Print.IT Reseller - issue 79

BULLETIN MPS Monitor receives BLI award MPS Monitor 2.0 has been awarded Outstanding Fleet Management Solution in the Document Imaging Software category of the Buyers Lab (BLI) 2021 Pick and Outstanding Achievement Awards from Keypoint Intelligence. MPS Monitor 2.0 was recognised for its effective features, supporting dealers in their competitive marketplace, helping them with BI reports for fast decision-making, in order to serve their customers quickly and profitably, as well as with administrative tools to easily create and manage contracts and invoices. “We’ve watched the MPS Monitor fleet management system mature over many years, and the latest incarnation gives dealers everything they need to monitor devices, analyse device use, proactively monitor and ship consumables, and even create contracts and invoices,” said Andrew Unsworth, Consulting Editor at Keypoint Intelligence. “The solution embraced cloud technology from the start, empowering its users to access device data anywhere, and it has consistently provided customers with a flexible array of DCAs to support their business.” The company also recently announced the integration of Universal Print by Microsoft inside the MPS Monitor 2.0 SaaS platform. Dealers and MPS providers using MPS Monitor can now help customers move their print infrastructure to the Microsoft 365 cloud and have all their print fleet managed by a single SaaS platform. www.mpsmonitor.com New business alliance International ID card printing manufacturer, KIS Global, has announced a new business alliance with UK-based Security Foiling Limited, to develop more advanced technologies around security, identity and anti-counterfeit solutions. The alliance brings together more than 150 years of combined industry experience. Thanks to a combination of seasoned professionals, cutting-edge technology and pioneering processes KIS Global is positioned at the forefront of ground-breaking security and efficiency for businesses worldwide. The alliance with Security Foiling Limited – trusted by international governments to apply holograms to secure documents and cards – will create an unrivalled partnership in the document security sector and is the first of many exciting collaborative projects between both businesses. Steve Digpaul, COO of KIS Global, said: “Our partnership brings together two significant players in the industry for the first time, providing the very best of both technologies for the benefit of our customers. We would like to see this close collaboration innovate and disrupt the market with leading security features that enhance government ID programmes, making them more secure and less vulnerable. At a time when so much seems uncertain and businesses are facing threats that they could never have foreseen, we are determined to make life a little easier by relieving worries where we can.” www.kisglobal.com Symbiosys IT teams with Intuitive Symbiosys IT has been appointed as the official distribution partner for Sub-Saharan Africa for the Intuitive for PaperCut MF Dashboards from data visualisation tools provider, Intuitive. Symbiosys will deliver Intuitive for PaperCut MF – a pre-integrated BI solution which is delivered with a complete set of standard configurations – to its reseller channel. The solution can be installed and enabled by users within a few hours at a significantly reduced cost, and with superior analysis capability when compared with similar business intelligence solutions. www.symbiosys.it Exclusive Networks acquires Nuaware Exclusive Networks has announced the acquisition of Nuaware, a hyper growth, born-in-the-cloud distributor. The move adds immediate global scale and services capability to the Nuaware proposition and portfolio, while enabling Exclusive Networks, its vendors and partner community with a unique skill set for capitalising on immense demand shifts brought about by digital transformation. www.exclusive-networks.com M-Files named a visionary M-Files has been recognised as a visionary in Gartner, Inc.’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms. In this year's evaluation of 18 vendors, Gartner named M-Files as a visionary based on its completeness of vision and ability to execute. Antti Nivala, CEO at M-Files said: “Our metadata-driven, folderless structure enables enterprises to intelligently connect content, improve worker productivity and solve complex workflows. Gartner’s recognition reaffirms our strong federation strategy and modern approach that eliminates information silos and unifies data across repositories, a clear differentiator among our competitors. M-Files ensures increased productivity and business continuity in the new work-from-anywhere world.” The M-Files software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model continues to drive the company’s strong growth. M-Files surpassed 100% growth in subscription-based annual recurring revenue in 2019 over the previous year. www.m-files.com Katun joins ECI platform Katun EMEA is the latest partner to join ECI Software Solution’s growing PO Processor platform – which has seen almost one million orders from its e-automate customers this year alone. ECI e-automate’s PO Processor integrates MPS businesses’ purchasing process with their central ERP, automating ordering. Providing users with benefits including automatic price updates, real-time stock availability and the functionality to select preferred vendors to stay ahead of trends. Katun, which has a long-held relationship with ECI in North America and through ECI’s acquired companies in Europe, is the latest supplier of print solutions to make its line of toner, printers and components available to ECI customers in EMEA who have the PO Processor integration with e-automate. www.ecisolutions.com 01732 759725 8 11 February 2021