DOTC Operatives stationed in Orlando, NYC, Portland, Imperial, California and elsewhere are reporting in.
By carrier pigeon, encrypted satellite transmission and smoke signals, a solid shape is taking form.
Big interest in the HP/Printellegent arena:
Is HP buying a channel? If so, who is next?
Will the devoted and committed, remaining OPS partners find themselves competing with a bigger, broader, potent HP/Printellegent with a global footprint?
Xerox/NewFieldIT:
What will happen with NewField's current customer list?
How does this effect PagePack? Does it at all?
Will the tool be scaled up? Down?
...interesting...
HP is not buying a channel.
HP will dump assets into the Printellegent model, assimilating, expanding and scaling out as a platform for the channel.
Yes - FOR THE CHANNEL. Of course, we may be redefining "channel".
By mid-June, Printellegent will be no more; "I am Locutus, of Borg"
Xerox will use AssetDB as the 'face' of XPS, and rounds out the tool set.
NewField may lose their inroads to other OEMs as well as some existing customers, but the deal with Xerox out weighs any possible loss.
There will be more assimilation - PrintFleet is being mentioned.
...continuing...
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