BusinessWare Solutions Recognized by HP Office Printing Solutions

BusinessWare Solutions recently attended the 2011 HP Partner Managed Document Solutions Forum in Orlando, FL. This event is held annually for HP Office Printing Solutions (OPS) Elite Partners. While there, BusinessWare Solutions was one of four HP OPS Elite Partners recognized for outstanding performance during 2011. BusinessWare Solutions Vice President, Dave Polzin accepted the award from HP for selling the most Managed Print Services contracts during 2011. This marks the second year in a row that BusinessWare Solutions has won this award.

Jeff Whiting, HP Partner Business Manager, commented “BusinessWare Solutions continues a pattern of excellence in delivering HP Managed Print Solutions to their customers. During this past year, they expanded their solutions offerings to include several software applications including HP Access Controls, Nuance eCopy, and HP ePrint Enterprise. BusinessWare Solutions continues to exemplify what being an HP OPS Elite Partner is all about.”

BusinessWare Solutions is based in Hutchinson, MN with offices in Owatonna, Chanhassen, and Willmar, MN. BusinessWare Solutions has been selling and servicing HP printers for nearly 20 years. For more information on Managed Print Services, click here.

BusinessWare Solutions and HP PC’s: What to Expect

As a committed HP Partner, BusinessWare Solutions is dedicated to helping you understand the meaning and impact of the recent HP announcements to you, our valued customer. Included among last week’s announcements was the HP board’s decision to evaluate strategic alternatives for the Personal Systems Group business.  Although these may include a range of options, this was not an announcement of a shutdown of the company’s PC business.

Having now heard directly from Todd Bradley and other members of HP’s senior leadership team, we can tell you that HP remains committed – now more than ever – to driving growth of its PC business.  A $42 billion business, PSG is the largest PC business in the world with #1 market share and profitability in the PC industry worldwide.

HP is not taking its foot off the pedal now and will continue to drive leading innovation across its PC portfolio moving forward.  You also can expect HP to continue the company’s strong and solid history of taking care of you, its valued customer.  You should absolutely feel comfortable and confident in buying HP just as you always have, despite the confusion HP’s competitors might be stirring.

While there is uncertainty with change, we can tell you that BusinessWare Solutions remains committed to HP and their products, and we look forward to traveling on this journey with them.  We can also tell you that we remain committed to you and will continue to keep an open dialogue with you as we identify the best technology solutions to help you run and manage your business.  We encourage you to reach out to us with any questions at sales@businesswaresolutions.com or you may contact us at any of our Locations.

In The News: Clarification on HP’s Recent Announcements

HP certainly made waves this week with the announcement that the recently launched Touchpad would be discontinued and that some or all of the HP PSG division (PSG – Personal Systems Group – PCs, laptops, and displays) might be spun off.  HP clarified today that the HP PSG has not been sold and it is not being shut down.  HP is simply evaluating the future of this division over the next 12 to 18 months.  In the future, some or all of the PSG division could be sold or it could be retained as is.  Regardless of the outcome of that evaluation, HP will continue to support and move forward with the PSG business. 

 Key HP PSG Points 

• HP PSG has a proud history of innovation and technological leadership as well as a strong operating track record and industry leading profitability
• HP PSG is the leading manufacturer of PCs in the world, with annual revenues of approximately $41 billion in FY2010
• HP PSG remains the global leader among Wintel PC competitors as measured by units, revenue and operating margin
• HP PSG has demonstrated for the past 6 years that its scale and diverse portfolio are difficult to challenge
• PCs will account for ~375,000,000 units in 2011 and HP ships nearly 1 out of 5 of those units

Should you have any questions about your current HP devices, please feel free to contact us at any of our locations  or sales@businesswaresolutions.com.

Microsoft North Central Partner of the Year

BusinessWare Solutions Awarded Microsoft North Central Partner of the Year

HUTCHINSON, MN – July 15^th, 2011 – Recently at the annual Microsoft World Partner Conference in Los Angeles, CA, BusinessWare Solutions accepted the award for Microsoft North Central Partner of the Year. Annually Microsoft awards only 9 honors to their partners nationwide.  In addition to winning the Microsoft North Central Partner of the Year award, BusinessWare Solutions was a finalist for two additional awards; Cloud Partner of the Year and VAR Champion Partner of the Year.

 Factors that led BusinessWare Solutions to receiving this award include multiple successful marketing engagements with Microsoft, early adoption of Microsoft Cloud Online Services, and a phenomenal Microsoft licensing sales growth rate of 77%.

 Accepting the award from Cindy Bates, Microsoft Vice President of U.S. SMB, Dave Polzin – Co-Owner and Vice President of BusinessWare Solutions, said “We were extremely honored and excited to win the North Central Partner of the Year Award, but we were also excited to be a finalist for the Cloud Partner of the Year Award. Cloud Services give businesses the ability to connect to more services with less hardware and they are expected to grow significantly over the next five years.  Cloud Services are going to touch nearly every business in either a small or a big way and we are very excited to be part of this new market segment.”

 As a Microsoft Gold Server partner, a Microsoft Small Business Specialist and a member of the Microsoft VAR Champions Club, BusinessWare Solutions has been selling, installing, and supporting Microsoft based PCs, Laptops, and Servers for over 15 years.

IE 9 – Compatibility View

Have you upgraded to Internet Explorer 9 yet? If you have and you are having trouble viewing some websites we have a tip for you.  Try using the Compatibility View button (It’s right up to the right of the address bar). If you feel like a website isn’t displaying correctly, click on it and the problem will be corrected.

If you haven’t upgraded to IE9 yet, remember it’s a free download so do it today.  Click here to get to Microsoft’s free download site. Keep in mind it is only compatibile with Windows Vista and Windows 7.  If you aren’t running one of those yet, contact us to find out how you can.