XRX Technologies expands product portfolio for small businesses

XRX Technologies, one of the leading business technology companies in Kenya today announced that it had expanded its product portfolio for small businesses.

The new additions include devices and solutions designed to increase business communication, strengthen system controls and enhance their capability to store, transmit and retrieve information wherever they are.

XRX Technologies Managing Director Lucy Njoroge said during the announcement in Nairobi that the firm was leveraging on its distribution partnership with Cisco to deliver modern technology solutions and equipment to Kenyan small businesses, especially those targeting to expand in the new county government system.

She noted that XRX Technologies would now offer devices and solutions designed by Cisco including Voip communication equipment, cloud storage and data security for operational efficiency and cost effective regional expansion.

“We have today rolled out include Expresspod- a unique integrated data center in a box that consists of switching and routing capabilities, blade servers and storage. It is easier to manage, service occupies less space, consumes less electricity and costs 40 per cent less,” she explained. The new range also includes Lobby cameras and phones that once installed take care of the need for a receptionist negating the cost of hiring one. A new Virtual Desktop is also in the range, coming integrated with a telephone.

Ms Njroroge noted that the growth of Internet connectivity and lower cost of access in Kenya is a factor that small businesses need to take cognizance of since it is a huge enabler to their growth, particularly as it closes the geographical communication and physical presence gaps. This was the reason the firm partnered with Cisco to provide access to the latest devices and services to enable small businesses run more efficiently and profitably.

The cost of technology, she said, had also fallen dramatically and devices contained rich features to give small businesses even better capabilities. 

XRX Technologies’ approach will be to educate small business owners to ensure they invest in the right technology.

“Furthermore, IT budgets are shrinking every successive year, and the challenge for these companies is to find more efficient ways of using better technology to achieve more,” said Ms Njoroge adding that the company had analyzed industry data and expected that the demand for these services will grow exponentially as various businesses position themselves to exploit emerging opportunities in the 47 counties,” she explained.

And added; “These technologies are nowadays quite affordable particularly for a country like Kenya that has over 200,000 small businesses. This is a figure that we expect to rise by nearly half over the next two years, fuelling demand for superior technologies to give the business owners a platform for strong expansion without large capital outlays.”Most small business people starting out in expansion, she noted,rarely consulted professionals and ended up buying more equipment than they really needed.