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11th Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa Service Awards shows high standard for technicians
KYOCERA Document Solutions South Africa announced the winners of its 11th local Service Awards, honouring its top engineers at an exclusive ceremony held in Johannesburg. KYOCERA Document Solutions South Africa prestigious awards recognise the dedication, skills, knowledge and outstanding technical abilities of its certified engineers, who competently deliver technical solutions to resolve its customers' technical queries on a daily basis. "Our customers are looking to do business with...
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Kyocera streamlines customer journey through launch of new Web site
K yocera Document Solutions South Africa has launched a new Web site, www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.co.za , which uses cutting-edge resources and elegant design to make the user experience personalised and effective. “After the launch of our new brand identity in April 2019, this long-awaited step marks another milestone in our history, and is the latest development in the company’s ongoing digital transformation,” says Sharon Peché, Marketing and Communications Manager at Kyocera Document...
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Kyocera brings new levels of eco-friendly productivity to the workplace with latest compact A4 monochrome devices
Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa has launched a new range of A4 monochrome ECOSYS products, designed to help companies manage their print output more securely and efficiently than ever before, while significantly reducing their environmental impact. Built with long-life components, the unit's first print times are up to 13% faster than previous generations, have up to 4 toner capacity options, as well as feature more eco-friendly settings and low consumption levels. This new ECOSYS...
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Kyocera attains #1 for SA’s copier, MFP markets for CY 2019
A ccording to results from market data specialist InfoSource’s annual research, Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa (KDZA) attained the top position as market leader in the office automation industry for copier/MFPs in southern Africa – placing first overall among leading brands for CY 2019 with a market share of 14.8%, where A4 achieved first place at 20.9% market share and A3 achieved fifth place at 8.4% market share. As a leading supplier of printing and document management solutions,...
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Re: Océ South Africa introduces new cloud integrated PlotWave monochrome printing systems
I heard that the difference between the 340 and 360 is something like a chip or firmware update that needs to be purchased from OCE. Thus you are buying a 4 page per system and the chip or firmware increases the speed to 6ppm. Is this correct>
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Let documents flow: Konica Minolta SA looks to solve content management woes
Unstructured document processes can have a hugely negative impact on business, and ultimately cost companies unnecessary time and money. In fact, Gartner estimates knowledge workers spend up to 50% of their time looking for specific content items and that each document takes, on average, 18 minutes to find. "Furthermore, Coopers and Lybrand states that 15% of all paper documents are misfiled or misplaced," explains Greg Griffith, product manager: business solutions at Konica Minolta South...
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Konica Minolta South Africa targets small and mid-sized offices with cost efficient yet versatile bizhub MFPs
bizhub 227 Konica Minolta South Africa, a division of Bidvest Office, has announced the launch of three new multi-functional products (MFPs), specifically intended for small and mid-sized offices and departmental use. The new products, namely the bizhub 367, bizhub 287and bizhub 227, can easily adapt to tackle diverse work styles, including standard Web browser and Open API support to connect to specialised applications and easy access to mobile connectivity. The featured mobile connectivity...
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Konica Minolta's JT Suite 6 takes new modular approach to print automation
Konica Minolta South Africa, a division of Bidvest Office, has announced the local availability of the new JT Suite 6, a more flexible, modular version of the successful JT software suite. As a powerful but easy-to-use solution for in-house print facilities and smaller commercial printers, the JT Suite 6 provides essential functionality, minimising costs and maximising return on investment. When it comes to print production, today's customers expect faster turnaround times and same-day...
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Konica Minolta South Africa extends product range with new Samsung machines
Konica Minolta South Africa has announced it will be enhancing its range of bizhub digital multifunctional printers and production presses, with the introduction of the entry-level Samsung ProXpress M4070 multifunctional printer (MFP). The new Samsung machines will be serviced and supported by the local Bidvest group company, which will also uphold product warranties. Says Andrew Griffith, Konica Minolta South Africa product manager: office products: "Konica Minolta South Africa has always...
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Konica Minolta South Africa's new print management solution reveals significant cost savings
Bidvest company, Konica Minolta South Africa has expanded its comprehensive software tool offering with a new, cost-effective print management solution, YSoft SafeQ, helping companies save up to 30% of their printing, copying and scanning costs. The new print management solution enables each user to monitor and account for his/ her individual print usage and gives an organisation total control over its printing, copying and scanning operations. According to Mohammed Vachiat, Konica Minolta...
