PrintIT Reseller - issue 65

01732 759725 12 BULLETIN One Q partners globally with HP Danish software company One Q Technologies has partnered with HP globally to provide its secure cloud print management solution as a smart app – HP JetAdvantage Link One Q App. The solution is available via HP’s software distribution platform, HP Command Center. The One Q App for Jet Advantage Link can be deployed and pre-configured automatically, across an entire fleet of thousands of printers, enabling HP partners to realise substantial savings in IT engineer time as well as eliminating user disruption and downtime. There are zero up-front costs, customers simply license the software with a flat fee per printer, per month. All client software and associated services (such as the set-up of the cloud-based solution, support, upgrades and updates) are included. The solution is also easily scalable up or down, with the price adjusting accordingly. https://oneq.tech/ Second investment platform for Y Soft Ventures Y Soft Ventures, a venture capital platform of Y Soft Corporation, has announced Y Soft Ventures II, which will provide financial support and business mentoring to B2B start-ups. Y Soft Ventures II is the second investment platform raised since it was established in 2014 to focus on the IoT and other hardware, Industry 4.0, smart city and smart office. Y Soft Ventures II more than doubles the amount of financial support for Central European start-ups than the previous investment platform and is ready to invest in five to seven companies over the next few years. www.ysoft.com M-Files joins forces with Cadcorp M-Files has partnered with geospatial technology pioneer Cadcorp to offer local housing associations better insight into the assets and portfolios they own and manage. The partnership is a key step in M-Files’ strategic move into the housing and property market. With Cadcorp’s web mapping software, SIS WebMap, integrated into M-Files’ platform, housing associations can now unite and see all their data and information in one place, giving them much greater visibility and understanding about their properties. Cadcorp Managing Director Martin McGarry, said: “As part of our partner programme, we welcome forward-thinking companies that incorporate geospatial technology to make the sharing of data across an organisation easier. M-Files has produced an application that is well-integrated with SIS WebMap and offers a compelling proposition to the housing and property market. We look forward to a successful collaboration.” www.m-files.com Accolade for Konica Minolta Konica Minolta has been named as one of the global top 100 IT vendors in Gartner’s recently published Market Insight: Gartner Global Top 100 IT Vendors in 2018 . www.konicaminolta.co.uk Asolvi acquires PC Data Asolvi has acquired Hull-based PC Data, its third acquisition in 2019 and fifth since 2016. PC Data is an independent supplier of service management software for the fire and security systems industry. It is the architect of the popular Alarm Master solution and has more than 600 customers nationwide. Together Asolvi and PC Data will have more than 1,500 customers across 30+ countries. “This is a logical step for us following our other acquisitions in the UK within the field service management space,” said CEO Pål M. Rødseth, “The team at PC Data have served the UK fire and security sector with class-leading solutions for many years. Following discussions with Ken Symmonds and Philip Jackson of PC Data, we all agreed that we can create better, stronger products and secure the existing customer base by joining forces.” The consecutive acquisitions of Tesseract, WS Software, Purpose Software, Vantage Computing and PC Data are in line with Asolvi’s strategy to become the leading provider of field service management systems for SMEs in Europe. www.asolvi.com Ad Strip Lexmark 19EMEA9250 Designed to perform Powerful compact colour laser Lexmark MC3224adwe A4colour multifunction © 2019 Lexmark and the Lexmark logo are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 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