Print.IT Reseller - issue 55

01732 759725 4 BULLETIN Millennials positive about the future of print Millennials are less sceptical about print than other age groups and believe paper documents will continue to play a significant role in the future workplace, according to the latest market insight study from print industry analysts Quocirca. 77% of millennials believe that print will still be important in 2025, compared with just 45% of respondents aged 55+. More than half of millennials believe that office print volumes will increase between now and 2025, with 55% expecting to see an increase in mobile printing. 69% of millennials think that important documents should be printed and 63% consider that printed documents are more durable than their digital counterparts. The research indicates that in the drive for efficiency and productivity, millennial decision- makers want key suppliers to expand their role, becoming strategic partners to IT and line of business functions. They expect vendors to invest in cloud printing, mobile printing and secure paper-to-digital workflow integration to serve the collaborative, mobile, digital workplace. www.print2025.com Western European printer sales up 3% According to the latest distribution data published by Context, sales of printer hardware through distributors in Western Europe during Q2 2018 were up by 3% year- on-year – the only positive year-on-year performance for imaging products in the past year. The increase is significant and brings sales back to a similar level to that seen in Q2 2016. A key driver was sales of inkjet multifunction printers which had an impact on imaging sales as a whole and were up by 7% Y/Y. Sales of laser devices were flat for the quarter, where the positive performance of laser MFPS was offset by the negative performance of single-function printers. Multifunction devices in general continue to outperform single-function devices and were up by 7.5%. www.contextworld.com IN BRIEF IDC recognises Nuance For the fourth consecutive year, Nuance Communications has been recognised by IDC as the global market share leader in print and device management. The new IDC report, Worldwide and US Device and Print Management Market Shares, 2017: Growth Opportunities in a Mature Market highlights Nuance as the category leader in revenues in the US and worldwide. www.nuance.com Katun expands product lines Katun has introduced Katun Business Colour toners for use in Sharp 3070/4070/6070 applications. The new toners provide OEM- equivalent yields and image quality, plus outstanding colour reproduction and have been subjected to stringent testing in Katun’s Research and Development laboratory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to ensure excellent performance. This colour toner set is available at significant cost savings vs. OEM toner and is backed by Katun’s one-year warranty. www.katun.com Acronis forms technology partnership with Arsenal Acronis has formed a new technology partnership with Arsenal Football Club. The partnership, which was announced at a media event during Arsenal’s pre-season tour to Singapore, will see the Swiss-Singaporean company provide data protection to the club’s growing IT infrastructure. As the Official Data Back-up Partner of Arsenal FC, Acronis’ expertise will help the club deal with growing volumes of data while ensuring the continuity of their operations. www.acronis.com Digital natives are driving organisational change New research from Ingram Micro Cloud and Microsoft has revealed that 60% of under 35’s value the ability to remote work over generous holiday allowances. M-Files warns that organisations that do not have right infrastructure in place to support flexible working will simply be outpaced by savvier competitors. Director of UK Business TimWaterton said that to satisfy this demand for remote working, organisations need to think smarter about implementing the right technologies: “Millennials and Centennials are often thought to be the driving force behind changing workplace practices and are often seen to be having unreasonable and unrealistic expectations. This is simply not true. Work is becoming ever increasingly something you ‘do’ rather than somewhere you ‘go’. By enabling employees to access the information they need to do their jobs from anywhere, using any device – in a secure, controlled fashion – companies can ensure that they have the infrastructure in place to support the demands of digital natives.” www.m-files.com Continuum announces partnership with IBPI Continuum has signed a distribution agreement with IBPI, the office equipment industry’s largest buying group. The company says the agreement will empower office equipment dealers for success with their managed IT services offerings. “The combination of IBPI’s dealer relationships and Continuum’s proven model for managed services growth will prove to be a great partnership,” said Robert Kocis, Chief Revenue Officer at Continuum. “As IBPI members evolve into offering managed services, we’re looking forward to expanding our relationships and enabling them to achieve greater levels of profitability.” www.continuum.net