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Océ South Africa introduces new cloud integrated PlotWave monochrome printing systems
OcÉ South Africa, a leader in digital document management and delivery, has launched the OcÉ PlotWave 340 and OcÉ PlotWave 360 monochrome printing systems, offering a new standard in user interaction and cloud integration for technical users to print, copy and scan low volumes of technical documents. This fast and flexible wide format system helps businesses save time and money on their document production. Chris Paulet, product manager of the Wide Format Printing Systems division of OcÉ...
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Océ South Africa launches Canon PRISMAprepare version 6.1 for ultra-fast document make-ready
OcÉ South Africa, a leader in digital document management and delivery, has announced the launch of PRISMAprepare version 6.1, the company's latest generation of all-in-one document preparation software. This solution streamlines the make-ready process from composition to production, to help printing professionals accelerate production turnaround times, expand their capabilities, increase productivity and reduce operational costs – all while maintaining colour quality and consistency. In...
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Konica Minolta South Africa’s innovative solutions to SA’s literacy problem
Last year, Bidvest company Konica Minolta South Africa converted a light commercial vehicle into a mobile library, providing children and communities in the Gauteng area with access to books, thus giving them the opportunity to improve their literacy...
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Canon opens its first West African office in Nigeria
On Friday, 7 th of October 2016, imaging solution vendor, Canon, made an entry into West Africa by setting up its first local office in Nigeria. This move, which has been long overdue, will strengthen Canon’s regional operation and presence in Nigeria. “We have to succeed in Africa and we won’t be able to do so without being in Nigeria,” said Koji Sato. The presence in Nigeria will provide Canon the opportunity to gain in-depth reach across Africa and better understand the changing market...
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Konica Minolta South Africa releases new monochrome workhorse, the bizhub PRO 1100
Konica Minolta South Africa, a division of Bidvest Office, has introduced the bizhub PRO 1100, an entry-level black and white digital press that paves the way for new business opportunities. The bizhub PRO 1100 series is a workhorse monochrome digital printing press, ideal for central in-house printing departments, external print-for-pay services, education, government agencies and high volume statements printing. When it comes to a high monthly print volume, the bizhub PRO 1100 can handle...
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Konica Minolta South Africa's new bizhub C308 perfectly suits today's mobile working lifestyle
New bizhub C308 and C368 models. A division of Bidvest Office, Konica Minolta South Africa, introduces its new bizhub C308 and C368 models to the already well-established colour bizhub e-series. Delivering quality, reliability and productivity, the new multifunctionals answer a variety of business needs, focusing in particular on the mobility of knowledge workers, with key features including mobile and cloud support and device management, amongst others. As a market leader in integrated...
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HP reorganization details
- transforming HP’s global structure from three operating regions — the Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia-Pacific — to 10 more localized sales markets - Enrique Lores, who previously served as the head of the company’s imaging and printing division, is now the company’s CEO - Christoph Schell, who had served as the company’s president of 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing, is now HP’s first chief commercial officer, overseeing all sales and revenue activities,...
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BCX honoured at Cisco 2019 Global Partner Summit
B CX has been named the recipient of the EMEAR Cisco Managed Enterprise Networking Service Provider of the Year and the MEAR Managed Services Partner of the Year Award. The award ceremony was held at Cisco’s 2019 Partner Summit, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 4 November 2019. The annual award is a sub-event within the summit aimed at recognising best-in-class business practices and is awarded to partners who have served as a model for their industry. It also recognises top-performing channel...
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Kyocera achieves #1 position for SA’s copier and MFP markets for CY 2019 H1
Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa, a leading supplier of printing and document management solutions, continues its upward trajectory, having been placed first overall in unit sales for the first half of 2019, with a market share of 14.6%. This is according to market data specialist InfoSource’s latest research, which shows market-sizing data in the office automation industry in the southern African region for the first half of 2019. Kyocera maintains its overall position as the leading...
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Canon Announces Participation in Cairo ICT & its Commitment to the Egyptian Market
Canon Central and North Africa ( CCNA ) (https://www.Canon- CNA .com/), a world leader in imaging solutions, is proud to announce its participation in the Cairo ICT event. Building on the success of Canon’s involvement in last year event and its strong partnerships in Egypt and wider the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ) region — the CCNA team are excited to be involved in the 2019 edition of this prestigious industry show in the wonderful city of Cairo. Under the High Patronage of H.E.
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Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa celebrates 28 years of landmark Environmental Charter
This year marks another landmark for Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa, one of the world’s leading document solutions companies, as it joins Kyocera Corporation in celebrating 28 years of its landmark Environmental Charter. The organisation continues to use the policy as a benchmark and integral factor as it moves forward into 2020. Created in October 1991, the Environmental Charter has acted as an underlying foundation for all business activities, helping to ensure the business...
