Louella Fernandes on IT-Director.com

Software license management: Staying ahead of the game

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Mismanaging software licensing can lead to extra costs and damaged reputations. Using licence compliance monitoring tools is a must to ensure compliance with software licence agreements. [Read More...]

HP and EDS: What does the deal mean for Xerox?

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Although HP's recent announcement to acquire EDS may have sparked talk of consolidation in the IT services industry, spare a thought for the impact of this deal on Xerox, a long-standing EDS partner. [Read More...]

Printing as a service: Outsourcing printing to the experts

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Organisations often do not know the true cost of their print environment. Many are turning to managed print services to regain control of printing to reduce costs, improved efficiencies and boost environmental credentials [Read More...]

Paper to digital workflows: eCopy broadens accessibility of document capture

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Many businesses are looking towards leveraging their investments in digital multifunction peripherals (MFPs) to merge their paper and digital workflows. [Read More...]

Three tips for print security

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0100

The more advanced and integrated multifunction printers (MFPs) become, the greater the risk to confidential information during a document's life cycle when it is being copied, printed, scanned or faxed. [Read More...]

Geography lessons for online retailers

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Despite the broad reach of the internet, successful online traders need to focus tightly on individual customers. One way of doing that is to identify exactly where they are located. [Read More...]

Reach and Relevance with "Transpromo" Communications

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

As consumers become increasingly bombarded by an array of marketing messages, personalised marketing is key to ensuring organisations are maximising the customer experience, improving customer acquisition and building customer loyalty. [Read More...]

The Location Intelligent Enterprise

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:30:00 +0100

The influx of consumer web-based mapping services and pervasive GPS data is bringing location to the masses and also stimulating the corporate appetite for exploiting location technology. [Read More...]

Recognising Printing and Imaging as a Corporate Asset

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0100

It is predicted that by 2007 offices around the world will produce 4.5 trillion pages of printed information. This presents significant financial and environmental costs to businesses who have to gain control of their print infrastucture. [Read More...]

Optimising Document Workflow with MFPs

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:00:00 +0100

In addition to printing, copying and faxing, multifunction products (MFPs) are now being harnessed as a platform for document capture and distribution through utilisation of advanced scanning capabilities. [Read More...]

Next Generation Business Intelligence: From power user to user power

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Business Intelligence is shifting focus from complex tools for a few users to more flexible, affordable and accessible tools for a larger audience. [Read More...]

HP Print 2.0: For consumer or enterprise?

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Paper and ink have long been the bread and butter of the printer industry, but the digital printing landscape is changing as more consumers are creating and sharing content online. [Read More...]

The Green Print for Paper Saving

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Thu, 24 May 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Paper is ubiquitous in the office and consumption shows no signs of abating. Whether it is printing email, web pages, documents, or digital photographs, the office environment is a huge source of paper waste. [Read More...]

Go real-time with your data

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:05:00 +0100

Sharing data across an organisation brings the most benefits when the data is as 'fresh' as possible. But pulling that off is not as simple as it sounds. [Read More...]

Oracle targets CFOs with Hyperion acquisition

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0100

After much speculation as to which IT vendor would acquire one of the major business intelligence software vendors, it is interesting to see Oracle announce its US$3.3 billion acquisition. [Read More...]

Xerox seeks growth in SMB market through expanded channel services

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Price erosion of desktop printers, the increased adoption of multifunction printers(MFPs) and the growth of colour are creating a new competitive landscape for print vendors targeting the SMB market. [Read More...]

Mainstream BI: A dashboard on every desktop?

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Whilst Microsoft may increase the awareness of BI tools through Office 2007, achieving mainstream BI adoption still faces many challenges. [Read More...]

Addressing the risks of an unsecured printing and imaging environment

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:00:00 +0100

Multifunction printers present significant security challenges in ensuring data security. However printer and copier vendors lack a consistent approach in their security offerings. [Read More...]

Putting Business Intelligence on the Map

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:00:00 +0100

The growing consumer awareness of mapping technologies is beginning to stimulate commercial interest in the application of geospatial data for business use. [Read More...]

Print Management: Taking Control of Hidden Print Costs

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:00:00 +0100

According to industry estimates, between 1% and 3% of a company's annual revenue is spent on printing. For a �100 million company thats between �1 and �3 million. [Read More...]