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Simplified print assetsmaintenance with a single,affordable solutionIn today’s business world,managing IT assets forcorporations is becoming amajor challenge. This criticalissue is to be solved strategicallynow or else the corporationswill end up in increasing theiroperational cost with respect totheir IT resources. IT industryin Pakistan has been thoroughlyworking on this to serve thebusiness community while theIT companies are acquiring themost modern infrastructure andexpertise to provide solutionsthat can address cost cutting,efficiency and resilience.There are numerous IT assetsthat need management andmaintenance but one of thecritical capital expenditureconsuming assets is the printingneeds of a business. Thetraditional way of managingthe print assets is to strugglewith overlapping responsibilitiesand multiple vendors offeringdifferent prices, service practicesand standards. IT administratorshave to engage vendors for allthe hardware requirements forprinting then repeating thewhole process for supplies andat last service vendor comes in.The new version of managingand maintaining the print assetsis now available in the marketwhich will ensure continuousprinting and productivityin a single, simple servicescontract at a predictable andaffordable monthly price.Corporations have to sign upa single service provider whowill deliver extended value tothe businesses by simplifyingmanagement of their printassets. The service providerfirstly will improve productivityin your office by placing themost suitable, energy-efficientdevices in the right locationsbased on the corporation’sneeds. Secondly, the serviceprovider will ensure exceptionalprint quality and a smoothrunning printing fleet with ondemanddelivery of original printsupplies—ink cartridges, tonercartridges and maintenance.Lastly, the service providerensures worry-free printingoperations and maintenancethroughout the duration ofthe contract with services thatinclude:•• Skilled installation of hardwareand drivers.•• Basic device operation trainingfor the corporation’s staff.•• Regular and periodic hardwaremaintenance.•• Prompt technical support andtimely delivery of supplies.With the new version ofmanaging and maintainingthe print assets, organizationswill start to figure out anenhanced user satisfactionthrough consistent print qualityand from having suitable,Raheem Iqbal COO, New Horizonenergy-efficient devices inthe right places, an improvedprinter utilization throughincreased uptime and minimizeddisruptions, an improvedstaff productivity and assetoptimization by freeing your ITstaff from managing devices,and a minimized administrativeoverheads from ordering andstocking supplies.An interesting quote fromMoving Toward More EffectivePrint Management, Info Trends,Inc. 1 June 2007, says: “It iscommon that organizationscan quickly realize 30% hardcost savings in the generaloffice printing environmentfrom increased user-to-deviceratios and newer, more efficientdevices and supplies. To refrainfrom going after these potentialsavings risks missing out onwhat some have described asthe ‘last frontier of unrecognizedIT cost savings’.”Publisher-Editor: Khalid Athar - Printed by: Javed Khursheed at Khursheed60 www.teletimesinternational.comPrinters (Pvt) Ltd. Islamabad. Place of Publication: #6, St-39, G-6/2, IslamabadVol: 06, Issue: 0615Jun - 14Jul 2011