Riverside city partners with Xerox

The city of Riverside in California is partnering with Xerox in an effort to cut costs.

Riverside has added Xerox managed print services (MPS) across its departments; cutting costs by nearly 20% and reducing the amount of time employees spend on print-related activities.

The city authority believes the move will enable it to invest more time and resources towards providing better services for its citizens.

Riverside's five-year Enterprise Print Services contract with Xerox means that the printer-manufacturer will manage the way documents are printed, shared and updated across the city's departments.

The print governance features from Xerox include computer screen pop-ups that direct print jobs from employees to the most cost-effective and energy-efficient machine.

Steve Reneker, chief information officer, Riverside, said: "The breadth of services and technology from Xerox gives us the right tools to run a more efficient city.

"As a result of these cost and productivity savings, we can sharpen our focus on providing citizens with services that make Riverside a great city."

Riverside had previously also partnered with Xerox subsidiary Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) to advance the city's technology.

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