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After a tumultuous few weeks that saw it bought out of administration by a private equity firm and then had its CEO abruptly replaced, Alphagraphics is now looking to go back to the basics of supporting and slowly growing its network of print franchises on both sides of the Atlantic.

After a tumultuous few weeks that saw it bought out of administration by a private equity firm and then had its CEO abruptly replaced, Alphagraphics is now looking to go back to the basics of supporting and slowly growing its network of print franchises on both sides of the Atlantic.

After a tumultuous few weeks that saw it bought out of administration by a private equity firm and then had its CEO abruptly replaced, Alphagraphics is now looking to go back to the basics of supporting and slowly growing its network of print franchises on both sides of the Atlantic.

After a tumultuous few weeks that saw it bought out of administration by a private equity firm and then had its CEO abruptly replaced, Alphagraphics is now looking to go back to the basics of supporting and slowly growing its network of print franchises on both sides of the Atlantic.

After a tumultuous few weeks that saw it bought out of administration by a private equity firm and then had its CEO abruptly replaced, Alphagraphics is now looking to go back to the basics of supporting and slowly growing its network of print franchises on both sides of the Atlantic.

After a tumultuous few weeks that saw it bought out of administration by a private equity firm and then had its CEO abruptly replaced, Alphagraphics is now looking to go back to the basics of supporting and slowly growing its network of print franchises on both sides of the Atlantic.

After a tumultuous few weeks that saw it bought out of administration by a private equity firm and then had its CEO abruptly replaced, Alphagraphics is now looking to go back to the basics of supporting and slowly growing its network of print franchises on both sides of the Atlantic.

After a tumultuous few weeks that saw it bought out of administration by a private equity firm and then had its CEO abruptly replaced, Alphagraphics is now looking to go back to the basics of supporting and slowly growing its network of print franchises on both sides of the Atlantic.

After a tumultuous few weeks that saw it bought out of administration by a private equity firm and then had its CEO abruptly replaced, Alphagraphics is now looking to go back to the basics of supporting and slowly growing its network of print franchises on both sides of the Atlantic.

Ludieke overhandiging bankbiljet markeert start actietraject in grafimedia.CNV Media en FNV Kiem starten namens de ruim 25.000 werknemers in de grafimedia sector een actietraject om drastisch koopkrachtverlies te voorkomen. Als het aan de werkgevers ligt verliezen de werknemers namelijk meer dan 5% van hun koopkracht in vier jaar tijd.

Google has received significant public reprimand for their "a little more Google for everyone" Google+ powered Search Plus Your World. Twitter was outraged. Facebook was disappointed. Microsoft was…wait, why isn’t Microsoft saying anything?

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Only a few days after killing off ten mobile apps, Yahoo unveiled an Apps search tab.

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In November of last year, Adobe did a pretty serious restructure, making the decision to focus on Digital Marketing and Digital Media. More than a few people might have wondered what exactly was going on. But when you take the time to consider what Adobe did, you realize they were following their own advice: focus on the customer.

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It’s the morning after. Regardless of who you were cheering for in last night’s Super Bowl or what you think about the commercials shown during the game, it’s clear that media is changing how advertisers are marketing and to whom they market. 

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Apple has had a change of heart from its “we own your iBook content henceforth and forever and you’re going to like it” policy. Shortly after Apple published its iBooks Author EULA, a legion of technical journalists and copyright analysts digitally chastised the software giant as evil for locking authors into an agreement that would restrict them to selling content created with iBooks Author in Apple’s iBookstore.

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CRM is nothing really unless it can adapt to business users’ changing marketplace. Microsoft, since the release of Dynamics CRM online last year, committed itself to providing agile CRM and preparing companies for the release by flagging changes 90 days in advance. It has now flagged that it is making Dynamics CRM mobile.

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FESPA is proud to announce that Xaar is Global Technology Partner for the 4th consecutive year.

Xaar is the world's leading independent supplier of industrial inkjet printheads and as FESPA Global Technology Partner, is strongly involved in FESPA's digital strategy and technology debates and seminars. Through their partnership, FESPA and Xaar explore market trends and developments in inkjet innovation and work together to educate visitors and exhibitors about the significant potential of inkjet technology.

As part of the agreement, Xaar will support FESPA's global events, including the FESPA Mexico Workshops 2012 (May-Aug 2012), FESPA India Masters 2012 (Autumn 2012) and FESPA London 2013 (25-29 June 2013).

FESPA Managing Director Neil Felton said: "Our successful partnership with Xaar has been invaluable in helping FESPA to provide our national associations and their members with access to new ideas, guidance and in-depthinkjet market knowledge.

"FESPA has a strong commitment to develop and sustain a community of printers who are educated, informed and well equipped for a positive future. Bringing together groups and individuals in the screen and digital printing community is important to us, so it is vital that we have the strongest possible links with leading edge technology developers, like Xaar, the acknowledged market experts."

Mark Alexander, Director of Marketing, Xaar said; "Our partnership with FESPA demonstrates our strong commitment to inkjet innovation and education, and allows us first hand feedback from a diverse group of printers. Xaar and FESPA are both dedicated to promoting the considerable potential of inkjet technology to graphics businesses around the world."

For more information about FESPA or to pre-register for FESPA Digital 2012 visit www.fespa.com/digital.

Have I mentioned recently how much I truly hate the term "social business"?

Maybe hate is a bit strong, and it’s really not the term, but the way it is used. However, as I was struggling to finalize my contribution to this month’s Social Business theme, I was saved by a fellow author’s article: Knowledge Management in 2012: Probably Dead by Roan Young (@roanyoung).

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At CES this year, one major trend is the shifting tablet scope toward pen computing. This term once sent shudders down the spine of any product development team, as "Pen Computing" was equated with handwriting recognition and that was spelled doom for early products such as the Apple Newton that used a pen, not touch, as the primary input. Now iPad Apps software maker Readdle wants to move back to the pen with its release of the new Remarks software that targets handwriting capture, note taking and PDF annotation.

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Bezier has appointed a new chief executive and group finance director after its private equity owner, HIG Europe, decided to ring the changes at the Wakefield-headquartered business.