Print.IT Reseller - issue 73

01732 759725 BULLETIN Kyocera awarded ISO 27001 Kyocera Document Solutions UK has again been accredited with ISO 27001 certification, recognising its commitment to the highest standards of information security management across the business. Carried out by DAS Certification, Kyocera has also received approval to add its company MCL to this year’s accreditation. European Information Security Officer, Andrie Muchtar, said: “Passing this latest audit is a major milestone for the business. It gives our existing and future customers, as well as other stakeholders, further assurance and peace of mind that we are looking after their data responsibly. The accreditation has been a key reason why we have been able to build a high degree of trust and confidence amongst our channel partners that all information we process is protected to the highest possible standards.” In addition to passing the latest audit, Kyocera is also Cyber Essentials Plus accredited. This means that the company is protected against some of the most common cyber threats facing businesses on a daily basis, which adds an additional layer of confidence that the business is going above and beyond to ensure data security. www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.co.uk 10 Kodak Alaris’ annual partner summit goes virtual Over 200 partners joined Kodak Alaris at its first virtual Partner Summit. The global information capture specialist had planned on holding its annual partner conference for the EMEA region in Vienna from April 21 – 23, but in light of the current COVID-19 crisis, decided to make it a virtual event. Alaris President & General Manager Don Lofstrom confirmed that despite the challenges presented by the current global pandemic, Kodak Alaris’ performance in the financial year ended March 31 was strong overall. In his address to partners, he provided an update on the impact of COVID-19 on the business and the marketplace over the past four months, as well as steps Kodak Alaris has taken to minimise disruption to its customers. 66% of partners who attended the virtual event said that COVID-19 had ‘considerably changed’ their business and that they were looking to change their business strategy. Lofstrom said that Kodak Alaris is thinking outside the box, looking for opportunities to offer expertise to help partners overcome these new challenges. “We expect some short-term decline for most applications as a result of the crisis but are confident that there will be some pockets of incremental demand. The need to share documents across remote teams and accurately capture data and automate business processes will remain critical, with many organisations under pressure to remove manual steps and reduce staff time,” he said. Kodak Alaris is planning a series of follow- up events designed to keep partners engaged throughout the year. www.alarisworld.com Sharp announces first connect partner of the year Sharp Business Systems UK has announced the Synergy Technology Group as its inaugural Connect Partner of the Year 2019/20. The Connect Partner programme was established by Sharp in 2018 to widen its offering with organisations whose services complement its portfolio. Today, it has 15 Connect Partners who work in managed print, IT, document processing, archiving, office products and consultancy. Based in Lincoln, Synergy has been working with Sharp, as part of the Connect programme, for over two years and has already won significant business as a result of their participation. Synergy’s projections will see its number of managed devices treble by the end of 2021, as it helps more and more customers on their digital transformation journeys. Simon Warnes, Director of Sharp Connect, said: “We are committed to further developing the Connect Partner programme, to enable us to extend our offering, through use of partner expertise, technology, solutions and proven capability, thus ensuring we are best placed to match any customer business needs, moving forward.” www.sharp.co.uk EveryonePrint to provide frontline services free access to HCP EveryonePrint is offering Hybrid Cloud Platform (HCP) subscriptions to frontline services free of charge through 31 December 2020. The software company has launched the initiative in order to help blue light emergency services, healthcare, pharmacy and food sector providers, to benefit from the agility and innovation of cloud technology to make printing less complex for workers as the world combats COVID-19. Through its global network of channel partners, EveryonePrint is offering qualifying organisations as many licenses as they need – without limits – across its core, embedded and hosted offerings (hardware excluded). There is no obligation to continue using the platform after 31 December. CEO Tavs Dalaa, said: “We recognise the importance of keeping essential businesses moving during this period of significant disruption. With many frontline service staff now working differently, across distributed sites or in temporary/pop up locations, including IT personnel, leveraging the benefits of cloud agility to ensure seamless and secure access to printing for everyone, has never been more important.” www.everyoneprint.com PLATINUM SPONSOR See Pages 20 & 22 Don Lofstrom