PrintIT Reseller - issue 66

01732 759725 12 BULLETIN Gartner names Zoom a leader Gartner has named Zoom a Leader in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for Meeting Solutions . This is the fifth time the company has appeared in the Gartner Magic Quadrant and its fourth consecutive time as a Leader. The criteria used by Gartner to evaluate companies selected for the Magic Quadrant include completeness of vision and ability to execute. This report examined 16 vendors across a range of criteria. Zoom has also been recognised by its customers on Gartner Peer Insights in the Meeting Solutions market. As of September 9, 2019, Zoom Meetings has an overall rating of 4.6/5 stars based on 3077 reviews. Zoom Meetings also has the highest overall rating in this category among vendors with more than 15 reviews. www.zoom.com Yealink & Xelion partner up Enterprise communication and collaboration solutions provider Yealink and Xelion, an international cloud telephony provider, have partnered to explore the European VoIP market. The business cooperation between the two companies is to further their shared mission of delivering Yealink voice communication solutions to Europe businesses. Dave Reynolds, Managing Director of Xelion UK said: “Xelion is focusing on long-term partnerships with quality vendors. We have been working for the last few years with Yealink and found both support and products are of the highest level. This has resulted in excellent customer satisfaction from the many thousands of organisations using the Xelion/Yealink VoIP solution.” www.xelion.com/en Celebrating success Kofax ControlSuite, a new print and capture software solution that simplifies and enables the central management and governance of content flowing through multifunction printer fleets, mobile and desktop devices, email and print streams was the recipient of a prestigious PrintIT Reseller Editor’s Choice award. Our very own publisher Ethan White, presented the award to Sales Director Matt Hill and the team. Ideagen encourages more women into technology Ideagen is teaming up with Nottingham Girls’ Academy, as it looks to raise career prospects for women who want a career in technology via its Women in Tech programme. The programme with Ideagen – which is part of a wider initiative involving The Futures Group, D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, The Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) and Greenwood Academies Trust – involves all year groups in the school. Students will conduct cloud and collaborative computing projects, complete work experience placements and take part in ‘Internet of Everything’ coursework for a product idea. There will also be curriculum learning on the fundamentals of IT, VR and AR technologies, a careers networking session with Ideagen professionals and chances to win prizes through a challenging technology project. The programme also includes targeted support for students at key transition points throughout their secondary and sixth form education. Jenny Saunders, Careers Leader at Nottingham Girls’ Academy, said: “This project enables a large cross section of our pupils to gain experience of how technology will impact their lives. Opening up discussions around career paths and helping our pupils reach their full potential is what we strive for at not just the Academy but at a Trust level.” www.ideagen.com HP expands UK 3D channel programme GoPrint3D, the 3D printing arm of Express Group Ltd, has joined HP’s UK channel partner programme to offer HP Jet Fusion 3D technology to its extensive customer base across the UK and Ireland. GoPrint3D will act as a reseller of HP Jet Fusion 500/300 Series printers to its wide-ranging customers. GoPrint3D’s addition to the channel partner programme builds on its 20 year relationship with HP, from service and repair to spare parts provision for traditional HP printers. The company offers 3D services and products to designers and engineers across the manufacturing, education, creative, medical, automotive, aerospace and architecture industries. “The addition of HP 3D printers to our product portfolio is fantastic news for our customers,” said Sales Director James Blackburn. “The level of control that HP Multi Jet Fusion technology offers means that our customers can benefit from greater design freedom as well as higher quality, faster parts production. We’re incredibly excited to be part of the HP 3D channel partner programme in the UK, and to bring such a trusted brand into our offering.” www.goprint3d.co.uk SAP, Microsoft and Amazon score high SAP, Microsoft and Amazon are among the leading companies in the machine learning theme (an application of artificial intelligence that gives computer systems the ability to learn and improve from data without being explicitly programmed), according to the latest Thematic Scorecard for the application software sector from GlobalData. All three companies gained the highest Thematic score (5 out of 5) in GlobalData’s Thematic Scorecard for the application software sector. A Thematic score of 5 out of 5 indicates that the company’s competitive position in this theme will significantly improve its future performance. Also identified as leading players in this theme are IBM, Google, Apple, Baidu and Facebook. www.GlobalData.com Dave Reynolds