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Ricoh partners with
Condeco in expansion
of services portfolio
As part of a strategy to expand into other areas of workplace
technology and services, Ricoh has launched new Meeting Room
Services in partnership with meeting room booking specialist
Condeco.
Part of Ricoh’s Workplace Services portfolio, the integrated package of
consultancy, product delivery and support offers analysis of an organisation’s
meeting space utilisation and advice on how it can be improved.
Typically, this includes changes to lay-outs and the introduction
of Condeco booking and scheduling technology that can be used for
everything from the booking of meeting rooms and the sending of
invitations to the reservation of car parking spaces and catering.
Condeco solutions give managers oversight of room usage and enable
employees to book meeting rooms (or hot desks) on the fly, manage no-
shows and begin/end a meeting by swiping their ID card or entering a PIN
code at a touch screen in the room.
Other options include wireless sensors to track actual room utilisation
and digital signage in reception areas so that visitors can see where a
meeting is taking place.
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Gold and silver for Xerox
Fuji Xerox has announced gold and silver toner for its new Color
1000i Press – the first time both metallic colours have been offered
on a xerographic production printer. Fuji Xerox says that the ability
to print gold and silver on a single production printer will expand
the range of possible applications for such devices and improve
workflow for printing companies. The Color 1000i Press goes on
sale in Japan on February 6 and will then be rolled out to other
countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Gold standard people
management
Brother UK has achieved Investors in People
Gold Standard for the excellence of its
people management and development, with
a special award for health and well-being.
The award is the latest accolade for Brother’s
employment practices, which also secured the
company a place on the
2014 Sunday Times 100
Best Companies to Work For
list.
Phil Jones, managing director of Brother
UK, said: “This is a really proud moment for
us. Only 7% of Investors in People-accredited
organisations achieve Gold status. We have done
so on our first application and so we can say
we’re genuinely leading from the front when it
comes to making a commitment to our people.”
He added: “This award, combined with our
recognition from
The Sunday Times’ 100 Best
Companies to Work For
, is clear, independent
proof that we are a business which has made the
transition to a relevant, engaged workplace with
our people front and centre in a critical period of
transition and transformation.”
Lexmark buying spree
continues
Lexmark has acquired Toronto-based Claron
Technology for $37 million in cash. The
leading provider of medical image viewing,
distribution, sharing and collaboration
software will report into Lexmark’s
Perceptive Software.
New MD for IBS
IBS, A Xerox Company has appointed Alan
Brown as managing director, following the
retirement of Jerry Carey.
Previously deputy CEO and business director of
Telefónica O2 Ireland, Brown will report to Diego
Hervas, president of Xerox’s European Channels
Group.
IBS has offices in seven locations throughout
Ireland, including Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway,
Portlaoise, Derry and Limerick, and more than
18,000 public and private sector customers. It
provides the full range of Xerox products and
services, from entry-level printers to enterprise-
wide document management solutions.
Jerry Carey founded IBS in 1972 and under
his leadership it became the largest independent
reseller of digital imaging and printing solutions
in Ireland. In 2010, the company was acquired
by Xerox, which later merged it with the majority
of Xerox (Ireland) Limited, creating IBS, A Xerox
Company in March 2013.
Print wherever you go
ImageTech has just completed a successful
funding campaign on Kickstarter for two portable
print controllers that provide a quick and secure
way to print directly from an iOS or Android
mobile device to more than 5,000 makes and
model of printer. With the printUSB/printWiFi
and free printView app, there is no need to
install print drivers, log onto a network or email
documents to a printer; you simply connect the
pocket-sized controller to the printer’s USB port,
open the document in printView and tap print.
The connection between the controller and
mobile device is via USB cable with printUSB, and
via USB cable or WiFi with printWiFi. Up to 30
mobile devices can wirelessly connect to a single
printWiFi, enabling one to be used as a printing
hotspot.
BULLETIN
Phil Jones,
managing director,
Brother UK
