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Hybrid work demands evolution of Managed Print Services
Quocirca's Managed Print Services Market Landscape Report, 2022 reveals that while 72% of businesses say they continue to rely on print, its importance is declining as digitisation programmes accelerate. It also finds that office footprints and company work styles...
5 Key Takeaways from Y Soft’s acquisition of EveryonePrint
Y Soft announced on 6th July 2022 that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire cloud-based print infrastructure provider EveryonePrint . The deal announcement cites EveryonePrint’s “robust cloud architecture, long-standing and diverse SaaS, Cloud and...
Accelerating print industry transformation
Quocirca's 2022 Industry Executive Study reveals the range of challenges that the print industry faces to increase relevance in a rapidly evolving market. Falling office print volumes along with the acceleration of digitisation demands that all industry players...
Quocirca Sustainability Leaders, 2022
Quocirca’s inaugural Sustainability Leaders 2022 Study analyses vision, strategy and performance on issues such as net-zero, circularity, remanufacturing, customer and partner sustainability initiatives. Quocirca has published the first Sustainability Leaders Study...
Sharp’s IT services transformation
Sharp is transforming its business to reposition itself as an IT services provider to support the future workplace. Through a mix of acquisitions and organic growth, Sharp now has a broad portfolio of products and solutions encompassing its new Future Workplace...
Quocirca Cloud Print Services 2022 Market Landscape
Quocirca's Cloud Print Services 2022 report reveals growing momentum in the cloud print services market as organisations continue to migrate to the cloud to support ongoing digital transformation. Cloud momentum grows The cloud has underpinned the digital...
Mind the gap: public and private sector disparity in cybersecurity
Amidst increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks and a constantly shifting threat landscape, cyber security partnerships across the private and public sector are essential in tackling these threats. This need for stronger collaboration between the two sectors was a...
Escalating cyber attacks drive zero trust adoption
Quocirca's Zero Trust Security Trends 2022 Study reveals that 76% of organisations reported an external attack such as malware or ransomware in the past year, with 90% expecting an increase in the number of security incidents in the coming year. As the threat...
Proptech and print: natural bedfellows for the sustainable office?
Whilst the pandemic brought the issue of climate change to the fore, to some degree, the economic impacts stalled companies’ sustainability efforts. Now, as business gets back to normal, the race is on to meet corporate commitments to reduce carbon emissions and...
We meet again: HP’s acquisition of Poly
HP’s $3.3 billion acquisition of Poly (formerly Plantronics and Polycom), a $1.7 billion global provider of videoconferencing and audio peripheral solutions, is a bold move, as it looks to capitalise on audio visual (AV) and IT convergence in the hybrid workplace....
The Print Sustainability Imperative
Quocirca’s Sustainability Trends 2022 report reveals that net zero goals are giving new impetus to improving the sustainability of the print infrastructure. Print manufacturers must turn commitments into action amidst growing customer, employee and investor...
MPS and Managed IT: Convergence or Conflict?
As MPS providers move into the digital-centric, hybrid world, some are adapting their business models to include IT services. To drive the best outcomes for customers, MPS and Managed IT service providers should collaborate as transformation partners. Quocirca's...