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Beta appointed Samsung
authorised hardware distributor
Managed print services provider Balreed is the Official Print Partner
of the Virgin Money London Marathon taking place on Sunday,
April 26. Balreed will provide a fully managed fleet of print devices
spread across multiple London locations in the build-up to the race,
supported by Balreed engineers at every site. After the race, it
will produce the official race results for distribution to the world’s
media. Balreed group marketing director Gary Downey said: “We
have worked with the marathon organisers before, providing the
technology for the Prudential RideLondon and I’m delighted that
the quality of support we provided has been recognised.”
Mobility and security
combined
The new version (Version 7.4) of the Cortado
Corporate Server enterprise mobility solution
combines enterprise mobility with secure
mobile iOS printing on any network printer.
It does this by marrying Personal Printer
technology, already integrated into the solution,
with Cortado’s native iOS printing, which enables
any printer to be used via AirPrint.
All the user has to do is select the Personal
Printer from any iOS app, via the AirPrint print
dialog box, and authenticate their identity by
scanning the QR code fixed to the printer of their
choice. Only then will the print be output.
Kristin Montag, chief product officer of
Cortado Mobile Solutions, said: “With the
implementation of secure native iOS printing,
AirPrint becomes extremely easy. User-
authenticated printing works from any app and
with any printer. That saves money, increases
productivity and guarantees security.”
130 million and counting
Brother UK registered 130 million prints on its iPrint&Scan app in
2014, up 97% on the previous year. The app enables iPhone, Android
or Windows Phone users to scan to and print from a Brother printer
connected to the same network. More than 4.4 million users have
downloaded the app.
Beta Distribution has become the UK's
fourth authorised Tier 1 hardware
distributor for the full range of Samsung
printers and multifunction devices.
Beta managing director Steve Soper said:
“We are clearly delighted with this appointment.
Samsung have an enormous amount invested in
their brand name and reputation. For us now to
be associated with the Samsung name is a very
significant milestone in our development and a very
big vote of confidence from a global brand.”
Nick Taylor, Business Manager at Samsung, said:
“Beta have a broad
reach across a wide
range of
resellers.
Many
of them won’t
necessarily be
familiar with the
Samsung hardware
proposition and what it can do for their business.
The partnership with Beta will ensure that this is no
longer the case.”
Last year, 2,500 resellers bought from Beta,
including both traditional office products dealers
and IT value added resellers. Beta is expected to
achieve sales of £200 million in 2015.
Beta Business Manager Peter Knowlden said
that as well as supplying Samsung's full A4 product
range, Beta is offering marketing support; an
online catalogue constantly updated with the latest
product and pricing information; integrated EDI
and online ordering; overnight deliveries; and fixed
price deliveries to end users on behalf of resellers.
He added: “Perhaps most important of all, we
have product specialists and experienced account
managers to help resellers at every stage in pre-
and post-sales of the Samsung range.”
Resellers interested in finding out more should
contact Peter Knowlden on 020 7531 2806 or by
email at
.
Many happy returns
Canon Europe is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its toner cartridge recycling programme.
Introduced in 1990, the free programme operates in 24 countries around the world, including 18 in Europe.
Cartridges returned by customers are sent to Canon Bretagne SAS in France where they undergo
a zero-landfill closed loop recycling process involving a combination of parts re-use, materials
recycling and energy recovery.
So far, Canon has collected approximately 344,000 tonnes of used toner cartridges,
avoiding the need for around 232,000 tonnes of new raw materials and saving about
502,000 tonnes of CO2.
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Beta is distributing
Samsung's entire
range of A4 printers
and MFPs
