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Print volumes may be in decline, but the market for
MFP, printer and scanner software solutions will
continue to grow as companies invest in technology to
drive effciencies and reduce print costs, IDC claims in
a new report ( Worldwide and U.S. Document Solutions
2011-2015 Forecast).
The research company expects worldwide document solutions
software revenue to rise from $3.4 billion in 2010 to $5.5
billion in 2015, with growth being driven by rising demand for
effective device and output management and the introduction of
electronic business workfows.
Growing use of mobile devices will provide further
opportunities for print resellers as worldwide sales of mobile
printing solutions software rise from $68.3 million in 2010 to
$1 billion in 2015 at a compound annual growth rate of 71.2%.
Other categories to enjoy double-digit revenue growth rates
through the forecast period are authentication, authorisation
and security software.
www.idc.com
InfoTrends is predicting strong growth
for document solutions. Its Western
Europe Network Document Solutions
Forecast: 2010-2015 predicts that the
offce document solutions market
in Western Europe will grow at a
compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
of 17.5% to 2015.
“There have been many different
contributors to the huge growth we are
seeing in the Western Europe Network
Document Solutions Forecast,” commented
Randy Dazo, Director of Solutions
and Services at InfoTrends. “The most
prominent factors have been the economy,
Managed Print Services (MPS) and new
regulations that are making an impact to
the market, especially in the developed
countries.”
According to InfoTrends, there is a direct
correlation between solutions growth and
managed print services (MPS).
It is predicting strong growth in output
management solutions as MPS shifts from
managing devices to managing users and,
later in the forecast period, in capture
and document management solutions as
organisations shift from device optimisation
to workfow optimisation.
Currently, security tops the list of
requested applications.
www.infotrends.com
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Laser MFPs buck the trend
The latest IDC Western Europe
Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals
Tracker shows a big fall in market
value in the third quarter of 2011.
Unit sales rose by 0.2% (year-on-
year), but revenue declined by 11.9%
(year-on-year).
Arnaud Gagneux, director of IDC’s
Western Europe Imaging Hardware Devices
and Document Solutions group, said: “The
market for print hardware in the region
has been affected by stalling consumer
and commercial demand across Western
Europe as economies struggle to deal with
the uncertainty caused by the sovereign
debt crisis, which continues to threaten the
wider economic recovery.”
Bright spots include business inkjets for
low-volume offce applications and laser
multifunctionals, as demand continues to
shift from printers to MFPs. While total
printer shipments in Western Europe
contracted by 8.7% to 1.52 million units,
MFP shipments grew by 3.4% to 4.8
million units.
The UK market bucked the trend, with
an 11% rise in unit shipments, due mainly
to the large number of low-end
inkjet products being stocked in
the lead up to Christmas. Inkjet
shipments of MFPs and
printers increased 12.6%
over 3Q10.
Made for photobooks: Konica Minolta offers a complete photobook
solution including a bizhub PRESS C70hc and the company’s own
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) photobook solution.
Laser MFPs were one of the
few bright spots in Q3 2011.
Photo shows Xerox’s Wi-Fi
enabled WorkCentre 6015
colour MFP, with print speeds of
up to 12ppm for colour and
15 ppm for black and white.
Solutions still a key growth area for resellers
Photobooks have big growth potential
The Western European photobook market is on track
to achieve 20% growth this year, with shipments of
20 million units and a value of 650 million euros,
according to a new photobook market report from
Futuresource Consulting.
Joanna Wright, senior market analyst at Futuresource
Consulting, said that although growth was healthy, consumer
awareness and acceptance of photobooks is still relatively low in
most countries.
“The UK and Italy are performing least favourably, with only
2% to 3% of households purchasing a photobook, while Benelux
leads the way at 15%. When compared with households that
printed their photos this year – around 30% across Western
Europe – and digital cameras at 70% household penetration, there
are defnite opportunities for growth across the region,” she said.
“The two overriding factors that will see the photobook
market ramp up are still consumer awareness and a simplifed
and improved online workfow, helping to increase conversion
rates and reduce the negative feedback sometimes associated
with creating photobooks, mainly focused around lengthy creation
processes and un-intuitive user interfaces.”
www.futuresource-consulting.com
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