MANAGED.IT 3 www.managedITmag.co.uk Read Managed.IT online... www.managedITmag.co.uk ISSN 2055-3099 (Print) ISSN 2055-3102 (Online) 04 What’s New The month’s best new products and services 06 Bulletin Home worker technology sales boom as office workers stay at home 14 Cover Story The ground- breaking ibml FUSiON scanner 16 Opinion Mat Clothier makes the case for Application Compatibility Packaging 18 Cloud Atlas Cloud targets 400% growth in five years 19 Printers Why it’s important to secure network MFPs 22 ERP How Oracle NetSuite can help businesses make better use of data 24 Document Output Lasernet rides to the rescue at Comline Auto Parts 26 Collaboration Avaya launches new cloud meeting and team working app 27 What’s New in AV New meeting and conferencing products 28 Insight Introducing the Insight of Things 30 I couldn’t do my job without… Joanne Manville picks her favourite work tools ISSUE 57 www.managedITmag.co.uk Comment Editor: James Goulding 07803 087228 •
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