Topic: Hardware - Page 64

Partners now receive third-party printer monitoring, free access to a premium app catalog, and the ability to equip businesses concerned about COVID-19 risks with touchless print capabilities.

The tech giant’s sales climbed at the start of its current fiscal year and dipped more recently, resulting in essentially unchanged results for the last six months. Vertical industry solutions and work-from-home upgrades are among bright spots for what’s next.

Concerns about infection from high-touch surfaces are likely to linger even after COVID-19 is behind us, driving interest in new contact-less solutions.

Shiny new gadgets from Apple, a new Windows Virtual Desktop specialization from Microsoft, and the better-late-than-never delivery of a 100-year-old postcard are just three of the many better-late-than-never stories we’re finally bringing your way.

Remember Groucho Marx’s joke about not joining a club that would have him as a member? This isn’t that kind of club. This is the club founded by Matt, Rich, and guest host Juan Fernandez, of ImageNet Consulting, that we think you’ll love to join. If nothing else, you’ll get to hear their thoughts on HP’s new hardware and services bundles for SMBs and their new work-from-home PCs and monitors, plus top strategies smaller MSPs can use to compete with much bigger ones.

Erick and Rich ponder the implications of HP’s new subscription hardware and software service for SMBs, why cloud solutions require a different approach to sales and marketing, and the perhaps coronavirus-related rise of the “technosexual.”

Called HP Business Boost, the new offering combines PCs, monitors, printers, and accessories with remote management and optional security assistance. Pickup and return services and onsite support for both home and office users are included as well.

Announced at the vendor’s virtual Reinvent conference today, the new laptops, desktops, monitors, and printers reflect a changed IT landscape in which remote business users prize compact form factors, portability, and fewer cabled connections.

The three new systems, Epson says, are designed to help schools, digital press operators, and other “light production” environments accommodate up to a 100,000-page recommended monthly print volume with less downtime and fewer service visits.

News from Nutanix, Trend Micro, ViewSonic, and Kentucky Man (your new rival, Florida Man) are just a few of the stories we meant to tell you about but didn’t until now.