NORWALK, Conn., Aug. 19, 2008
-- For the sixth time in seven years, Xerox Corporation has been named the "Overall
Winner" and "Company of the Year" in the workgroup color printers
category by VARBusiness magazine, a leading industry publication for value-added
resellers who market high-technology products, solutions and services. The accolades
were based on the publication's annual survey of more than 5,000 solution providers.
The VARBusiness "Annual Report Card" awards recognize
outstanding partner programs in 18 product and service categories. The scores
are based on vendor satisfaction ratings. Xerox earned top scores for product
innovation and support, surpassing all competitors in the workgroup color printer
category. Xerox received the honor at a ceremony on August 18 during the gathering
of channel professionals at the XChange '08 Conference in Dallas.
"For 23 years we've asked Solution Providers to grade their
vendor partners on criteria such as product quality and innovation, partner
programs and support," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and
editorial director, Everything Channel editorial. "The results of these
grades make up the VARBusiness Annual Report Card which reflects the level of
commitment vendors have to the channel and to their Solution Provider partners.
Congratulations to Xerox for this most deserved recognition."
This latest channel recognition comes on the heels of an award-winning
start to 2008 for Xerox. During the first half of the year, Xerox products and
document management solutions have received nearly 100 awards and honors worldwide,
with over half of them recognizing Xerox's leadership and innovation in color
printing.
Xerox office products earned top recognition from numerous independent
industry influencers. Buyer's Laboratory Inc (BLI), a leading independent testing
lab, recently honored Xerox Office products with three coveted "Pick of
the Year" awards for the WorkCentre™ 7242 color multifunction system,
and the Phaser™ 3250 and Phaser 5550 monochrome printers. Additional Office
product highlights include:
- The Phaser 6180MFP
color multifunction printer was selected by PC World readers as the "Top
Choice" in the color printing category.
- The low-cost Phaser™
6125 color laser printer was given a "Recommended Product" award
by L'Ordinateur Individuel in France.
- APC Magazine in
Russia selected the 42 page-per-minute Phaser 6360DN color laser printer as
a "Best of the Year 2007" printer for large workgroups.
- The WorkCentre
5632/5655/5675 monochrome multifunction systems all received BERTL's "5-Star,
Exceptional" rating.
Xerox's proprietary solid ink technology continues to be a prominent
player in the Office printing industry. It has been recognized for its ease
of use and innovative cartridge-free technology that requires minimal packaging
and generates 90 percent less waste than comparable laser printers. This spring,
the Phaser™ 8560MFP was named a "BERTL's Best" recipient as
the "Best Office/Small Workgroup Ink-Based MFP."
In the production printing market, Xerox systems garnered worldwide
attention at various tradeshows and from editorial reviews. The Xerox 8265 Color
Wide Format Printer was named "Best in Show" in the wide-format printing
category at this year's AIIM/On Demand tradeshow. Additionally, Wide-Format
Imaging magazine awarded the Xerox 6204 Wide Format Solution a "Readers'
Choice Top Product of 2008" designation. Other awards in the high-volume
production space include:
- The Xerox Nuvera™
EA Digital Production System, DocuColor™ 7000/8000AP Digital Press,
DocuColor™ 242/252/260 Digital Color Printer/Copier and Xerox 4112/4127
Enterprise Printing System earned Better Buys for Business "Editor's
Choice" designations in the 2008 High-Volume Printer & Digital Duplicator
Guides.
- Digital Imaging
Marketing Association awarded the DocuColor™ 5000 Digital Press with
Xerox Document Binder 120-D/Coverbind 101 DFS and the Xerox FreeFlow™
Printer Server with JPEG plug-in its "Innovative Digital Product Award."
Xerox software applications have been highly recognized for
helping enterprises and small offices better manage their document workflow.
Xerox's DocuShare™ 6.0 and DocuShare CPX 6.0 content management systems
were awarded "Pick of the Year" as Outstanding Enterprise Content
Management Solution by BLI. BERTL Inc also selected DocuShare as "Best
ECM Scalable from SMB to Enterprise" in its annual "BERTL's Best"
awards.
Xerox will continue to exhibit award-winning offerings at various
industry events throughout the remainder of the year including Graph Expo in
Chicago, Interface in Seattle and Digital Focus in New York.
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