MPSに対してMSNサービス始動

We may know a lot about MPS but what about MNS?
Managed Network Services is not an all or nothing approach. Companies normally split support responsibilities between in-house staff and out-tasking value adding resellers. One of the hottest opportunities in the market is to partner with customers� IT staffing managers to provide industry specific network support.
Managing another company痴 network infrastructure is a significant responsibility that places the liability of providing 99.999% network uptime upon the outsourcing company. This equates to approximately five minutes of down time a year. The financial and human capital resource investment to provide this type of managed network services is very high.
For an imaging company trying to break into managed network services, full outsourcing is not the place to start. It is far more reasonable and attainable to approach the market as an out-tasking value adding reseller.
Out-tasking, as opposed to full network outsourcing, offers companies flexibility in choosing the aspects of its operations that are best handled in-house and those that are better fitted to be out-tasked to a third party.
The place to start is by selling out-tasked managed network services on peripheral systems that dealerships are already familiar with and for non-critical business systems, and then expanding services as the business grows.
Easy services to start with:

Customer help desk and remote desktop support, especially for imaging specific applications.

Adding managed network services to managed print services contracts.


Hosted solutions and SaaS, such as content and records management, storage and archival with disaster recovery, e-Commerce, and e-Business solutions.


Remote application support for print centers, data center printing, and CRD痴.


IP phone and video. Lewan & Associates, a Sharp/Xerox/KM reseller in Denver, Colorado, is providing VoIP and network services as a key part of their business.
Imaging equipment manufacturers and solution vendors typically provide phone support for dealership system analysts only. This places the additional burden of end user and network support for printing and imaging solutions on the customer痴 IT department.
This in itself is one reason many IT managers resist connected solutions being installed on their networks. By providing network manage services for the solutions and equipment that dealerships currently sell, these barriers can be eliminated. In addition, providing managed network services will give the dealership a competitive advantage allowing them to offer end-to-end support for the systems they sell.
According to the Yankee Group, a leading technology research company, CIO痴, SMBs, and professional offices are looking for ways to reduce the workload on their IT staff.
Senior level management wants to focus in-house services on core business functions. They are willing to out-task non-business critical services, and this co-existing strategy benefits both customers and value added resellers. For an imaging dealership that wants to break into managed print services, out-tasking of industry specific is the place to begin.
A Network Management FYI
Besides multiple network 都ervices,� other functions that can be performed as part of network management include controlling, planning, allocating, deploying, coordinating, and monitoring the resources of a network, the network planning, frequency allocation, predetermined traffic routing to support load balancing, cryptographic key distribution authorization, configuration management, fault management, security management, performance management, bandwidth management, Route analytics and accounting management.
In the past, network management mainly consisted of monitoring, whether devices were up or down; today performance management has become a crucial part of the IT team's role, which brings about a host of challenges容specially for global organizations, but is a vital area of IT growth.
BIO: Greg Buschman, Regional Production Print Solutions Manager at Konica Minolta Business Solutions, has over 10 years of experience in leading edge digital document solutions. Buschman, also a CompTIA Subject Matter Expert, has developed color, print production, professional services, and solutions programs at IKON, Danka, and Konica Minolta.

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沖データがMPSでブラジルのRossiと提携

OKI Forms Partnership in Brazil for Managed Print Services
Tokyo, Japan (January, 2011) - OKI Data Corporation, an OKI Group company specializing in the printer business, today announced a partnership with Rossi, one of Brazil's leading real estate developers and builders. Today, the company operates in more than 80 cities. Under the agreement, OKI Data will analyze Rossi's overall printing operations and provide solutions for the company's managed print ...

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FM Audit社がFM Audit Viewerの最新版をリリース

FM Audit社は2011年1月にFM Audit Viewer Ver.2.0をリリースすることを公表。

最新機種に対応したデータテーブルを組み込んでおり、Windows 7にもフル対応。

キャノンUSAがimageRUNNER C1030を米国で発売開始

Canon U.S.A. Introduces Color imageRUNNER C1030 Series of MFPs
Lake Success, NY (November 1, 2010) – In response to the growing needs of both large and small office environments requiring compact, highly capable and easy-to-use color document imaging systems, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in advanced digital imaging, today introduced the Color imageRUNNER C1030 Series of letter-size multifunction products (MFP). These new Color imageRUNNER models t...

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COSY Inc.日本でのAsset DB MPSソフトウエアの販売でNew Field IT社（英国）と提携

MPSツールやプリントマネジメントツールの統合プロバイダーである、COSY Inc. （神戸市）が世界中のMPSサービスプロバイダーが活用しているAsset DBソフトウエアの日本での販売において、提携。

手書き、図面など、顧客企業のフロアレイアウトを読み込み、ドラッグアンドドロップで各メーカーのプリンターやMFPを配置。その後、FM Auditツールなどで読み込んだカウンター情報をデータベース上でリンクさせることにより、簡単にプリンタアイコンを配置。
フロアレイアウト上で移動させ、その部署のプリントボリュームに合った、最適配置を提案できる画期的なツール。

視覚的にプリンターのMFPへの統合や、統合した場合の人の導線の問題点など、顧客に提示することが可能。プリンターの情報はデータベースに格納されているため、簡単にリアルタイムでのシミュレーションが可能になる。

今まで最適機器配置の提案にかけていた、何時間もの時間が一気に短縮できるどころか、顧客の目の前でプロジェクタ表示で瞬時にレポートを作成可能になると期待されている。

FM AuditがMPSソフトウエア Enterprise Version 3.2をリリース開始

FMAudit Announces MPS Software Enterprise Version 3.2
Jefferson City, MO (Nov. 1, 2010) - FMAudit, a leader in the development of managed print software solutions has announced the release of FMAudit Enterprise Version 3.2. The latest release provides over 180 new and expanded features, user interface enhancements and process improvements to the industry leading MPS software offering. Highlights of the new release from FMAudi...

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