The Shifting Printing Paradigm: A goodbye to traditional printing technology.

The initial expansion enabled by mash-ups and the fusion of distinct technologies in the core compute area of information technology (IT) have spread to all areas of IT services and are now moving into business process management. This fusion of technologies is now proliferating new products and services, which cover a much larger set of customer needs (Figure 1). As a result, the traditional IT deployment has been replaced with cloud and mobile devices, providing alternatives to server and personal computer (PC) operating configurations. These new deployment models not only provide new market capabilities and services but often result in lower operation costs (Figure 2). The changes in the hardcopy market follow these same technology shifts. This fundamental shift in IT technologies demands a similar shift in printing. Today?s leading print services now integrate cloud technology, mobility, and support standards in the Internet of Things (IoT).