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CASE STUDY: How Ricoh avoided disruption by meeting changing business needs

28 Nov 2018

Kai Ping Lew

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Ricoh Hong Kong is a document management solutions and IT services provider that needed to evolve its product portfolio.

Find out how Ricoh implemented a hybrid, multi-cloud deployment to secure the large volumes of data transfer for its Smart Backup-as-a-Service.

Taking this step allowed Ricoh to transform its business towards building additional SaaS applications to meet changing market demands, scale its service delivery, and increase customer adoption of its new Backup-as-a-Service and Cloud Workflow services.

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Intel announces “most powerful mobile processors ever”

Improvements in performance, responsiveness and Wi-Fi connectivity will be rolling out for gamers and creators alike.

Software AG launches new cloud-based IT portfolio management tool

“Alfabet FastLane’s out-of-the-box approach absolutely addresses the needs of smaller IT teams."

Slack's 2019 feature roadmap unveiled

Including shared channels across organisations, workflow automation, greater email and calendar integration, and streamlined search.

Data#3 wins learning and development award two years running

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Hootsuite leads the social engagement charge - Forrester report

“Hootsuite leads the pack with its seller focus and scale,” writes Forrester principal analyst Mary Shea.

The fight for power in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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Intel releases 8th gen vPro mobile processors

This generation promises longer battery life, better performance, and comes with a built-in hardware security solution, Intel Hardware Shield.

Unisys encourages financial institutions to adopt open banking

“It establishes the bank as an integral part of the customers’ life – a ‘one-stop-shop’ where they can get personalised products and services they want, when they want them.”

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Developers use Intel AI to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges

Risab Biswas developed a computer vision application to help farmers more easily detect pathological disease in their plants.

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Smarter cities through cross-border and G2G collaborations

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SingularityNET CEO discusses the future of AI

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Whitepaper: Gartner’s top picks for enterprise archiving services

The Magic Quadrant on Enterprise Information Archiving evaluates vendors on compliance, preservation, and discovery use cases.

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Security ‘not their problem’? Set them straight on cyber resilience for email

“It’s not my problem” – how often have you heard that excuse from teams outside IT security? Ideally it’s becoming less common, but there’s still an ostrich mentality within organisations.

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Whitepaper: How many log messages are you losing to bad classification?

Operating systems, applications, and network devices generate text messages of the events that happen to them.

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Whitepaper: The key to maximising office space efficiency

Most offices worldwide are approximately 50% under-utilised on any given day, causing issues for facility management in understanding the number of people in a facility.

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Why third-party solutions are key to realising the benefits of Office 365

Research shows ongoing security concerns about email security in Office 365.

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How printing solutions can help save the planet

Y Soft has identified five key ways organisations can become more economical and reduce their environmental impact.

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The 3 essential elements to consider with SaaS security

Speed, ease of use, and low capital expenses are just some of the factors driving the continued growth in SaaS security adoption.

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Thycotic debunks top Privileged Access Management myths

Privileged Access encompasses access to computers, networks and network devices, software applications, digital documents and other digital assets.

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Whitepaper: Making AI work for the healthcare sector

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Fuji Xerox leads the way for a more sustainable future

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Veeam releases v3 of its MS Office backup solution

One of Veeam’s most popular solutions, Backup for Office 365, has been upgraded again with greater speed, security and analytics.

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10 best practices for building effective dashboards

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Identity assurance - a refreshed approach to authentication

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How organisations should prepare for cloud migration

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Navigating the complicated world of DNS security

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Efficiency is the name of the game - how to profit from workspace digitisation

A flexible working environment and mobile employees mean that security and facility managers must create new efficiency protocols that keep employees happy.

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Why businesses that prioritise CX generate 11% higher shareholder returns

“Locally, consumers are becoming more open to engaging in services and offerings that are hyper-personalised."

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Insider threats & breach reports: Why security needs more investment

Insider threats (those that come from within your organisation) are a serious concern - here's why.

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The ever-shifting role of physical access control

Physical security teams can retain control over their budgets and investment decisions, as well as the ability to prioritize the safety and security of the organisation.

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Informatica launches new AI-driven innovations

Informatica announced new features and AI-driven innovations across five key segments.

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Why credential theft can be devastating

The term “credential” usually conjures up an image of an employee identification card, however, it's so much more.

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Industrial control component vulnerabilities up 30%

Positive Technologies says exploitation of these vulnerabilities could disturb operations by disrupting command transfer between components.

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Wisenet releases education campus management solution

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Employees behaving badly? It’s your choice

What your employees do and how they behave when you’re not looking over their collective shoulder is entirely up to you.

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Cybersecurity for humans

A company’s biggest security risk is unintentional employee negligence.

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Migrating to SAP HANA? Take the easy leap with SUSE

By 2025, SAP will discontinue support for Business Suite. Now is the time to move to SAP HANA with ease.

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Whitepaper: Why strong log management gives you invaluable data

Most log messages traditionally come from three types: system logs of servers, network devices, and applications.

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Too many 'critical' vulnerabilities to patch? Tenable opts for a different approach

Tenable is hedging all of its security bets on the power of predictive, as the company announced general available of its Predictive Prioritisation solution within Tenable.io.

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Should you rely on Elasticsearch to simplify your logging system?

Elasticsearch allows you to store any number of arbitrary name-value pairs coming from structured logging.

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How to resolve network issues using PRTG

PRTG can warn you with an immediate notification when something uncommon occurs.

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AI & ML to power the future of enterprise networks

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Why HR departments need enterprise content management

"Using tools ranging from automated document capture to web-based digital forms, a comprehensive ECM solution modernises HR."

