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By Maria Varmazis -- Purchasing, 2/14/2008

$300M

Amount companies spent in 2007 to optimize document production

Source: InfoTrends

WHAT IT MEANS: Corporations are looking for new ways to improve productivity while keeping costs down, and many are looking to optimize the cost of their documents as a solution.

0.8%

Change in the producer price index for paper from November to December 2007

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

WHAT IT MEANS: With supply tightening, paper prices remain flat to slightly increasing.

13.4%

Increase in global PC shipments in the fourth quarter

Source: Gartner

WHAT IT MEANS: Growth in Europe, the Middle East and Africa is bolstering sales of PCs worldwide, while the U.S. market stagnates.

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