Gartner Positions ARC Document Solutions in 2015 Magic Quadrant for Managed Print and Content Services


WALNUT CREEK, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 9, 2016) - ARC Document Solutions Inc. (NYSE: ARC), the nation's leading document solutions provider for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, today announced it has been positioned as a niche player in the December 21, 2015, Magic Quadrant for Managed Print and Content Services, published by Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT). ARC is the only company listed in the report with its principle market emphasis on the architectural, engineering and construction industry. Depending on the needs of its clients, ARC uses a variety of MFPs, as well as conventional and wide-format printers from different manufacturers to fulfill its offering.

"Since becoming an MPS client in 2015, we've finally realized our true costs of printing through the integration of the devices and ARC's Abacus software. We are seeing consistent print reductions, efficiency gains, and increased flexibility in every subsequent quarter," said, Stephen Held, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Leo A Daly, an internationally recognized planning, architecture, engineering, and program management firm. "Every business review ARC is continuously optimizing our print and document management environment -- which is exactly what they promise. As a result, it's no surprise to see ARC included in the coveted Magic Quadrant."

ARC Document Solutions' Managed Print Services allow its customers to drastically reduce hidden, uncontrolled costs in print management, minimize administrative and support burdens, and optimize employee efficiency through better document management. ARC manages all print components and expenses under a flexible and customized contract. The company is completely agnostic with regard to equipment brands and manufacturers, and helps scale and monitor an intelligent print infrastructure that delivers ongoing cost reductions and technology upgrades.

"We continue to offer a differentiated solution to our customers based on our domain expertise in the design and construction industries," said K. "Suri" Suriyakumar, Chairman, President and CEO of ARC Document Solutions. "Our software and services not only allow our customers to manage the day-to-day functions of their fleet of equipment, content workflow, and user behavior, but they provide the information and insight that drives optimization in document use. More and more our customers are working in a hybrid environment of paper, digital documents, and cloud-based access to information. ARC's MPS adds value to the process, improves collaboration, and drives down the cost of printing throughout the organization."

For more information, please visit ARC Document Solutions MPS web page at: www.e-arc.com/mps/, or contact us at 925-949-5100.

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About ARC Document Solutions (NYSE: ARC)

ARC Document Solutions is a leading document solutions company serving businesses of all types, with an emphasis on the non-residential segment of the architecture, engineering and construction industries. The Company helps more than 90,000 customers reduce costs and increase efficiency in the use of their documents, improve document access and control, and offers a wide variety of ways to print, produce, and store documents. ARC provides its solutions onsite in more than 7,000 of its customers' offices, offsite in service centers around the world, and digitally in the form of proprietary software and web applications. For more information please visit www.e-arc.com.

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