PODi Aust NZ has released the first of its kind study highlighting the annual production volumes of digital print produced in the region. Volumes are broken down to monochrome and colour; heavy, medium and light production. Digital print volumes may now represent 10-15% of the total print market in Australia.
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Digital print giants Canon, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Pageflex, and Xerox hold sold-out Gold Sponsor positions for PODi’s AppForum, Jan. 25-27, 2010, Las Vegas. “The real innovation…today is around applications. By dedicating a conference to industry-leading applications, PODi does the industry a tremendous service.”
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Keynote speakers at PODi’s AppForum conference, Jan. 25-27, 2010, Las Vegas to address innovations that are driving digital print. Barb Pellow moderates a panel of frontline innovators. Ford Motors shares the power of personalization. Rab Govil explores opportunities in healthcare.
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PODi announces new interactive Leadership Workshop with noted expert, Bill Wagner. The full day pre-conference intensive is designed to help business owners and management hone leadership and hiring skills. Schedule of additional intensives also available. 2 pages/0K/Dec-2009
PODi announces a stellar line up of speakers for its 2010 AppForum, January 25-27, in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand. The list reads like a who’s who of digital print success stories – industry leaders and top management representing respected, innovative print and marketing service provider companies from around the world.
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PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, announces a new partnership with the British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF) with the goal of growing the digital printing market in the UK. The result is a new membership organization and international PODi Affiliate, dotgain.org.
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PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, has launched its newest program for Service Providers, Self-Promo-in-a-Box. Designed to help companies promote their digital print and marketing services, Self-Promo-in-a-Box combines the latest ROI-building technology from four PODi industry members who have donated their services to help other PODi members: direct2one, EasyPurl, USADATA, and Xerox/XMPie.
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PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, announced today that the industry’s top sales coaching experts will assemble for its eighth annual AppForum, January 25 – 27, 2010 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand. The roster includes Kate Dunn, President of DIG; Caslon CEO, Rab Govil; Peter Winters of The Winters Group, Mike Chiricuzio from ASU’s Print and Imaging Lab and Thought Transformation’s Linda Bishop. Their focus will be on interacting with attendees and helping print service providers move beyond selling print to selling more profitable solutions. 2 pages/0K/Oct-2009
This year's PODi Aust NZ Application Forum, Sydney, hosted the inaugural PODi Best Practice Awards for the region. These recognised a handful of Australian printers for their outstanding efforts in relevant digital print. PODi Aust NZ congratulates all award winners and looks forward to more impressive work nominated and on display at the 2010 PODi Aust NZ Best Practice Awards.
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PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, announced that its eighth annual AppForum, January 25 – 27, 2010 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand, will be shaped by four of the digital print and marketing industry’s most experienced and visionary leaders. In their roles as AppForum Track Chairs, they’ll develop lively, educational tracks focused on the most popular high margin applications.
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PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, announced today that the 2010 AppForum will be held January 25-27 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas and speaker submissions are now being accepted. The open submission process is an opportunity for qualified candidates to participate in this high-visibility event, attended by hundreds of print service providers, marketing professionals, and other leaders in the digital print industry. All speakers will receive a complimentary registration for the regular conference sessions on January 26th and 27th, 2010, with full access to educational sessions and networking events.
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PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, announces the call for entries for the Digital Print Case Study Collection. Every year, dozens of the most innovative examples of digital print from around the globe are chosen for this prestigious compilation. As part of PODi’s continuing effort to help service providers boost exposure in the marketplace and expand their businesses, this competition is open to all – PODi members and non-members. Published case study submitters will also receive PODi’s new Self Promotion Package, and will be entered in the annual contest for the influential PODi Best Practices Awards.
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PODi announces the release of CheckPPML_Pro. This production "preflight" tool enables proofing, viewing, preflight and validation of properly formed PPML/GA files. PPML (the Personalized Print Markup Language) facilitates creating personalized high-volume print campaigns by service providers, enabling meaningful one-to-one "conversations" for their customers. 2 pages/0K/Apr-2009
PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, announced that Helicopter Group, General Motors, Canada and CM2 Solutions were chosen as co-winners of the annual 2009 Best Practice Award in the category of Collateral Management.
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PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, announces the publication of the 2009 Digital Print Case Studies. Thirty-eight new digital print success stories are being added to the database, bringing the total to over 350. The PODi Digital Print Case Study database is the only collection of its kind for the digital print marketplace.
