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Why the print industry must be open to cloud marketplace opportunities
As more businesses embrace the cloud to leverage the benefits of highly scalable, on-demand resources, B2B procurement is also shifting away from traditional sales methods to online channels. Online cloud marketplaces offer a significant opportunity for print...
Smart Buildings and IoT: Supporting a safe return to the office
Quocirca's Smart Buildings and IoT Study analyses how IoT-enabled smart buildings are presenting new opportunities for managed service providers (MSPs) in the post-pandemic workplace. As more businesses firm up plans for employees to go back to the office, they are...
Print industry sees the pandemic as an opportunity for innovation
To understand the continuing impact of COVID-19 on the office print industry, Quocirca conducted its fourth snapshot COVID-19 Business Impact Survey between 1st April and 27th May 2021. As previously, the research looked at the perceptions of a range of industry...
8 factors to consider when selecting a cloud printing platform
Cloud adoption has seen explosive growth over the past year. Cloud infrastructure has proved essential to helping businesses adapt to remote working, enabling them to become flexible and resilient during a very unpredictable time. As businesses accelerate their cloud...
The Amazon Effect: Can Amazon disrupt the print industry?
The print industry can learn from Amazon’s unparalleled focus on customer centricity and its leadership in technology markets beyond the online marketplace. Amazon's announcement, on 2nd February 2021, that its founder Jeff Bezos will pass the reins to AWS CEO Andy...
Now or Never: Opportunities for the Print Industry #2
To emerge stronger in 2021, print industry players must adopt a future forward mindset to address the rapidly evolving cloud and hybrid workplace era – or risk being left behind. The industry is at a crossroads where those who take the path to reinvention and take...
The Cloud Advantage: 5 Key Steps for MPS providers
Quocirca’s latest report, ‘The Cloud Advantage: The opportunity for MPS providers’, discusses how developing a cloud print services offering is imperative for MPS providers looking to build relevance in a rapidly evolving market. The Cloud Opportunity for MPS...
Quocirca Printing in the Hybrid Workplace Study
New research amongst UK and US IT Decision Makers (ITDMs) reveals a range of changes that are being made to support workers in the evolving hybrid workplace. Quocirca conducted a snapshot study amongst 303 ITDMs across the UK (103) and US (200) in July 2020....
Microsoft Universal Print Set to Boost Cloud Printing Momentum
On 21 July 2020, Microsoft announced the public preview of Universal Print, its Azure-powered cloud-based print solution. Universal Print moves key Windows Server print functionality to the Microsoft 365 cloud, meaning organisations no longer need on-premises print...
Zero trust in the remote working era
The massive shift to remote working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges with the traditional network security perimeter model. The use of personal and corporate devices to access the network via public networks and third-party clouds is...
Quocirca COVID-19 Third Business Impact Survey Findings
To understand the impact of COVID-19 on the office print industry, Quocirca conducted its third snapshot COVID-19 Business Impact Survey between 1st May and 15th May 2020. The research looked at the perceptions of a range of office print supplier organisations to...
Don’t print so close to me
As lockdown measures are gradually relaxed and employees return to the office, will social distancing in the workplace signal a change in office printing behaviour? The changing face of the office Companies worldwide have been forced to embrace remote working. As...