Konica Minolta named a Market Leader for Managed Print Services by Quocirca

[Press Release]        

Vietnam, 9 July 2021

Managed print services (MPS) are a catalyst for digitalisation. They help businesses save time and money and allow IT departments to focus on business-critical tasks. MPS is therefore becoming an increasingly essential cornerstone of secure, cloud-based digital workflows that empower flexible and remote working. At the heart of this paradigm shift, Konica Minolta has helped businesses large and small transform into Intelligent Connected Workplaces. This pioneering role has been recognised by global market insight and research company Quocirca: In its latest “MPS Vendor Landscape, 2021” report, Quocirca re-affirmed Konica Minolta as market leader for the scope and breadth of its portfolio. It notes that the Konica Minolta offering is “comprehensive, spanning digital print, IoT, artificial intelligence and augmented reality solutions”. Konica Minolta’s investments, particularly in IT services, “enabled it to deliver on its strategy to provide integrated IT services and become a reliable partner for digital workplaces.”

Subtitled “Transforming the hybrid workplace”, Quocirca’s report notes that the MPS market has become more mature and businesses are demanding more from suppliers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With 47 percent of workers now working remotely, organisations are seeking to adapt office capacity using satellite offices and flexible working. The report finds that “56 percent of organisations rank workplace services in their top three selection criteria that would make them more likely to choose a specific MPS agreement: This is followed by Cloud Print Services (45 percent), sustainability services (30 percent) and managed security services (29 percent).”

The need for a cloud printing partner

The report describes an increase in organisations transitioning print infrastructure to the cloud to help achieve cost efficiencies: 39 percent have implemented a cloud print management platform, while 37 percent intend to do so. While the majority of companies are managing print jobs on-premises, Quocirca found that three quarters of organisations expect to see greater use of cloud print management by 2025.

With regard to Konica Minolta’s offering, the report highlights the customer benefits of Konica Minolta’s cloud print services, which has options for private cloud or hybrid solutions and converts an existing on-premise print environment to a cloud-based service. Konica Minolta offers users the flexibility of location-independent printing, while at the same time unburdening IT from the complexity of managing printers, servers, drivers, applications and networks. This ensures the infrastructure is always up to date and meets the latest security standards. Customers benefit from the usual as-a-service advantages like consumption-based pricing and the ability to easily scale the solution up or down as needs change.

An integrated security approach is essential

With regard to the overarching importance of security for organisations mentioned in its report, Quocirca also noted that Konica Minolta’s scalable security services were “an integral element in all of its Intelligent Connected Workplace services and built in to all of its solutions for digital workplaces”. The company “has developed scalable solutions to meet the IT security needs of organisations of all sizes, and address a wide array of threats – from harmful email attachments to third-party intruders attempting to gain access to customer data. Additionally, Konica Minolta provides vulnerability management to assess and monitor a customer’s critical IT systems”.

Depth of MPS offering and services make a vendor a market leader

Konica Minolta’s managed print services are aligned to meet emerging workplace needs and requirements. As a vendor, it empowers customers with a holistic offering that includes consultancy services, hardware and software implementation, and workflow management. Quocirca categorises market leaders, such as Konica Minolta, as vendors that have “both strategic vision and depth of service offering”. Such leaders have made “significant investments in their service portfolio and infrastructure”, which “are supported by strong delivery capabilities”. The report further explains that Konica Minolta “is taking a holistic approach that enables its solutions to be seamlessly integrated with each other to optimise customer workflows and processes – both digital and in print”.

A Word from Mr Koji Yoshida, Managing Director of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia

“We are excited be named as a leader in the fast-moving MPS segment,” said Mr Koji Yoshida, Managing Director of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia. “No matter the size of their business, we help our customers navigate digital transformation with effective solutions that bring managed print, secure IT infrastructure and cutting-edge cloud services together. This affirmation by Quocirca of our position as a market leader is a sign of our strong position to solve the ever-changing needs of our customers.”

 

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Vietnam

Konica Minolta is a market-leading provider of trusted technology solutions for enterprise, government, small business, education and manufacturing and is dedicated to shaping workplaces of the future.

Through innovation and partnerships, we provide comprehensive information technology solutions and consultancy to optimise business processes with workflow automation to help business improve and optimise their processes. Konica Minolta is ‘recognised globally as a leader in print transformation’ (IDC MarketScape, 2020).

We are committed to creating value for our customers and society, and to contributing to a sustainable, equal and fair world. Being recognised and awarded for our contribution to society, we strive and work towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) throughout our business and supply chain.

With over 44,000 employees worldwide and operating in over 150 countries, Konica Minolta, Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, one of the most prestigious global indices of ESG investment, for eight years in a row. Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia, based in Singapore, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.  For more information, please visit https://www.konicaminolta.com/

 

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Konica Minolta Business Solutions Vietnam Co., Ltd.

Mr. Dong Thanh Lam
National Marketing Communications Manager
Marketing Department – Head Office in Ho Chi Minh City
Tel: (028) 3915 4242
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