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PODi has launched the Beta version of its newest program to create value for print and marketing service providers – Find a Service Provider – a free, searchable online database developed by Caslon, PODi’s Affiliate. The database is the first part of a larger plan to help service providers
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PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, that early registrations for the 7th Annual PODi AppForum in Las Vegas, January 19-21, 2009 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino have exceeded expectations. 2 pages/0K/Dec-2008
PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, announced today that Madison Advisors, an advisory firm with expertise in the TransPromo arena, is hosting a new Track at the 7th Annual PODi AppForum in Las Vegas, January 19-21, 2009 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
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PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, announced that Mike Lyman, Manager of Online Communications at YRC Worldwide, a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest transportation service providers in the world, and Robert Durham, President and CEO of HKM Direct Market Communications will be keynote speakers at the 2009 AppForum, January 19 – 21 in Las Vegas at the Rio Hotel & Casino. 2 pages/0K/Sep-2008
A stellar group of industry leaders has been confirmed to chair track sessions at PODi's seventh annual AppForum, January 19-21, 2009 in Las Vegas at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
PODi announced PPML Consumer Certification Programs and the first group of certified products for users of PPML (the Personalized Print Markup Language). PPML is the leading open-standard VDP (Variable Data Publishing) language for production digital printing. 2 pages/0K/May-2008
PODi announces the publication of the 2008 Digital Print Case Studies collection along with a new and improved online database. Forty-five new digital print success stories are being added to the database, bringing the total to well over 300. The new database gives users expanded search features which allow them to quickly and easily explore the collection and find exactly what they are looking for. 2 pages/0K/Apr-2008
Highlights of the recent PODi AppForum include fresh ideas on the digital print market from three keynote speakers. Over 460 digital print professionals attended the 2008 AppForum in Las Vegas, along with 31 exhibitors. 2 pages/0K/Feb-2008
PODi announced the release of the second PPML Interoperability Report. PPML facilitates creating personalized high-volume print campaigns by service providers, enabling meaningful one-to-one “conversations” for their customers. 2 pages/0K/Feb-2008
PODi announced the 2008 winners of the annual PODi Best Practices Awards on January 29th at the AppForum digital print conference in Las Vegas. 3 pages/0K/Feb-2008
A steady supply of trained, dedicated professionals is essential to the long-term viability of the digital printing industry, and PODi contributes to the goal by bringing intrested students together with vendors and service providers at the PODi AppForum. 2 pages/0K/Jan-2008
PODi will use the latest interactive audience response (ARS) technology to enable attendees to participate in the PODi AppForum conference like never before. 2 pages/0K/Dec-2007
PODi will bring a distinguished slate of keynote speakers to the 2008 PODi Application Forum. Two keynote speakers have been confirmed in addition to Rab Govil, PODi president. Rounding out the slate are Rick Smith, CEO of TASER International, and Joel Cartun, Founder and former Chairman of Vestcom. 2 pages/0K/Oct-2007
PODi announces the release of the 2007 Best Practices in Digital Print case studies collection. Fifty-two new case studies are being added to PODi’s online database, bringing the total to 320. 2 pages/0K/Apr-2007
PODi announces a Solution Sales seminar series that will be presented in ten North American cities to help print professionals achieve better sales results. 2 pages/0K/Apr-2007
PODi announces the 2007 winners of the annual Best Practice Awards. These highly anticipated awards recognize outstanding examples of digital print and variable data strategies. 3 pages/0K/Feb-2007
PODi announces a new release of the Personalized Print Markup Language (PPML), the interoperability standard for variable data print production. 2 pages/0K/Feb-2007
PODi announced the finalists today for its fourth annual Best Practices Awards, which will be presented at the Application Forum in Anaheim, California. 3 pages/0K/Jan-2007
PODi announced a number of activities scheduled in conjunction with the 2006 Graph Expo show. Some, like an industry briefing, are available exclusively for PODi members, while other events, like the Ask the Experts session, are open to everyone. 2 pages/0K/Oct-2006
PODi announced the call for entries for the 7th edition of the Best Practices in Digital Print report and annual Best Practices Awards. 2 pages/0K/Jul-2006
PODi announces the release of the sixth edition of the Best Practices in Digital Print report, the highly respected annual collection of the most innovative, successful applications in digital printing today. This year's report includes 46 new case studies covering 12 vertical markets and a wide variety of business applications. 3 pages/0K/Apr-2006
