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Marking a pivotal milestone in the evolution of the company’s IT business, Konica Minolta last Thursday unveiled its Workplace Hub IT management platform at its Spotlight Live event held in Berlin, Germany. The platform and its related hardware (MFP/SFP, rackmount server, stand-alone device) are designed to bring the management of a company’s hardware, software, and services under a single multi-vendor platform. And while Version 1.0 features were on display at Spotlight, including a new ‘Team Space’ collaboration UI and ‘Admin’ dashboard, Konica Minolta went to great lengths to also illustrate its long-term vision for Workspace Hub as a platform that integrates IoT devices and artificial intelligence to enhance decision making, while also divulging plans for derivative vertical-specific platforms.
Underscoring the significance of the launch, Spotlight Live included presentations from Konica Minolta Inc. President and CEO Shoei Yamana, KMBS U.S.A. President and CEO Rick Taylor, Konica Minolta senior leadership, and notable industry panelists. Major company partners, industry analysts, and members of the press were also in attendance. In tandem with Spotlight Live, Workplace Hub and other ‘Workplace of the Future’ products and concepts were also on display at CeBIT 2017 in Hannover, Germany.
gap impact summary
- Konica Minolta unveils Workplace Hub IT management platform
- Designed to support integration of office hardware, software, and services
- Will launch in MFP/SFP, server rack, and stand-alone configurations
- Launch to have limited impact on imaging portfolio, at least in near term
- New Workplace Hub strategic global partners include HPE, Sophos, and Microsoft
- bizhub MarketPlace re-branded Konica Minolta MarketPlace
- Global Workplace Hub launch to occur between 10/2017 and 1H 2018
- Revealed plans to launch Healthcare and Manufacturing platforms in future
