Madison Advisors’ Enterprise Output Management Market Study Creates a Stir
The One-of-a-kind Study Spans Both the Supply and Demand Sides of the Enterprise Output Management Market, Providing Unique Analysis on this Market
Colleyville, TX (October 10, 2005) – In August, Madison Advisors released its Enterprise Output Management Market Study, a comprehensive report on the enterprise output market. “Vendor response has been fabulous,” says Kemal Carr, president of Madison Advisors. The report culminates Madison Advisors’ extensive study on the transactional enterprise output management market. During the study, Madison Advisors’ analyst team assessed market demand, analyzed end-user requirements, and conducted hands-on assessments of the latest solutions from the top vendors of enterprise output management systems, including ASG-Cypress, Emtex, Esker, IBM, Levi Ray & Shoup, Macro 4, Océ, and Solimar Systems. Research is ongoing, and a planned update in 2Q 2006 will feature new vendors.
Madison Advisors’ Enterprise Output Management Market Study is a must-read for any organization making a major decision related to enterprise output management in the next 18 months. It includes extensive analysis of current and future market trends, with insight into how they affect the end-user and vendor community. The report also shares best practices from organizations that are highly successful with enterprise output management, and, for each solution included in the study, it discusses best fits and provides a complete solution review.
“Our study is the most comprehensive that the data center and office markets have seen for enterprise output management systems,” explains Richard Huff, principal analyst with Madison Advisors and on the study who will present at Xplor 2006. “Because the findings are based on the full spectrum of end-user and vendor aspects of these markets, they present an accurate picture of where output management is headed. This information is invaluable to organizations looking to make changes to their paper-based and electronic output strategies.”
Highlights from Madison Advisors’ study include:
§ Print center consolidation is driving adoption – Organizations use print management software to centralize and load balance document production across all resources – data centers, centralized reprographics, and distributed workgroup printers – with the ultimate goal of maximizing throughput, reducing costs, and monitoring operations from a single point of control to reduce risk.
§ Output management solutions are open to integration – Nearly all of the solutions assessed during this Market Study include application programming interfaces for customized integration into an organization’s environment. To support a wide range of customer requirements, the vendors expose their output management functionality for integration into other corporate systems, such as workflow process managers and portals.
§ Output management is riddled with complexity – Most of the solutions on the market are mature products, originally designed to address specific customer needs. The vendors have evolved their products by adding support for additional printers and data streams. However, in many cases, they support different output types with varying levels of functionality.
In addition to reading the report, decision-makers will want to attend Huff’s presentation “Selecting an Enterprise Output Management System for Your Organization” at Xplor 2006 in Miami Beach, February 4 at 10:30 a.m.
The complete Enterprise Output Management Market Study is available for purchase from Madison Advisors’ web site. www.madison-advisors.com
About Madison Advisors
Madison Advisors, an advisory firm, exists to advance the print and electronic communications objectives of Fortune1000 companies. The company’s analysts provide advisory services for a range of content delivery strategies, particularly those addressing enterprise output technologies and customer communications. Through short-term, high-impact engagements (measurable in days or weeks, not months), Madison Advisors offers expertise and advisory services that directly help clients achieve hard and specific return on investment (ROI) related to their enterprise output goals and objectives. The company’s analyst team has an extensive background in the enterprise output industry, enabling Madison Advisors to offer its clients unique, objective perspectives and unparalleled guidance for their print and electronic communications initiatives. For more information about Madison Advisors, visit the company’s web site at http://www.madison-advisors.com or call 817-684-7545.
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