PODi announced the 2006 winners of the prestigious PODi Best Practices awards at the Applications Forum. The annual awards recognize outstanding innovations and results achieved using digital printing technology to enable and enhance high-return variable data campaigns and other marketing strategies. 4 pages/0K/Mar-2006
Susan Wilkins, Director of Loyalty Marketing, Best Buy Company, Inc. and Dawn Maire, Senior Vice President, Rapp Collins Worldwide will co-present a keynote address at PODi’s popular Applications Forum in Las Vegas in February 2006. 2 pages/0K/Jan-2006
PODi announced that the Applications Forum has expanded from two to four tracks of knowledge-packed sessions, in addition to the popular Pre-Conference Intensives offered each year. The tracks include Small Business, Marketing Best Practices, Advanced Business Strategies, and Operations & Processes. The 2006 conference will be February 27 – March 1 at the Las Vegas Hilton. 2 pages/0K/Nov-2005
PODi announced that Kodak has joined as an Executive Member. This elite membership is offered to organizations with broad interests in digital printing and the desire to help set strategic direction for PODi and the digital printing industry. 2 pages/0K/Nov-2005
PODi announced that leading hardware and software vendors from the digital printing industry will demonstrate a wide range of digital print applications using PPML at Print 05. Sixteen vendors are participating in the self-guided PPML tour. 2 pages/0K/Aug-2005
PODi announced that the 2006 PODi Applications Forum, the only industry event dedicated exclusively to digital printing, will be held February 27 – March 1 at the Las Vegas Hilton. 2 pages/0K/Jun-2005
PODi announces the release of the 5th edition of its popular Best Practices in Digital Print report. The newest in this highly acclaimed series of reports features 45 new digital print case studies as well as best practice principles for creating high-value digital print solutions. 3 pages/0K/Apr-2005
PODi will co-host the Caslon Marketing Innovations Forum on Thursday, April 7, 2005, along with the London College of Communications. 3 pages/0K/Mar-2005
PODi announces the release of the fourth edition of their popular Best Practices in Digital Print report. This latest report profiles 57 new projects, bringing the four-year total in the series to over 180. PDF file. 2 pages/0K/Jun-2004
Quad/Graphics, the nation's largest privately held printer of catalogs, magazines and other commercial products becomes a member of PODi. PDF file. 2 pages/59K/May-2004
PODi announced the 2004 winners of its Best Practices awards to 250 industry leaders at the annual PODi Applications Forum in Las Vegas on February 10, 2004.
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Pitney Bowes Inc. has been invited to the Executive Board of PODi, a not-for-profit organization focused on developing the digital print industry through market education and development of software standards. 3 pages/90K/Aug-2003
Digital Solutions OnDemand and PODi, the Digital Printing initiative, partner to bring the PODi Digital Print Applications Forum to London. Preliminary agenda included. PDF file. 3 pages/812K/Aug-2003
PODi Digital Print Applications Forum in Las Vegas will provide business and technical best practice results for successful digital print businesses. PDF File. 4 pages/381K/Apr-2003
42 successful print projects highlight latest edition of PODi’s Best Practices in Digital Print. Learn which digital print applications are succeeding. PDF file. 3 pages/382K/Jan-2003
Industry leading digital print vendors EFI, Hewlett-Packard, NexPress and Xerox will lead an array of companies at Graph Expo demonstrating a wide range of digital print applications using PPML. A self-guided tour will allow show visitors to see PPML, the Personalized Print Markup Language, being used in key applications that are proven money makers. 7 pages/62K/Sep-2002
Management of PODi announces the appointment of IBM to it's Executive Board following a weeklong summit in Boston. Representatives of more than a dozen companies met to discuss issues involving digital print technology, strategic industry direction, document workflow, job ticketing, and automation initiatives. PDF file. 3 pages/47K/Aug-2002
PODi announces the release of PPML version 2.0. Includes statements of support and product announcements from member companies. PDF file. 9 pages/63K/Apr-2002
PODi announces new membership opportunity for software developers. Datalogics, Document Sciences, Edmond Research, Exstream Software, GMC Software, Pageflex and PrintSoft become first members under new category. 2 pages/361K/Jan-2002
Titled "Prospering in a World of Personalized, Integrated Marketing", this seminar will explore the impact of customer relationship management (CRM) programs and technologies on the commercial printing industry. 3 pages/27K/Aug-2001
The widespread adoption of PPML will be demonstrated by a self-guided tour at Print ’01, organized by PODi, the Digital Printing initiative. PDF file. 3 pages/29K/Aug-2001
PODi announces PPML 1.5 which includes important new details to enable graphic arts implementations and a new "TLC" architecture for packaging PPML files with their production instructions. 4 pages/94K/Mar-2001
PODi and its board of directors (Adobe, CreoScitex, Electronics For Imaging, NexPress and Xerox) announce addition of Hewlett-Packard to the board. 2 pages/28K/Aug-2000
