3 Offerings That Prove HP's Printer Business Gets The Smart Home

The tech space never ceases to amaze me. The fact that a 79-year-old company like HP HPQ -1.26% Inc. can reinvent itself and successfully navigate through the complexity and challenges of the smart home is impressive, to say the least. It has done this not by launching whiz-bang gadgets, but by smartly applying its innovation chops and know-how in the consumer printing space. To put it bluntly, this isn’t your father’s HP anymore.

HP India to give education a big push in 2019

PC and printing major HP Inc is witnessing tremendous growth in the Indian market across product lines and, in 2019, the education sector will be the key pillar for the company, says Sumeer Chandra, Managing Director, HP Inc India.

For fiscal 2018, HP reported net revenue of $58.5 billion - up 12 per cent from the prior-year period. The net revenue for the fourth quarter was $15.4 billion - up 10 per cent - and the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region grew 17 per cent.

Why a Channel Sales Manager Can Make or Break a Channel

One of the most important roles in an organization selling through the channel is the role of a channel sales manager. Why? It’s simple: This is where rubber meets the road. It doesn’t matter which programs, processes or automation platform are in place. Partners don’t just do business with a company; they also do business with the people who represent the company.

Channel Change Agents - journey through the channel sales

Here are some of the stories that stand out (and the leaders that shaped them):

1. Moving Channel Partners Through the Sales Funnel

May Mitchell, VP of Worldwide Field and Channel Marketing at Cylance, knows channel partners and salespeople are reluctant to give customer information to

Changing trends - change in next 15 years

Mega trends

Global socio-economic, demographic and technological forces which HP calls Megatrends will have a sustained and transformative impact on businesses, societies, economies, cultures and our personal lives in unimaginable ways in the years to come. In the next 15 years we will experience more change than in all of history to date. Understanding Megatrends can help guide how we maneuver this great wave of change, and inform our technology choices of the future, what innovations will be required, and what new business models will be needed.

The HP Tango smart printer clearly wants you to confuse it for a book

Remember when printers used to look like, well, printers? HP’s latest addition to the world of paper and ink is the Tango — a device designed to look nothing like a conventional printer. At first glance, the HP Tango appears to be perhaps a small fabric layer box, or a very thick book, but within is a small wireless printer boasting some tricks. Starting from $150 for the base unit, and $50 extra for the Tango X model with fabric, the mini-stealth printer might play as more of a center piece than something to hide away.

Enrique Lores, head of HP's printer business, wants to give you a better attitude

HP wants to build a printer you'll actually get excited about

Printer chief Enrique Lores wants to bring back the joy of simply looking at photos that remind us of the good times.

HP Pitches 3-D Metal Printer in Bid to Expand in Manufacturing

HP Inc., the largest maker of personal computers, is making a big push into the manufacturing industry with its first printer that can churn out 3-D metal parts.

HP Inc. Global financial performance - Biz size, profit etc.

HP Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly results and raised its full-year adjusted profit forecast, as it benefits from strong growth in its personal systems business and its acquisition of Samsung’s printer business.

Overall HCP India market grew 23.1% in Q2, HP leads: IDC

The HCP (Inkjet, laser, SDM and line printers) market in India posted the highest growth (year-on-year) of 23.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2018, with HP (excluding Samsung Print) maintaining its leadership with 40.3 per cent market share and a 5.3 per cent growth (year on year), an IDC report said on Tuesday.

Traditional PC Market Grows 2.7% in the Second Quarter of 2018, Strongest Rate Since Q1 2012

Preliminary results for the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18) showed shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totaled 62.3 million units, recording solid year-on-year growth of 2.7%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. The results exceeded IDC's forecast of 0.3% growth and marks the strongest year-on-year growth rate in more than six years, when the first quarter of 2012 posted growth of 4.2%.

