...in brief
Digitisation Guide
Papersoft and IDC have produced a guide to
converting paper-intensive workflows to digital.
Digital Transformation of Document Workflows:
maturity scape, market research and guidance
can be downloaded from
Paper a security risk
More than one third (38%) of organisations
have experienced at least one information
security breach within the last 12 months,
and just under one third (31%) feel their
organisation does a poor job of protecting
confidential and sensitive information.
A survey by AIIM and M-Files Corporation
also reveals that 59% of organisations
have implemented new information security
solutions, systems and/or protocols within the
past year.
Paper files (46%) are seen as the second
greatest source of vulnerability to internal
information security breaches, after unsecured
network file folders and before personal file
sharing apps (44%).
Cloud adoption on
the rise
Cloud adoption continues to
accelerate, driven by cloud-
native applications such as
security and the Internet of
Things (IoT). Even so, few
organisations are maximising
the value that cloud can offer,
warns Cisco.
A new IDC study sponsored
by Cisco,
Cloud Going
Mainstream: All Are Trying,
Some Are Benefiting; Few Are
Maximising Value
, shows that
more than two thirds (68%) of
organisations are now using
cloud to help drive business
outcomes, an increase of 61%
on last year’s figure.
Despite greater cloud
adoption, most organisations
(69%) don’t have mature*
cloud strategies and only 3%
have ones that are generating
superior business outcomes.
On average, the most ‘cloud
advanced’ organisations see
an annual benefit per cloud-
based application of $1 million
in cost savings and $3 million
in additional revenues from
sales of new products and
services, faster customer
acquisition and the ability to
sell into new markets.
Almost all leading
organisations with optimised
cloud strategies (95%) have
built a hybrid IT environment
that uses multiple private and
public clouds.
The report identifies five
levels of cloud maturity
– ad hoc, opportunistic,
repeatable, managed and
optimised – and pinpoints a
number of obstacles that stop
organisations from achieving
greater cloud maturity. These
include skills gaps; lack of
a well-defined strategy and
roadmap; legacy, siloed
organisational structures;
and Information Technology/
Line of Business (IT/LOB)
misalignment.
Following publication of the
IDC study, Cisco has launched
a new set of cloud services
and the Cisco Business Cloud
Advisor Adoption Report,
with which organisations can
determine their own cloud
maturity status.
Xerox has designed its new
monochrome WorkCentre
3335/3345 MFPs and
Phaser 3330 printer to speed
up and simplify everyday
printing tasks. Highlights of
the 33-40ppm, 1200 x 1200
dpi devices include:
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An optional 550-sheet
second paper tray;
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The ability to scan to email
or print from the cloud or USB
drive right at the device;
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A colour touchscreen;
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Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity
for easy printing from a tablet/
smartphone; and
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Apple AirPrint, Google Cloud
Print and the Xerox Print
Service Plug-in for Android and
Mopria, a set of standards that
enable printing from a mobile
device to printers from different
manufacturers or brands.
Tracey Koziol, senior vice
president, Office and Solutions
Business Group, Xerox, said:
“If you’re the person who’s
constantly interrupted to
help someone print from the
cloud or connect to the Wi-Fi,
you will love these products.
Forget clicking through multiple
sub-menus; we put 90% of the
basic functions on the main
screen, so anyone can click
and move on to the next task
at hand.”
Delete key redundant
claims Ground Labs
Ahead of the EU General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR),
due to come into force in
2018, Ground Labs warns
that the delete key is fast
becoming redundant and that
partially deleted files or those
hidden in automatic backups,
known as ‘shadow copies’,
are providing cyber criminals
with easy access to valuable
caches of customer data.
In the past twelve months,
the sensitive data specialist
has identified files such as
birth dates and card numbers
that were ‘thought to be
deleted’ in 92% of interactions
with UK companies.
John Cassidy, VP EMEA,
Ground Labs, said: “Most
organisations do not have a
complete picture of where
data is stored and delete
on the basis of what is
immediately visible. This
means that copies, backups
and data stored in unusual
formats can circumvent the
deletion process altogether.”
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Cloud Going Mainstream
AllAre Trying,SomeAreBenefiting; FewAreMaximizing Value
An IDC InfoBrief, sponsoredbyCisco
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September2016
