While lockdown restrictions are starting to be eased in many countries, most governments continue to recommend that people should work from home, where possible. As a consequence, it is unlikely that we will see an early reversal of remote working practices and a return to ‘normal’ office based activity levels.  In fact, many organizations are actively looking to embrace remote working on a permanent basis as it has become clear that it brings benefits to both staff and businesses, and has become more viable for a wider set of roles. According to a recent IDC study*, 48.5% of companies in Western Europe expect to provide home workers with a print/MFP device in the next 6 months.

However, remote working does have some challenges; in particular ensuring home office print security and regulatory compliance are not compromised.  Remote workers need to be able to print seamlessly both at the home office and in corporate locations, while being aligned with organizational security and compliance policies.  Frequently employees unknowingly bypass existing policies when they are unable to perform tasks easily when working from home, including home office printing.  Most organizations expose themselves to these unnecessary security and regulatory risks without the correct control measures in place.

Enterprise and government organizations can immediately take advantage of the FollowMe® platform for a consistent and manageable approach to security and compliance when printing from corporate locations and home offices.

“Printing in the home office is made easy with FollowMe and organizations can benefit from the security and compliance controls already in place for corporate office printing,” said Eric Crump, Director of Strategic Alliances at Ringdale. “Our vendor neutral platform is ready to support our customers working with a broad range of printer brands found normally in WFH environments”.

For further information on FollowMe by Ringdale, please contact your local FollowMe representative or visit www.followme.ringdale.com

*”IDC 2020 European Hardcopy Survey, April 2020”

SOURCE Ringdale


FollowMe® Helps Organizations Meet the Printing Challenge in the Office of the ‘New Normal’