Lenovo reclaims the No.1 spot in PC rankings ahead of HP in Q3 2018 – IDC

Lenovo‘s laptop business has unarguably been very successful, more than the smartphone arm. That is because of the world-class design, strong build quality, solid security and extensive manageability options that are available on its wide range of laptops. Lenovo’s laptop business was only second to HP but a recent report by IDC for the third quarter of the year (3Q18) shows that the Chinese manufacturer shipped a total of nearly 67.4 million units of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation).

Worldwide Hardcopy Peripherals Shipments Continue to Show Modest Growth in the Second Quarter, According to IDC

(BUSINESS WIRE)--The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market grew 0.9% year over year with more than 23.5 million units shipped in the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker. Inkjet and laser unit shipments both expanded in the quarter, each growing 0.8% year over year.

HP is now ‘printing’ medication for US disease control and prevention agency

In a pilot program, HP’s Biohacker expert is working with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to “print” and examine antibiotics to resist antimicrobial resistant strains from spreading faster.

As per a report by Techcrunch, the HP D300e Digital Dispenser BioPrinter works as a normal ink printer but can dispense any mixture of medicine in volumes from picoliters to microliters for use for analysis functions.

Samsung acquisition opened up a $55 billion market: HP Inc CEO

HP Inc.'s $1.05 billion acquisition of Samsung Electronics' printing business will give HP Inc. access to a $55 billion market, HP Inc. President and CEO Dion Weisler told CNBC on Thursday.

Telling "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer that the printing business is thriving both at home and in the office, Weisler said that his company is currently only "playing in" $55 billion of the $110 billion market.

"We did the Samsung acquisition because it opens up the other $55 billion copier market to us," Weisler told Cramer. "We have very low market share in that market segment, but we're growing there and so it gives us a growth platform for many years to come."

HP to launch ‘print anywhere’ solution ‘Roam’ next year

Tech major to target individual and small enterprises


Printing on the go from whatever device one carries or wherever they are is likely to become a reality with HP Inc planning to launch its ‘HP Roam’ offerings in India sometime next year.

HP Roam, a cloud-based, cross-platform, locale- and device-agnostic solution, has the potential to replace dedicated PC print drivers that need to be installed and maintained on users’ PCs and network print servers. Users select the HP Roam option rather than a specific printer; and the job gets uploaded on the cloud, sources say. The US-based tech major has already introduced HP Roam in select geographies.

HP Inc. Announces Incredible Looking, Leather Bound, New Form Factor PC

The great thing about the PC industry is that it’s fearless- it just keeps trying out new things.

HP plans entry into refurbished market in India

While India has seen a surge in smartphone adoption with over 350 million users, personal computer (PC) adoption is still low.

MUMBAI: HP Inc is exploring entry into the refurbished market for personal computers in India, as part of its push to make affordable products, its top executive told ET.

Refurbished products are second-hand computers repaired to be resold or products that are made by reusing and recycling different components of various computers.

Xerox India looking to improve market share in digital printing segment

Xerox India’s Managing Director Raj Kumar Rishi said the company is looking at increasing the number of channels partners and system integrators it works with in the coming year, with a view to ramping up the company’s market share in digital printing and managed printing services segment for large corporates and enterprises and in the small and medium businesses space. 

“We are looking to grow through our digital offerings and solutions for enterprises. We are also expanding our channels and the launch of the A4 printers has contributed to it,” said Rishi who over six months ago took over as Xerox India’s head after leading Hewlett Packard’s India Print business. By the end of the year the company would double its channel partners from five to ten, he said. 

HP dominated India printing market with 47% share in Q2 2018

With a massive 47 per cent share, printing and PC major HP Inc remained the leader in the overall printer market in India, selling 391,940 units in the second quarter of 2018.

Epson with 24 per cent market share was second (201,565 units) and Canon Group third with 20 per cent (170,002 units) share in the country in the second quarter, according to the IDC's Hard Copy Peripherals (HCP) Quarterly Market Report (2018 Q2).