IBM And Konica Minolta Introduce Standards-Based Printer/MFP Solutions

IBM And Konica Minolta Introduce Standards-Based Printer/MFP Solutions

IBM and Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. (KMBT) today announced that they are working together on a joint initiative to introduce an output management middleware solution for the printing environment that integrates into a client’s existing IT infrastructure and provides security and cost optimization capabilities. This output management solution is focused on those clients that manage their own printing environments and are looking for technologies to help them optimize that infrastructure.

The Business Output Optimization (BOO) middleware platform, called JScribe, allows a client’s IT systems to connect to their entire output environment, including out-of-network printers, and can be deployed in such devices as servers, PCs and multifunctional peripherals (MFPs), when they are JScribe-enabled. “By partnering with KMBT, together we are offering the first solution that draws on this technology to help KMBT clients significantly cut costs and improve operational efficiency in the printer space,” said Philippe Jarre, vice president of Integrated Technology Services, IBM Global Services.

“As copiers have evolved into networked MFPs, the connectivity aspect of MFPs has become very important. With IBM, we will be able to offer integrated output devices and applications that enhance security and optimize our customers’ output solutions,” said Shoei Yamana, executive director and general manager of Konica Minolta Business Technologies’ MFP Sales and Marketing Headquarters. “I hope this partnership, combining our expertise in output solutions with IBM’s services capabilities, will bring us new market opportunities.”

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