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Unite condemns HP job cuts
Reported plans to axe 1,124 jobs at HP operations in Bracknell, Sheffield and Warrington
in the first quarter of 2014 have been condemned by Unite, the UK’s largest union.
Unite national officer Ian Tonks said: “For the last five years HP has been addicted to a culture of job
cuts in the UK to such an extent that its highly skilled workforce has little faith in the way the company is
being managed and will be going forward. Unite will be doing everything possible to mitigate these job
losses which are a hammer blow to the UK’s IT sector and very distressing for employees in the run-up to
Christmas.”
The trades union said that a total of 618 jobs could be lost at the Bracknell hub, 483 at Warrington
and 23 at Sheffield.
Paper invoices cost public sector billions
The slow take-up of e-invoicing could be costing the
UK public sector £2bn a year, according to a new white
paper from OB10, part of the Tungsten Group.
E-Invoicing in the UK public sector: a missed opportunity?
is based on OB10’s submission to a Committee launched by
Stephen McPartland MP to set up a Parliamentary Inquiry into
the slow adoption of e-invoicing across the UK public sector.
Based on feedback from its customers, OB10 estimates that
e-invoicing has the potential to save up to
€
11 per invoice for
buyers and around
€
6 for suppliers. This equates to a 60%
reduction in the cost of processing a paper invoice and a time-
saving of 10 minutes per invoice.
Luke McKeever, Executive Director of Tungsten Corporation,
said: “There is an annual savings potential of at least £2bn
across the UK public sector based on conservative assumptions.
A lack of central direction and policy drivers has resulted in the
UK lagging behind countries such as the Nordics, Brazil and
Mexico, where government-driven schemes are driving huge
savings.”
Oki sponsors
fundraising bus
Oki Systems UK sponsored the St Margaret of
Scotland Hospice open top bus, which could be
seen touring East and West Dunbartonshire and
Glasgow’s west end, city centre and Braehead
shopping centre in the run-up to Christmas. The
bus was decorated with lights and manned by
volunteers and hospice staff rattling tins and
playing festive music.
Nuance on top of the world
Nuance Document Imaging has been
named the world’s leading document
capture software vendor for the fourth
consecutive year.
Harvey Spencer Associates (HSA) says that
Nuance captured 17% of the overall global
document capture market in 2012 and is the
leading provider of boxed OCR and desktop
document storage and retrieval software in the US.
Nuance’s portfolio includes Equitrac and
Copitrak print management and cost recovery
software; Nuance eCopy ShareScan scanning
and workflow solutions; and Nuance OmniPage,
PaperPort, PDF Converter Professional and eCopy
PDF Pro Office desktop applications.
In its report,
The 2013-2014 Worldwide
Market for Document Capture Software
, HSA
states that the company is growing its “share of
the MFP capture market through eCopy, Equitrac
and more recently Copitrak.”
It adds: “[The acquisition of Equitrac put
Nuance] into the print management and cost
recovery business, which is becoming increasingly
important as ‘document management’ is
encompassing not just print statistics and
management but also copying and scanning.”
According to HSA, Nuance has 38.5% market
share in the Ad Hoc Image segment, three times
more than its nearest competitor. Growth in this
segment is being driven by a dealer channel that
is increasingly providing value-added services,
such as print management.
Nuance is also market leader in the Ad Hoc
Transaction sector, defined as demand-based
capture that is intended to be integrated into
business processes, with a 33.9% market share.
In both categories, the Nuance market share
increased over the previous year.
HSA president Harvey Spencer said: “Nuance
has moved aggressively into the MFP capture
software space, which increased their direct
sales as well as their OEM market presence.
Nuance has a strong MFP manufacturer and
dealer ecosystem that positions their software
well to add value to Managed Print Services
engagements. We also expect Nuance will tap the
synergy in vertical markets between its strengths
in voice and image and offer more integrated
solutions to these markets.”
In the news
bulletin
Worldwide Document Capture Software Market
Share by Segment, Source: Harvey Spencer
Associates, 2013.
Luke McKeever, executive
director of Tungsten
Corporation
Extended support for
resellers
Exertis Micro-P’s print division has
appointed two new members to its team.
Ashlea Bing has been made Lexmark
Product Specialist, while Rebecca Baldwin
takes on the role of Xerox Product Manager.
Phil Miller, Exertis Micro-P Business Unit
Manager for Print, said: “Ashlea and Rebecca
will help to strengthen the support that Exertis
Micro-P can offer to resellers with respect to
their print needs. Their appointment brings our
team up to eleven dedicated heads covering
six tier-one brands; a Business Manager and
Product Specialist covering all brands; along with
dedicated Purchasing and Marketing support.
Combined, these resources will help our reseller
partners to grow their existing business and
expand into new revenue generating areas.”
In addition, Exertis Micro-P Financial Services
offers a competitive and flexible finance solution
so that resellers can help their customers to
fund the equipment they are buying.
