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Face Shields and Ventilators Just Two of the Contributions

Industry OEMs are using innovative technology and services—often outside of traditional print offerings—to help fight the spread of the coronavirus.

What the Office Equipment Channel Can Learn from MSPs

Dale Stein, Co-Founder of the Technology Assurance Group, reports that, based on a survey of TAG members, job tickets over the past month have doubled compared to typical MSP workflow.

Mimaki’s Mantras at Virtual FESPA Press Launch: Bigger is Better, Collaboration is Key, and Flexibility is Favourable

In light of the postponement of FESPA 2020, Mimaki Europeresponded quickly by announcing its planned product launches via a webinar.

Vendors Speak out on the Ongoing Pandemic

The virus known as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in the United States and drag the economy to a screeching halt. I talked with several of the major OEMs in the office hardware space about the impact the coronavirus has had on their manufacturing to this point, here in the US.

Reduced Printing by Vertical Sector Caused by the Coronavirus

By looking at the various vertical industry sectors and their contribution to office printing, we have estimated the best- and worst-case effects on print volume due to coronavirus

The Softer Side of Innovation: Kornit Announces Neopigment Robusto Softener Solution

Kornit, an Israeli manufacturer of direct-to-garment (DTG) and roll-to-roll digital printers, was scheduled to hold an in-person press conference at FESPA to launch its new NeoPigment™ Robusto Softener Solution. FESPA has been postponed due to the coronavirus, and the company instead invited press members to an impromptu webinar.

Your Home Printer and Network Equipment Could Be Putting Corporate Data at Risk

The challenges of finding sufficient work space, blocking out the noise from TVs blaring, children playing, dogs barking, online meetings crashing due to the lack of home bandwidth, and other distractions are already becoming all too commonplace. However, there is another, invisible and silent challenge that employers should be very conscious of: data security.

bliQ Subscribers Speak Out

Keypoint Intelligence conducted a survey of its bliQ subscribers to determine how dealers, vendors, salespeople, and others are responding to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Demand Is Steady, Supply Chains Are Mostly Intact, and Everybody Is Working from Home

We’re still early in the game, so it’s difficult to predict just how much of an impact the virus will have on the industry. But based on my conversations with folks in the office scanning marketplace, I feel confident in saying that the COVID-19 outbreak is going to be a painful, costly ordeal.

Presenting Our Interactive Map of the Ongoing Pandemic

As the cases of COVID-19 increase, it can be hard to keep track of all the numbers and the effects occurring in our communities. Through DOMO—the visual data analytics tool that we here at Keypoint Intelligence use— and the data John Hopkins University is aggregating from various sources, we have developed an easy-to-use and interactive map to help you follow the changes and understand the impact of the spread of the coronavirus. Refreshes to the map happen in near real-time as JHU updates its numbers.