01732 759725 12 Award win for MPS Monitor MPS Monitor has been recognised as the Best MPS Software Provider in the 2024 MPSA Leadership Awards. The company says the award underscores its unwavering commitment to delivering innovative, secure, and customer-centric solutions within the managed print services sector. The company also earned an Honorable Mention in the Best MPS Innovation category. The MPSA Leadership Awards honour distinguished industry leaders and trailblazers who elevate standards and drive innovation within the MPS community. A rigorous evaluation process led by a panel of judges from the MPSA Executive Committee and its membership ensures the awards maintain their reputation for excellence and impartiality. www.mpsmonitor.com Kodak Alaris integrates GenAI with IDP solution Kodak Alaris has announced the integration of Generative AI with its Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) software, KODAK Info Input Solution. This new capability makes it easy for organisations to delegate more work to trusted AI services to automate complex document processing tasks with improved speed and accuracy. KODAK Info Input Solution is an endto-end IDP platform built around a unique Open Intelligence design, which enables easy integration with AI services from industry giants including AWS, Google, and Microsoft. According to Jim Forger, VP of Business Solutions at Kodak Alaris, the Open Intelligence approach to AI provides a fast and technology‑agnostic path to IDP success, enabling organisations to benefit from the industry’s most trusted document AI services that offer a wide range of options, including machine learning, large language models (LLMs), and Generative AI. With Info Input 7.1, Amazon Textract’s query capabilities are available directly within the software, empowering users to query data within unstructured documents, ask important questions, and make informed decisions, such as prioritisation and workflow routing – before the data even leaves the IDP platform. In addition, users can leverage Microsoft’s OpenAI engine to quickly summarise information within complex unstructured documents and provide context for users to understand the relevance of the data, enabling more informed decision-making. www.alarisworld.com Xerox acquires to grow IT services presence Xerox has agreed to acquire ITsavvy, an Oak Brook, Illinois-based provider of integrated IT products and associated services. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2024 and remains subject to merger clearance control. ITsavvy is a portfolio company of GenNx360 Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm. “As part of our reinvention we have created a greater organisational focus on our emerging IT services capabilities to diversify our revenue streams in the geographies we serve,” said John Bruno, President and Chief Operating Officer at Xerox. “ITsavvy’s complementary offerings, aligned with our strong reputation, should accelerate growth in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, while creating new avenues for us to help existing and new clients transform the way they work. They have a proven track record of success, and we look forward to bringing this highly capable and experienced team into the fold.” www.xerox.com BULLETIN M-Files strengthens partner program M-Fileshas announced that Dyanix, a provider of data and information solutions, has joined the M-Files Partner Program to bolster its offerings across the UK, Benelux and Spain. As an M-Files partner, Dyanix will provide cutting-edge solutions utilising the M-Files knowledge work automation platform to its network of resellers and empower businesses throughout their data and information journey. www.m-files.com Konica Minolta cooks for Candlelighters Konica Minolta Channel Partner Marketing Manager, Marie Woodhead and Executive Coordinator, Caroline Marson, helped to raise £6,150 for Candlelighters by competing in a Ready Steady Cook competition organised by the charity at Leeds City College. The money raised will be used by the Yorkshire charity to support families dealing with children’s cancer. The college opened its training kitchens at the Printworks Campus in the city’s Southbank area for the culinary challenge. In total, 12 teams took part to cook a main course and dessert, given to them on the day, using only surplus ingredients donated by The Company Shop Group, which was under the watchful eye of the college’s Catering and Hospitality tutors and former Great British Bake Off semi-finalist, Briony May Williams, as head judge. Woodhead said: “The day was fantastic and one that raised a lot of money to support the amazing work Candlelighters does for our local community. It was also a great experience to compete alongside our partners Intuitive Business Intelligence Business who we work so closely with as a business.” Candlelighters is one of three charities Konica Minolta employees have chosen to support as part of the company’s ESG framework. www.konicaminolta.co.uk
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