01732 759725 12 BULLETIN Kodak Alaris expands global alliance with ABBYY Kodak Alaris has announced a global strategic alliance with digital intelligence company ABBYY. The agreement expands the long-time partnership to now include the integration of Kodak Alaris’ information capture solutions with ABBYY’s low-code/ no-code, cloud-based intelligent document processing (IDP) platform, Vantage, to help organisations successfully transform documents into actionable data. As part of the expanded alliance, Kodak Alaris and ABBYY will offer a technical integration of the Kodak INfuse Smart Connected Scanning Solution and Vantage. Together, Kodak Alaris and ABBYY will drive automation initiatives on a global level and create opportunities for both companies and their partners to solve a variety of document processing challenges for customers. Kodak Alaris will also offer a connector to Vantage and have access to a library of document skills available from the ABBYY Marketplace this year. “We are delighted to partner with ABBYY and look forward to working together to help our joint customers accelerate their automation strategies and increase productivity,” said Don Lofstrom, President & General Manager at Kodak Alaris. “Our global partnerships provide customers and channel partners with access to best-inclass solutions to capture, extract, and process data from a variety of document formats and channels. The combination of Kodak Alaris’ expertise in information capture with ABBYY’s digital intelligence platforms will help customers accelerate their digital transformation and optimise their business processes.” www.alarisworld.com PaperCut inspires the channel to go for growth With 2022 set to be the year the economy rebuilds and the channel community maximises emerging opportunities, PaperCut is empowering the channel with a brand new annual event – Partner Summit 2022 – that outlines its initiatives and solutions designed to accelerate its partners’ path to success. The program kicked off with the virtual Partner Summit on February 17. Exclusively for PaperCut’s ASCs, resellers and OEMs, the event brings together its channel ecosystem to hear motivational presentations from external speakers – including global market intelligence firm IDC, and investor, advisor, adventurer, and alternative futurist Gus Balbontin – as well as learning more about PaperCut’s 2022 strategic vision and its channel-friendly solutions. Steve Holmes, EMEA Regional Director, said: “At PaperCut, we’re really enthused about 2022 and we’re determined to make this a great year for our valued channel partners. They are fundamental to helping us achieve our goals this year. That’s why we are laser-focused on giving the channel the knowledge, tools and power it needs to succeed.” www.papercut.com Kaspersky celebrates fourfold growth In the first three years of its MSP Foundation project, Kaspersky has achieved fourfold growth in sales among its managed service providers. Between 2019 – 2021, Kaspersky increased MSP sales to four times their starting point – with 75% year-on-year growth shown in 2021. In addition, the number of active partners has increased three and a half times since 2018, with significant growth in countries within Europe, North America and South Africa. The introduction of a flexible pay-as-you-go monthly subscription payment plan, user-friendly License Management Portal for partners, and multi-layer cybersecurity product stack has made the Kaspersky MSP program attractive and beneficial for service providers. Kaspersky will continue investing in MSP businesses following the success of the MSP Foundation three-year project. The company plans to introduce more products and services specifically for security service providers (MSSPs), as well as continue to support a cloud-first approach and automation of many routine operations and integrate more products into a unified MSP-ready single management platform. www.kaspersky.com MPSA announces managed print certified program The Managed Print Services Association (MPSA) has announced a new MPSA Managed Print Certified accreditation, formerly known as the CompTIA Managed Print Trustmark program. This will allow organisations that have already obtained a CompTIA Managed Print Trustmark certification to leverage that assessment in obtaining accreditation for MPSA Managed Print Certified. The status of organisations that are currently accredited by CompTIA will not be affected by this change. To earn the accreditation, organisations are evaluated on the internal practices and procedures used to run their managed print business and the external activities and operations they engage in with customers and prospects. This process validates the organisation’s commitment to meet or exceed the best business practices the MPS industry has to offer for end-user organisations. “Customers looking for true managed print services that can streamline their business processes and give them the peace of mind that they made the right decision deserve a standard that lets them know they’re getting the best,” said MPSA President West McDonald. “Managed Print Certified will ensure they get exactly that. It was built on CompTIA’s exacting standards and we are proud to take over its stewardship for a new generation.” www.yourmpsa.org Don Lofstrom The PrintIT Reseller and Technology Reseller Golf Society is open to everyone with events in May, June, July and September: www.binfo.co.uk/golf-society.php 2 0 2 2 Steve Holmes
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