Sunnyvale, CA Ð Citing a "big void" in the availability of scanner hardware, HSD is once again offering a line of scanners for computers running NEXTSTEP.
The company's return to hardware was prompted by NeXT's recent leaps in sales, explained Dave Peter, company president. "First and foremost, NeXT is making it. Big corporations are buying NEXTSTEP in large numbers," he said.
Peter added that re-entering the hardware market was one of his goals when he returned to lead HSD in October after a five-month hiatus. "It's a great segment of the market, very profitable," he said. "We've been profitable in my first month back, and we'll be profitable next month, too."
Looking ahead, HSD is pursuing several new ventures, according to Peter. In response to NeXT's new marketing strategy, HSD will be unbundling key components of its apps and licensing them as objects for scanning, imaging, document management, and compression.