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Kyocera Document Solutions (KDZA) unveils BEE deal
Dec 5, 2019 Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa (KDZA) has sold a stake in its business to Nozala Women in a deal that will allow additional equity for black women. Kyocera has had a long-standing relationship with Nozala, which previously held a 15% share of KDZA. The Midrand-based document management company will be changing equity with its holding company, Kyocera Corporation – a Japanese multinational ceramics and electronics manufacturer – to sell an additional 20% stake to Nozala.
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International Intrigue: From Russia (...the UK, Latin America, South Africa & Australia) with Love
International Intrigue: From Russia (...the UK, Latin America, South Africa & Australia) with Love By West McDonald, Mar 15, 2017 8:00:00 AM We hear that in the age of globalization the world just keeps getting smaller. But if you stop to think about it, this only makes the opportunities for all of us much larger. According to IDC , the current global market for managed print services is roughly $33 billion a year and growing at CAGR of just over 6%. According to Transparency Market...
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Logicalis acquires IT services business with an extended footprint in South Africa
Logicalis Group, an international IT solutions and managed services provider, has acquired Mars Technologies, an IT services business, with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Durban and East London, South Africa employing 76 staff. This acquisition is part of an ongoing strategy to augment its existing solutions and services business in South Africa, extending its services capabilities to its enterprise customers, as well as to other Logicalis customers around the globe, via...
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Kyocera launches new line-up of secure, user-friendly A3 TASKalfa devices
Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa is delighted to launch a new range of A3 TASKalfa multi-functional products, which provide secure ways to print for organisations of all sizes. The new series builds on the success of the existing TASKalfa range with new developments that offer improved usability and security. These products can prevent potential infiltration of malware or unauthorised firmware into users’ systems with the included Trusted Platform Module and Secure Boot. Data is...
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Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa celebrates Kyocera Corporation's 60th anniversary
K yocera Document Solutions South Africa has followed the launch of its innovative new brand identity with celebrations of the 60th anniversary of its parent company, Kyocera Corporation. The organisation was founded in Japan in April 1959 by Dr Kazuo Inamori, originally named Kyoto Ceramic Co with just 28 members of staff. After merging with four affiliates in 1982, the company took on the name of Kyocera Corporation, which it maintains today. In 2019, Kyocera Corporation went on to record...
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Xerox wins production print contracts
Xerox wins production print contracts Award from Minuteman Press in Rosslyn, Pretoria, South Africa o Installed a new Xerox Versant 180 production color laser system o Reasons for choosing included: Top speed of 80ppm Ability print on coated and uncoated papers, labels, window decals, durable and synthetic papers, tabs, embossed and polyesters Will be used to produce business cards, greeting cards and mixed-media jobs can print on NCR (no carbon required) paper for invoice books o...
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Kyocera Document Solutions recognised in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms
Kyocera Document Solutions recognised in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms yocera Document Solutions Europe announced in the closing days of 2020 that it had been recognised for the first time as a niche player in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms (CSPs).* Published by Gartner, “a Magic Quadrant is a culmination of research in a specific market, giving readers a wide-angle view of the relative positions of the market’s competitors”. It...
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Help/Systems' CEO named one of Top 25 Women Leaders in IT Managed Services of 2021
S PI, the African distributor for utility software products and services to the open systems segment of the IT industry and the sole sub-Saharan Africa distributor for Help/Systems, today announced that the latter’s CEO, Kate Bolseth, has been named by The IT Services Report as one of the Top 25 Women Leaders in IT Managed Services of 2021. According to the report, these exceptional women have excelled in a highly competitive industry that continues to evolve at a fast clip. Hailing from...
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Changing of the guard at Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa
W erner Engelbrecht, general manager of Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa (KDZA), has departed the organisation and Paul Wendlandt, Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa's service director, stepped into the role of acting general manager from 1 July 2022. Wendlandt has been with the company for 19 years and will ensure business stability and continued improvement. He will drive the strategic focus areas of production print, office automation and software and solutions. read more here
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Cloud Print Market is Going To Boom | VMWare, Google, Baidu
The Latest survey report on Cloud Print Market has witnessed continuous growth in the last few years and is projected to grow even further during the forecast period of 2022-2030. The market Study is segmented by key region that is accelerating the marketization. The analysts of the study have garnered extensive research methodologies and data sources (i.e Secondary & Primary Sources) in order to generate collective and useful information that delivers latest market undercurrents and...
