8. Greater Partner Customization Of Screens And Workflows

Xerox has developed a graphical user interface that makes it possible for partners to easily change the look and feel of the screen without having to be an IT developer, according to Steve Hoover, Xerox's new chief technology officer.

Most partners will also be able to execute more small changes to the device itself around defining and saving unique workflows, Hoover told CRN. More detailed work with the offline graphical programming environment will be obtainable for solution providers that employ developers, Hoover said.

More complexity exists, though, around manipulating Xerox's Extensible Interface Platform (EIP) interface, which Hoover said is the application programming interface (API) for everything Xerox does within the device. Hoover said partners with experience developing client servers and web apps – or roughly 10 to 15 percent of the company's channel – should be able to do this.