Buyers Laboratory (BLI), the premier provider of product intelligence for the imaging industry, is proud to introduce the BLI Solutions Center. In today’s connected office environment, purchasing decisions need to take into account not just the imaging equipment itself, but also the universe of embedded and external software solutions available to extend the hardware’s functionality. Those software solutions enhance an imaging platform’s ROI by giving workers the tools to be more productive while also delivering enhanced capabilities that can improve a company’s workflow and business processes.
Determining which solutions are compatible with an organization’s business goals and IT infrastructure has become a vital and complex decision. The BLI Solutions Center is designed for office equipment resellers and document-centric software VARs to assist them in researching and recommending imaging solution, as well as for CTOs and IT and Department Managers to help them make informed purchasing decisions.
“We’ve all heard again and again about how resellers need to move from ‘selling boxes to selling solutions,’ but there have been few independent information services that were providing comprehensive data, competitive insight, and non-biased research and test reports that would facilitate that commerce,” said Michael Danziger, CEO of Buyers Laboratory. “That’s where the BLI Solutions Center comes in. Our expertise and industry insight uniquely position us to be the provider of choice when it comes to competitive intelligence for digital imaging solutions.”
The BLI Solutions Center delivers in-depth, hands-on evaluation and analysis of the latest technology and software across all the major categories of imaging solutions including: Document Management, Accounting/Cost Control and Recovery, Document Capture/Workflow, Remote Management/Managed Print Services, Output Assessment/Routing, Network Device Administration, and Security and Accessibility. The site covers software offerings from all the leading hardware OEMs, including Canon, HP, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, Lexmark, Océ, Okidata, Ricoh, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba and Xerox. In addition, BLI Solutions Center includes coverage of solutions from important ISVs (independent software vendors) such as ABBYY, DocuWare, eCopy, FM Audit, Equitrac, Kofax, Laserfiche, NSi, Nuance, PrintAudit, and dozens more.
The BLI Solutions Center delivers a rich body of content to subscribers, including comprehensive reports researched and tested by BLI’s team of industry experts; timely briefs on the latest solutions that discuss the product’s features, benefits and selling propositions; exclusive side-by-side product category comparisons; blogs containing news and analysis of industry trends; manufacturer product literature; and more. All tested solutions are considered for BLI’s semi-annual “Pick” awards, the most prestigious award in the imaging industry. All of this valuable information is intuitively organized in an easy-to-use format that enables subscribers to find relevant information quickly.
The BLI Solutions Center is a subscription-based product, which can be found at www.buyerslab.com/solutions. For information on pricing, please contact us at support@buyerslab.com or 201-488-0404.
About Buyers Laboratory
Since 1961, Buyers Lab has been the leading independent office-equipment testing lab and business consumer advocate. In addition to publishing the industry’s most comprehensive and accurate test reports on office document imaging devices, each representing months of exhaustive hands-on testing in BLI's US and UK laboratories, the company has been the leading source for extensive databases of specifications and pricing on mfps, copiers, printers, scanners, wide-format devices and software solutions. The company's databases cover over 13,000 products and have a long-standing reputation for being the industry’s most trustworthy and complete source for global competitive intelligence. They are available to BLI subscribers online via the company's bliQ competitive information service. This encyclopedic resource also provides quick and easy access to BLI's First Look Reports, Field Test Reports, Lab Test Reports, Solutions Reports, and BLI-produced articles.
In addition to the testing of office equipment for its subscribers, Buyers Lab provides consulting services to buyers and a vast array of confidential for-hire private testing services that include document imaging device beta and pre-launch testing, performance certification testing, consumables testing (such as toner, ink and photoconductors), software and solutions and print media testing (including virgin and recycled papers).
For more information on Buyers Lab, please call (201) 488-0404, visit www.buyerslab.com, or e-mail info@buyerslab.com.
