Konica Minolta Launches Workplace Hub in Asia Pacific
SINGAPORE
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OutReach - 27 September 2021 -Konica Minolta
Business Solutions Asia today announced the launch of Workplace Hub, an
all-in-one device unifying an organization's IT and application management into
a single centralized platform.
Konica Minolta
has been aggressively investing in R&D across the information technology
ecosystem to address growing challenges small and mid-sized businesses face
with IT complexity. With a strong footprint of over 2 million
customers, the team have actively placed customer research at the heart of all
they do to ensure the most relevant solutions are developed.
The Workplace
Hub is a comprehensive IT solution for today's agile small and medium sized
businesses. Each Workplace Hub combines Konica Minolta's award winning bizhub
i-Series multifunction printer, together with the Workplace hub ecosystem to
deliver a powerful connected office solution. Our comprehensive portfolio of
solutions - including print and document management together with our best in
class managed IT services from Konica Minolta, takes business efficiency to the
next level.
The Workplace Hub
offers businesses a consolidated and unified vendor solution across IT
hardware, infrastructure and support. Providing customer the peace of mind as they
navigate through the complexities of IT with Konica Minolta as their trusted
partner.
Dennis Curry,
Konica Minolta's Deputy CTO and inventor of Workplace Hub, also commented, "Our
goal at Konica Minolta is to help organisations create the workplace of the
future powered by IoT and AI. The first step on this journey is to simplify
their IT with an all-in-one IT system that seamlessly integrates hardware,
software and services into a multi-vendor, one-stop solution. We believe that
Workplace Hub is this solution, seamlessly connects people, spaces and devices
and enabling the connected & intelligent office environment. In doing so,
SMBs can focus on growing their business, creating new products and business
models, and gaining a competitive advantage."
A
Word from Mr. Koji Yoshida, Managing Director of Konica Minolta Business
Solutions Asia
"With rapid
advancements in digital technology, the only constant is change and this can
often be overwhelming for small and medium businesses. We want Workplace Hub to
be the answer to all their IT needs." said Mr. Koji Yoshida, Managing Director
of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia. "Workplace Hub not only allows
businesses achieve effective digital transformation, but also future-proofs
their business to keep up with changing trends. We believe Workplace Hub is an
important part of the workplace of the future."
Workplace Hub
represents the next step of Konica Minolta's long history of innovating to meet
the evolving needs of small and medium sized businesses. With Workplace Hub,
businesses can look forward to improved efficiency and reducing the cost of
their IT management and services, while also providing real-time data-driven
insights that help to improve business processes.
Konica Minolta
Business Solutions Asia, based in Singapore, is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan. With its expertise in imaging, data
processing and data-based decision making, Konica Minolta creates relevant
solutions for its customers and solves issues faced by society.
As a digital
workplace solution provider, Konica Minolta helps its clients to identify and
unlock the potential digitalisation to help companies reach the next level in
the digital maturity of their organisation by rethinking the workplace.
In support of an
'Intelligent Connected Workplace', Konica Minolta offers cloud, IT, managed
print and video solution services for remote working, collaboration, workflow
management and automation and security. The 'IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Print
Transformation 2020 Vendor Assessment' has also been credited to Konica Minolta
as a 'recognised globally as a leader in print transformation'.
With its
commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Konica Minolta has
pledged to consistently pursue its sustainability and social responsibility
goals. The company has been repeatedly recognized for its rich history of
social contribution as well as for working towards achieving the SDGs
throughout its business and is listed among "2021 Global 100 Most Sustainable
Corporations in the World", also having received the highest level in EcoVadis
Sustainabilty Ratings.
Worldwide, the
company has over 43,000 employees and is operating in over 150 countries.