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Canon Europe and Canon Production Printing Announce Senior Executive Changes
Europe and Canon Production Printing Announce Senior Executive Changes Canon Europe ( www.Canon-Europe.com/ ) today announced Taz Nakamasu, Executive Vice President Digital Printing & Solutions (DP&S) for Canon EMEA, has been appointed Global CEO Canon Production Printing (CPP). He replaces Mick Asada who will be returning to Tokyo to take on a new Canon Inc. headquarter assignment at the end of the year. Mr Nakamasu has over four decades of experience with Canon where he has served...
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directprint.io partners with ASG Africa
directprint.io partners with ASG Africa directprint.io has announced a new distribution agreement with ASG Africa. The serverless print management company has named ASG Africa as its sole distributor in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. Under the terms of the agreement, ASG Africa will distribute directprint.io’s feature-rich, software-as-a-service (SaaS) print management solution that allows users to quickly and effectively deploy, secure, control, and track print...
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Better Call Art with Deon Boshoff/Managing Director Nashua Paarl & West Coast, South Africa
Have you ever wondered what it's like in South Africa and to sell office technology? Deon does a great job of painting the picture for us and what he's doing in his market to change things up!
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Re: Better Call Art with Deon Boshoff/Managing Director Nashua Paarl & West Coast, South Africa
Thanks Art - to those who want to communicate with me - drop me an email deonb@nashuapwc.co.za
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Color-Logic Certifies South African Dealer and Demo Center
Color-Logic Certifies South African Dealer and Demo Center West Chester, OH, USA; June 2023--Color-Logic has announced certification of Altron Document Solutions, the authorized Xerox distributor in South Africa and 26 sub-Saharan African countries. Color-Logic Director of Sales and Marketing Mark Geeves, commenting on the appointment, said: "By naming Altron Document Solutions a Certified Color-Logic dealer, we are bringing consistent, reproducible metallic printing and embellishments to...
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Japan printing giant Epson eyes growth in Middle East, Africa
TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Prin ting giant Seiko Epson (6724.T) is betting on growth in the Middle East and Africa as demand ebbs in its home market of Japan and other developed nations, its chief executive said. The company got a boost in sales during the COVID-19 pandemic as the push toward working from home increased demand for personal printers. But Epson faces long-term stagnation in mature markets as populations decline and digitalisation grows. The Middle East, Turkey, and Africa were...
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To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas in 2023"
I always like to start these Christmas blogs with a post with some snippets about Christmas tradition in other countries. South Africa While the traditions around South Africa vary by region and culture, most families come together for a cookout, called braaing on the holiday. Marinated steaks and boerewors sausages serve as the main course, followed by a customary dessert of malva pudding (pictured) served with a custard. Traditional fir Christmas trees are decorated with a variety of...
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Re: To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas in 2023"
My canon wish list: 1 - reps who actually comes around once in a while and aeee what our teams need 2 - act like you appreciate your dealers, just a little bit will be fine 3 - Return emails from reps who are asking for help. Way too many unanswered emails.
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Re: To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas in 2023"
1. Integrate AI into connected copiers. From Bing Chat: "AI can be used to improve copiers in several ways. For example, AI can be used to optimize the printing process by analyzing the content of the document and adjusting the printer settings accordingly. This can help reduce the amount of ink or toner used, which can save money and reduce waste. AI can also be used to detect and correct errors in the printing process, such as smudging or misalignment. Additionally, AI can be used to...
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Re: To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas in 2023"
My Copier/printer-market wish list is: a Decrease of the Decreasing percentage of print volume in the office copier/printer-market...... And a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous 2024 for all P4P members.
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Re: To Ricoh "What I Want for Christmas in 2023"
I want Ricoh to shut up about their overpriced software and solutions that nobody wants and get back to the fundamentals of making quality hardware. As mentioned they are completely lacking in the wide format space and how about a quality low profile commercial grade tabletop copier.
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Today's Hacked!
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Kyocera wins 12 BLI 2024 Awards, including coveted A3 Line of the Year title from Keypoint Intelligence
Kyocera Document Solutions Europe celebrates a major win with 12 Buyers Lab (BLI) 2024 Awards from Keypoint Intelligence. The line-up includes the highly esteemed BLI 2024 A3 Line of the Year Award and the BLI 2024-26 Most Colour Consistent A3 Brand Award. The 2024 A3 Line of the Year Award from Keypoint Intelligence, a leading market research firm, was granted after thorough testing of Kyocera’s entire A3 line-up. Kyocera’s A3 devices exhibited superior performance during this testing, and...