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Print Audit partners
with InfoTrends
Print Audit has entered into an agreement
with InfoTrends to deliver powerful market
analysis data to Print Audit Premier
members. The new offering, Premier
Market Metrics, will enable Premier
members to benchmark their market
penetration against the wider market.
The Print Audit Premier subscription program
provides office equipment dealers with virtually
unlimited access to all of Print Audit’s products
for one low monthly price. Service capabilities
offered through the programme include rapid
assessment, user workflow assessments, remote
meter reading, supplies fulfilment, service
alerting, cost recovery, rules-based printing, and
secure and pull printing.
Premier Market Metrics will help MPS
providers plan for growth by providing detailed
information on their current market penetration
and the opportunities that exist to increase sales.
ProcessFlows to offer
cloud faxing
ProcessFlows has added cloud faxing to its
portfolio of process solutions. ProcessFlows
Cloud Fax offers a simple, cost effective
alternative to fax machines and manual
faxing.
It is a 100% hosted solution, with no need for
additional hardware or phone lines. The solution
uses industry-standard 128-bit encryption to
secure all traffic.
Tim Muckart, Fax and Print Business Unit
Manager at ProcessFlows, said: “Companies
are rapidly embracing cloud technology and, as
a business that specialises in fax solutions, we
were seeing more and more requirements that
we could not fulfil with our standard offering.
ProcessFlows Cloud Fax is based on the mature
OpenText EasyLink cloud fax platform, which is
incredibly reliable, secure and versatile and can
support organisations of any size.”
Following a recent IDC study, which found that
only half of mobile users are able to print on their
company premises, and just one third can print on
the go, Xerox has introduced two new devices that
provide easy, driverless, app-less printing from any
mobile device.
Offering built-in security and Wi-Fi networking as
standard, the Xerox Phaser 6022 Color Printer and
WorkCentre 6027 Color MFP feature Wi-Fi Direct, Apple
AirPrint and Google Cloud Print so that users can print
from mobile devices without first having to download and
install apps or print drivers.
Mobile printing just got simpler
Global partnership
brings together
technology leaders
Epson has announced a long-term global
partnership with the 2014 FIA Formula
One World Champions, the MERCEDES
AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team.
As an Official Team Partner of MERCEDES
AMG PETRONAS, Epson branding will be visible
on race cars and on the helmet visors and race
suits of drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
Epson President Minoru Usui said: “The
partnership aligns two world-renowned
champion brands committed to the relentless
pursuit of innovation, the attainment of global
leadership positions and the creation of products
and services that continue to exceed expectations
and emotionally engage stakeholders
worldwide.”
Toshiba has been appointed an Official
Sponsor of the Rugby World Cup 2015, being
held in England and Wales from September
18 to October 31. This is the third consecutive
Rugby World Cup that Toshiba has sponsored.
As part of the sponsorship agreement, Toshiba
will provide a range of products to help with
the running of the event. In return, it will have
advertising on perimeter boards at each of the
tournament’s 48 matches.
Noriaki Hashimoto, Corporate Vice President,
Corporate Representative EMEA, Toshiba Corporation,
said: “Toshiba is delighted to be continuing its
successful partnership with the Rugby World Cup. The
tournament is one of the world’s greatest sporting
events and we’re looking forward to playing our part
in bringing the power and the passion of the games
to a bigger audience than ever before.”
Toshiba has a long history of supporting rugby.
It is the Official Sponsor of the Japanese Men’s
team, also taking part in the Rugby World Cup
2015, and has its own team, Brave Lupus, which
competes in Japan’s Rugby Top League.
Toshiba to sponsor
Rugby World Cup 2015
Kyocera launches
cloud app
KYOCERA Document Solutions UK Ltd has
announced two new HyPAS apps for scanning
to and printing from the Cloud.
Cloud Direct (£100 + VAT per MFD licence)
provides users with a direct connection to Google
Drive, Dropbox and internet fax, enabling PC-free
scanning to and printing from cloud storage via the
control panel of HyPAS-enabled KYOCERA MFDs.
The app comes in separate versions for Google
Drive and Dropbox, with the ability to link cloud login
and MFD authentication details for single sign-on.
The second new app, KYOCERA Cloud Print
(£135 + VAT per MFD licence), provides a direct
connection to Google Cloud Print, Google Docs
and Google Apps for easy printing from tablets,
smartphones and PCs. Integration with user
authentication solutions, such as PaperCut, Equitrac
and SafeCom, enables monitoring and control of
mobile printing.
Sarah White, Product Marketing Manager,
said: “KYOCERA believes it is currently the only
provider able to provide
secure Google Cloud
Print release with
authentication via
PaperCut.”
