We’ve been very excited about the Konica Minolta ‘Workplace Hub’, our clients have been seeing a marked improvement in efficinacy. Most are loving the features which make their workflow streamlined and enable greater collaboration opportunities – what they aren’t realizing is these little features are available in the more affordable units as well. Don’t get me wrong the Workplace Hub is above and beyond anything really – but it’s not for every client – it might eat a little too much of your budget. To discuss the options you and your team can benefit from talk to one of our sales team.
Let’s get to the fun part ….
The Konica Minolta Workplace Hub
Essentially, it’s a single standardized way of managing all of an enterprise’s IT resources, irrespective of vendor, providing:
- One way to plan, evaluate, and purchase IT.
- One contract and one point of contact to resolve all IT issues.
- One interface (Admin Dashboard) to access and manage all of the enterprise’s IT resources.
- One space (Team Space) to enable workers to collaborate, sharing data and documents.
- One overview of the enterprise’s IT resource usage.
Workplace Hub Infrastructure
Workplace Hub infrastructure includes a “smart” Konica Minolta MFP that provides print, copy, scan, and fax, and that also enables users to add documents directly to a relevant Team Space.
Workplace Hub infrastructure also includes:
- Data storage: A blend of local server storage with Konica Minolta data centers that comply with country regulations.
- Hybrid Cloud: A bridge between data stored in the office and in the cloud, giving enterprises a flexible and secure way of working that combines the best of local and cloud computing.
- Hewlett-Packard Enterprise server technology.
- WiFi Access Point: Secure Wi-Fi that’s said to be easy to configure and highly flexible.
Workplace Hub Team Space
Team Space refers to a new platform that will enable workers to collaborate together more effectively together, through both new and future tools.
A Team Space is accessed via a Web browser (compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge; Microsoft Office products and other standard tools can be integrated).
Team Space provides:
- Audio and video meetings.
- Chat sessions.
- Screen shares.
All traditional communication tools, such as email, messages, notes, tasks, calendar and address-books can be integrated into a Team Space – from which users can also access telephone numbers and make calls.
Other Team Space tools include:
- File sharing: Users can share files with colleagues and collaborators. Data is synchronized and encrypted automatically, and there’s also version tracking. Users can assign files to a specific Team Space.
- MFP/printers: Print, scan, copy, and/or fax any device or location Scanned documents and incoming faxes are digitally converted and can be added to a relevant Team Space.
Team Space also provides various interesting “smart features,” including:
- Contextual replies: Automatically suggests responses to emails based on content, previous answers, and wider contextual information, such as customers asking for specific product information.
- Executive summaries: Key words in emails and documents are automatically highlighted
Other applications will be available at the Konica Minolta MarketPlace, and applications can be installed locally or in the cloud. Applications can be fully integrated into the Team Space environment or accessed separately via a user’s Web browser.
Team Space also provides various interesting “smart features,” including:
- Contextual replies: Automatically suggests responses to emails based on content, previous answers, and wider contextual information, such as customers asking for specific product information.
- Executive summaries: Key words in emails and documents are automatically highlighted
Other applications will be available at the Konica Minolta MarketPlace, and applications can be installed locally or in the cloud. Applications can be fully integrated into the Team Space environment or accessed separately via a user’s Web browser.