Archive for August 15th, 2012

Fuji Xerox launches 5 new monochrome laser printers

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

Fuji Xerox launched in Singapore today 5 new monochrome laser printers from the DocuPrint 255 and DocuPrint 355 series. Prices range from S$199 to S$659. All will be available from 30 August, 2012.

Clockwise from top left: Fuji Xerox DocuPrint P355 db, M355 df, P355 d, P255 dw, M255 z monochrome laser printers & multifunction devices.

Clockwise from top left: Fuji Xerox DocuPrint P355 db, M355 df, P355 d, P255 dw, M255 z monochrome laser printers & multifunction devices.

It was only two weeks ago that Brother launched its slew of monochrome laser printers and multifunction machines in Singapore.

Today, Fuji Xerox has launched its own collection 5 monochrome laser printers, which are compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.

Fuji Xerox DocuPrint Prices
P255 dw S$199
M255 z S$399
P355 db S$359
P355 d S$479
M355 df S$659

All five printers launched today feature duplex double-sided printing, print speeds of up to 30 pages per minute, and print resolutions of 1,200 x 1,200 dpi.

DocuPrint 255 family

The compact DocuPrint 255 family combines exceptional print quality with low cost of ownership. They are ideal for small businesses or the home office.

The DocuPrint M255z is a multifunction printer that prints, scans (with OCR), copies and faxes. It is able to store scanned data easily and quickly without the need for a PC.

DocuPrint 355 family

Fuji Xerox DocuPrint M355 df prints and scans duplex.

Fuji Xerox DocuPrint M355 df prints and scans duplex.

The three printers in the DocuPrint 355 family are targeted more at small-to-medium businesses, with the multifunction model providing enterprise level functionalities at an affordable price.

These printers are able to print the first page in six seconds from ready mode. Both the DocuPrint P355 d and DocuPrint M355 df can have wireless networking by plugging in an optional wireless module (S$105).

The DocuPrint M355 df is able to automatically scan double-sided documents.

The DocuPrint P355 db is a basic model that only has a USB port and does not have any networking capability.

Notes:

  • The prefix P or M indicates whether the device is a single-function printer or a multifunction printer.
  • The suffix d, b, f or w indicates whether the machine has duplex, basic, fax, wireless network capability. A suffix of z means the printer can do everything above.
  • All prices include GST. Pictures of the printers are not shown to scale with each other.

Trend Micro CloudSec 2012 in Singapore

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

This year’s theme is “Have a safe journey” and features thought leaders such as Jim Reavis from CSA and Tim Grance from NIST, in a full day’s programme bringing CXO attendees through security issues surrounding Cloud Computing.

CloudSec 2012 was held at Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore on 15 August.

CloudSec 2012 was held at Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore on 15 August.

I sat through a panel discussion over lunch that shed some light on the thoughts that Reavis, Grance and Nicholas Tan (VMware) had on cloud security.

Jim Reavis, Co-founder & Executive Director Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)

Jim Reavis, Co-founder & Executive Director Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)

One opinion that may come as a surprise to many people is Reaves’ belief that the choice of whether a company should adopt a private, public or hybrid cloud should not be driven by security alone, which is what most people would use as the immediate and main consideration, if not the sole determinant for their decision.

He felt that security could be a red herring in deciding between the different types of cloud implementation.

Instead, the decision should be based on compliance (regulations on cloud use and location of data centres), performance (whether on-premise servers are needed to reduce latency) and legacy support (transition from existing IT architecture).

Timothy Grance, Senior Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Timothy Grance, Senior Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Grance added that all the models are viable and the choice also involved the need for scale, which has to be balanced with the risk appetite of the organisation making the choice.

All the panelists were unanimous that, in reality, the considerations for security for cloud is no different from traditional systems, although the specific technology employed may be different.

Whether your systems are on a cloud or not, you would be facing threats, you still need to be vigilant, you still need to be rigorous about security, and you’d still need quality people to design and operate the system.

Last year’s CloudSec 2011 at The Sheraton Towers saw more than 300 participants examining the theme of “Have a vision not clouded by fear”.

This year, Trend Micro made the event bigger with more than 500 showing up at the Raffles City Convention Centre on 15 August.

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