HP Innovation Journal Issue 07: Summer 2017 | Page 11

through strategic investments in hardware,
software, services, and channel programs.
Along with their partners and channel-en-
abled services, HP has transformed into a
market leader by building processes, intel-
echnology innovations and customer lectual property, and experienced experts
demands are disrupting traditional who know how to assess customer needs
business models and pushing com- and deliver a managed print contract with
panies to evolve and adapt. Trends like rapid customiz ed service.
urbanization, hyper globalization, acceler-
MPS also delivers a substantial cost im-
ated innovation, and changing demograph- provement. In fact, MetLife, a leading global
ics are driving more customers to consider provider of insurance, annuities, and em-
Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS) offerings to ployee benefit programs, recently experi-
improve agility, security, and IT ROI.
enced considerable savings. After a previous
From computing to printing and technolo- managed print contract with another vendor,
gy services, XaaS providers can give custom- MetLife set new and significant goals with HP
ers a one-stop experience that can change for the next phase of their managed print
and scale based on their unique needs.
services. They added color capabilities,
Mobile, always-on users de-
increased duplex printing, ad-
mand more from their IT.
vanced printer consolidation,
They look to improve their
and strengthened security.
workflows, in order to
MetLife moved forward on
support the bottom line
every one of its goals, plus
and address end-us-
they reduced their carbon
er needs. Companies
footprint, introduced mo-
need to increase agility,
bile printing, and reduced
develop streamlined pro-
overall costs.
cesses, reduce costs,
The importance of se-
and protect against “Everything-as-a-Service is
curity in XaaS is growing,
security risks to stay
too. HP’s most advanced,
our fastest growing pipeline.”
competitive. To do that,
embedded security func-
— Dion Weisler, HP CEO
companies are engag-
tionality is available on
ing in strategic partnerships and services, HP Enterprise-level MPS devices. HP offers
and expanding the service-oriented econo- a combination of security capabilities includ-
my, including XaaS offerings.
ing complete security audits and protection
HP is an ideal XaaS partner because of for your corporation and customers’ data.
its long history of providing best-in-class
A3 Multifunction Printers (MFPs) are a
consumer and enterprise print services. HP’s central element of many print and technol-
offerings started a decade ago when the ogy services. The printers are named after
company launched Managed Print Services the paper size 11.69 x 16.53 inches (29.7
(MPS), enabling customers to reduce up to cm x 42 cm) most commonly used in U.S.
30 percent of their costs. 1
office copiers. It’s also industry shorthand
In the past 10 years HP has transformed for high-volume, multi-user copiers for
from an emerging player to a market lead- small- and medium-sized businesses and
er in MPS. HP is actively expanding its Print enterprises. The printers work for a variety
Services portfolio to help clients around the of jobs — everything from black-and-white
world manage and protect their print envi- pages to colorful booklets with hundreds of
ronment. HP is driving this XaaS movement pages. They also have fewer service parts
in both direct sales and channel partnerships than a traditional copier, making them easier
and far less expensive to service.
This is the first article in a new three-part series
entitled, “The Everything-as-a-Service Revolution.”
The series will provide insight into HP’s Everything-
as-a-Service expertise and innovation, a key part
of the company’s growth strategy.
T
1 http://bit.ly/MPSprinter
How much is your
printer fleet *
costing you?
The true cost
of your paper trail
Depending on your industry, producing
documents can consume as much as 4 percent
of your operating budget.
To free up these resources,
you should get a handle on
your printer fleet as well
as how and what users print,
copy, share and store.
Users comprise the largest
portion of your print costs
The true cost of printing actually comes
from users interacting with different
devices and documents.
End-user time and process
document management
Hardware, supplies,
infrastructure and support
Source: All Associates Group, HP, 2017
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