Here at Kingswood Media, we’re all geared up and excited to get the 2021 edition of the PrintIT Awards well underway. We’re delighted to share the news that HP Inc. has signed up as Headline sponsor. On page 28, Mark Davitt, Channel Printing Solutions Manager, explains why the vendor is backing the industry’s first dedicated awards. Entries for the 2021 awards open on Tuesday May 4, we are keen to encourage as many people as possible to enter this year. You’ve got to be in in to win it – so to set the scene we asked some of the recipients of the first ever PrintIT Awards to share their thoughts on what it means to win (page 42). In other news, Alpesh Unalkat, CEO at Aura – a brand born in the pandemic with a value proposition focused on next- generation workspaces – talks about how COVID-19 has accelerated the workspace-of-the-future discussion (page 34). And Tony Milford, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Asolvi expands on the company’s strategy and what the acquisition of perform IT will mean for the UK channel (page 30). In this issue, Jon Arnold, VP of Sales, EMEA at RealWear, Inc., picks the work tools he uses every day and couldn’t do his job without (page 18). This month’s Q&A is with Barry Matthew, CEO, Ethos and PITR spent 60 seconds with Kerrie Spalding, General Manager Print & Supplies, Ingram Micro. If you’ve got any news about your business to share, would like to be included on our monthly VOX POP panel, have a compelling business success story or simply wish to comment on any industry issues, please get in touch with us at:
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