Tuesday, August 17, 2010

This Week in Toshiba "TWIT Notes"


Gathered from Print4Pay Hotel Members from around the world and a few moles in very good places

- Toshiba announced a new product called “Wipe for Toshiba Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) models”.
o Ability for sensitive user data to be securely erased when a system is powered-down or when drive is removed from system
o Can be used to securely erase data prior to returning a leased system
o Toshiba hopes to sell these HDDs to MFP and printer manufacturers

- Toshiba announced a new agreement with Uranium One Inc. of Canada to secure long-term uranium purchase rights.
- Toshiba announced it will lay off 60 people in September from its Consumer Products division due to declining sales.

- Toshiba recent held its LEAD (lead, engage, act, deliver) Conference for its dealer in Irvine, CA. Details:
o to promote its managed print services program to its dealers
o no hardware shown
o covered training for sales, service and consulting
o consultants from Strategy Development (Tom Callinan) provided content
o claims that only 5% of all pages in U.S. are under an MPS program
o Toshiba only has 7% of the A3 MFP market in the U.S.
o claims to have 80,000 devices under MPS management currently
o on display was solution software from PREO, Capella, Drivve, Fasoo & Pharos

- Toshiba now offers a Microsoft SharePoint Connector for its MFPs. Customers must order for each MFP, a $500 connector and a $750 enabler for eBRIDGE Open Platform.

-=Good Selling=-

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