The Key Point Blog

11/28/2023
Anne Valaitis & Jamie Bsales

Essential tools to combat AI-powered attacks

In this series, in conjunction with Agile Cybersecurity Solutions, Keypoint Intelligence investigates the many facets of cybersecurity to deliver insight and strategy—including the use of artificial intelligence by hackers and those seeking to thwart their efforts. We discuss here the key implications of AI's use in hacking as well as how it can be utilized to defend against bad actors.
11/08/2023
Jean Lloyd

How digital printing is helping revolutionize this growing, important sector

As part of the Keypoint Intelligence State of the Industry series of reports on labels and packaging, we have now done our deep dive into the transformation of corrugated packaging. We discuss here some of the key findings as well as their effects on the marketplace.
10/25/2023
Keypoint Intelligence

A recap of Ricoh’s first large-scale event in four years!

The Ricoh Summit, held in Denver, CO, from October 10-13, brought together the Ricoh team, Ricoh dealers, industry leaders, and exhibitors ranging from software, services, as well as customer relationship management (CRM) and sales enablement providers, all with focused offerings for the channel.
10/23/2023
Rachel Dean

A turnkey IT security subscription service designed to safeguard SMB security

In what was great timing for October’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Sharp Europe recently held an analyst event where the company announced a focus on helping SMBs improve their security.
10/19/2023
Keypoint Intelligence

COVID popularized them, but will this take them out?

QR codes have become a critical link between print and digital communications, enabling marketers to direct consumers to websites to further personalize, direct, and track their customer experience. We discuss here the recent QR patent lawsuits brought on by Symbology Innovations and the effect they can have on the market.
10/12/2023
German Sacristian

Digital print vendors’ announcements are bridging the toner and inkjet gap

For the past several years, Keypoint Intelligence has identified and reported upon a “zone of disruption” and the consequential opportunity for digital printing manufacturing vendors to close the gap between toner and inkjet presses. The greatest one involves introducing new products that provide great value and a low total cost of ownership (TCOs) to their print service provider (PSP) customers. We discuss here how some vendors are starting to fill this gap.
10/09/2023
Mark DiMattei
We’ve all heard about robots being used in factories and for manufacturing purposes, but with advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and other smart technologies, it’s only a matter of time before robots become more widespread in other markets. We present here an infographic depicting nine industries that are making use of robots in innovative ways.
09/29/2023
Carl Schell

Looking at our audio series in advance of the worldwide celebration of the format

September 30 is International Podcast Day. Come February, it will be 20 years since the word “podcast” was born. The medium keeps evolving and remains as powerful as ever.
09/25/2023
Lindsey Naples

Oh, how the tables have turned…

Long ago, employees and employers were on the same page: You come in, you work, you go home. Around 17% of jobs were performed mostly or fully remote—but that number jumped to 44% during the pandemic.
09/22/2023
Anne Valaitis
Expansion of products, solutions, and services was the theme looking back at the recent BTA national conference. We discuss here some of the key findings from the event as well as the implications they can have on the industry.