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3D printing market worth
32.78 Billion USD by 2023
According to market research company
MarketsandMarkets, the 3D printing
market is expected to be worth USD 32.78
Billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 25.76%
between 2017 and 2023.
The market for the desktop segment
is expected to grow at a higher CAGR
between 2017 and 2023. Product innovation,
customisation, reduction in the cost of desktop 3D
printers, and the introduction of new materials are
the major drivers for the growth of the market.
Vantage integration with Data Direct
Vantage has announced that integration between Vantage Online and Data Direct has
completed development and internal testing and will be ready for mutual clients to take
advantage of once final field testing has been completed.
“Our customers can now place orders directly from Vantage Online and receive confirmation, PODs
and invoices back without any administration or duplication of work,” said Patrick Winterbottom,
Managing Director of Data Direct. “This will lead to improved efficiency, reduced stock holdings and
improved margins.”
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Integra announces
celebrity guest
Former England international football
player and manager, Kevin Keegan OBE will
be the special celebrity guest at Integra’s
‘Celebrating 20 Years’ National Conference
which takes place September 28 at the
Crowne Plaza, Stratford-upon-Avon.
The conference line-up includes industry
leading keynote speakers and practical workshops
covering a wide range of topics from insights
into future trends, how to combat the threat of
Amazon, the opportunities within the education
sector together with the implications of GDPR and
how to achieve strategic differentiation.
AIT and Ubiquitech join forces
AIT has extended its product portfolio
with the addition of Ubiquitech’s suite
of cloud-based secure print solutions.
AIT will be launching the full cloud-
based secure print solutions using the
UBI·Q·ONE Driver and the reduced WAN
traffic solution, UBI·Q·Direct. Depending
on the customer requirements, the
solutions can be configured to run in a
private, hybrid or public cloud.
Business Development Director Alan Christie
said: “We have known Ubiquitech for many
years and after we decided to expand our
business relationship to include cloud-based
technologies, we have already seen a significant
increase in the number of major business
opportunities.”
MSPs still in the dark when
it comes to Cloud
Jason Angleos, MD of Sales Strategy &
Transformation at Accenture Strategy, has
recently claimed that partner programmes
are not keeping up with Cloud innovation.
"That's mostly true. The majority of partner
programmes aren't adapting to the needs
of partners and their customers," said Chris
Piggott, Technical Director & Co-Founder of
Synextra.
He added that Synextra's channel partner
programme is innovating in the space however.
Seeing tremendous success since launching in
late 2016, the partner programme contributed a
notable portion of the company’s impressive 54%
growth in its second financial year.
Exclusive brands available from VOW
Following on from the introduction of its dynamic product strategy earlier this year,
VOW has announced details of nine exclusively available brands that will add to
the flow of products being launched. The new additions include: Reviva: technology
essentials, Contour Ergonomics: affordable ergonomics and GoSecure: secure mailing
and packaging solutions.
Spicers reduces dollar
based product pricing
Spicers is providing price stability on
dollar based products for its customers
right through Q3, irrespective of the £ v $
exchange rate during this period.
Jeff Whiteway, SPOT’s Group CEO said: “Our
policy on pricing for dollar priced products has
been transparent and consistent with regular
updates to our partner dealers during the last 12
months of exchange rate uncertainty. Our latest
hedge rate was fortunately made at a favourable
rate over our last hedge rate, the benefit of
which is being passed onto our reseller dealers
from July 1.”
Chris Piggott
