the steps enterprises can take to alleviate document security concerns.  I urge you all to take a look. 

*Gartner - Publication Date: 12 June 2009 ID Number: G00168086

Mike Feldman 
Vice President and General Manager
Enterprise Sales and Services
IPG-Americas

Hi everyone - I visited our HP Boise last week and was able to attend HP's celebration to honor the HP LaserJet's 25th Anniversary.  Can you believe it's been 25 years since the introduction of the LaserJet? Market-changing, phenomenal technology, impressive business for HP, incredible customer satisfaction - standing the test of time... the HP LaserJet really did usher in a whole new era for office document publishing - making communicating simple, fast and effective. And, over the years, the LaserJet has established the bar for networking, manageability, security and color printing.  Pretty impressive, and humbling, stuff.

As a matter of fact, The Idaho Statesman covered the HP LaserJet history beautifully last week. 

Immediately following the celebration, I hosted a team meeting for the Enterprise Sales and Services group, and was struck by the juxtaposition of it all. 

Let me tell you, it is so true - you can never rest on your laurels, and the innovative culture and drive at HP won't let us do that for a minute.  Here the discussion was around the future of printing - beyond the 'box' as we like to say: Managed Print Services, end-to-end solutions, helping create a complete 'ecosystem' for our customers that helps them achieve better business outcomes. Improving the value and interaction our customers get out of the information within their business.  And it struck me that, for HP, this really took off 25 years ago with the introduction of the incredibly innovative HP LaserJet, which we celebrate now.  But it doesn't end there.

Right now, that's evident by customers' adoption of Managed Print Services -- it's becoming a core IT focus (a key indicator would be the first annual Managed Print Services conference hosted last week by Photizo.) Also, right here, right now, enterprises are looking to HP to help them drive efficiencies and streamline workflows. 

And, it doesn't end there either.  Down the road, we are looking at a content-centric world that will demand instant access, streamlined storage, maximized reuse and minimal waste (all for less $$$.)  I wonder what that 25 year celebration will look like?  What do you think?

Check out the HPTV video, Connect With HP LaserJets which emphasizes the collaborative capabilities of HP LaserJet solutions.

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