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How the 5G Telco market is transforming

"Over the past six months, more people in the general populace have begun using the term 5G in their regular conversations."

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Information is power: The basics of security awareness training

Where do you even start with security awareness training? What should you teach, and to whom?

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Case Study: Infoblox protects the network that hosts City University’s curriculum

After recovering from a ransomware attack, City University began to work with Infoblox to bring its network security to the next level.

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Preventing business email compromise starts on the inside

90% of global organisations have seen phishing attack volumes increase and 40% have seen the volume of impersonation attacks increase.

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Lenovo & VMware know the secret of hyperconvergence - do you?

In this whitepaper, IDC analyses the benefits of hyperconverged solutions, and how they align with solutions from firms such as Lenovo and VMware.

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How IoT can be a game changer for the hospitality sector

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Innodisk launces AIoT solution for the medical field

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Can your vulnerability assessments protect your organisation?

33% of enterprises surveyed are at a low maturity, conducting only limited assessments of selected assets.

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SingleRAN Pro: Combining simplicity and openness for a 5G future

Huawei's SingleRAN Pro solution supposedly offers an open, simplified networking concept to help operators roll out commercial 5G networks.

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From magstripe to mobile: The evolution of access management

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Product review: LogRhythm CloudAI a revolutionary tool

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Paving the road to self-sovereign identity using blockchain

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Epson FF-680W: The world's fastest WiFi photo scanner

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Whitepaper: Neutralise your biggest security risk - your employees

Internal threats caused by careless employees increased by 37% last year, a study has found.

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MSSPs for dummies - all you need to know about multicloud security

One of the largest inhibitors to cloud adoption is concern around the security of leveraging a service provider in a multi-cloud world. A lot is at stake and yes, you should be cautious.

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IFS named a Major Player for ERP in IDC MarketScape

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What you need to know about Fuji Xerox 9th Gen multifunction printers

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Talend integrates Pipeline Designer with IPaaS offering

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McAfee announces Google Cloud Platform support

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ExaGrid and Zerto announce an integrated solution for backup and recovery

“In an age of continuous digital transformation, businesses require new levels of resilience from their DR and backup solutions."

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Integrating data into decision-making from the ground up

In order to implement a change that can be sustained, organisations need to find a way to embed it into their culture.

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Earth Day 2019: How tech firms can support our planet's wellbeing

Six industry experts explain how they - and other tech organisations - can positively contribute to the wellbeing of our earth.

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Nutanix introduces new cloud-native solutions for enterprises

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AI voice assistants: The unsung helpers of network performance

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Study: Is it possible to detect breaches as they happen

Breaches often happen when businesses least expect them, causing slow reaction times and possibly catastrophic loss.

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How Kiwibank aims to enable greater digital inclusion

"Online tools can offer a more convenient and cheaper customer experience, but there can be barriers to usage."

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Datarobot celebrates one billion models built on its cloud platform

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Whitepaper: Filling your cloud technical skills gap

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Why businesses are failing at cybersecurity

Email is the number-one vector used to initiate attacks like malware delivery, impersonations and phishing attacks.

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Why accelerating the uptake of tech in the NZ economy is crucial

“Historically, New Zealand has been more of a tech taker than a tech leader."

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How Huawei aims to enhance IP networks

'We believe that the intelligent IP networks built with the four-engine series products can continuously empower users with business intelligence."

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Security and mobility in a mobile-first world

Explore security, productivity, mobility, and what solutions are available to you. Here's how to move your organisation towards the mobile-first world, securely.

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How integrating AI into network monitoring drives efficiencies

IT teams all around the world are spending a disproportionate amount diagnosing what are, realistically, straightforward problems.

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Awareness but no action – AU firms exposed to security, compliance threats

Security managers know the many ins-and-outs of security best practices and employees’ everyday behaviour, but few are doing anything to fix security issues.

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Yes, data is the new oil - but only analytics can refine the insights

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Whitepaper: Modern information management is a necessity, not a choice

Organisations are facing major challenges that makes information management more challenging than ever before.

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Why you should collect Docker infrastructure logs

Syslog-ng is a log management application that enables you to collect logs from multiple platforms in a central space.

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HP back on board with Emirates Team NZ

HP 3D print technology will supposedly help the team innovate at speed.

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What to expect from the Surface Hub 2S

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Teradata leads data management, according to Gartner report

As part of the report, Gartner evaluated 19 vendors against data warehouse use cases, including traditional use cases, real-time, logical, and context-independent.

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Toshiba launches fast rotary cutter for B-EX6T1 printer

Intended primarily for industrial applications, these popular printers combine state-of-the-art technology with usability, reliability and low TCO.

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Want to keep at least $500 in the bank? Shop and save with Fuji Xerox

Save $500 for every Fuji Xerox 9th Generation Multifunction Printer you purchase or lease.

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Whitepaper: The Mobile Risk Matrix - how exposed are you?

The proliferation of cloud services has increased the attack surface to include applications, devices, networks, and external web and content delivery methods.

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Novum Networks & Tollring bring call analytics to APAC

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Forrester names Mimecast a Leader in information archiving

The company has also been named a Top Player in the Radicati Information Archiving - Market Quadrant, 2019.

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Whitepaper: How to detect and respond to threats faster

This white paper uncovers how UEBA reduces your organisational risk and enables you to respond more quickly to attacks.

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Huawei announces the launch of Atlas AI

The Huawei Atlas AI computing platform is powered by Huawei's Ascend series AI processors.

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Breakthrough research to revolutionise internet communication

Every email, cell phone call and website visit is encoded into data and sent around the world by laser light.

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SIEM can improve security or make it worse – here’s how to get it right

According to Frost & Sullivan, SIEM can either be an enabler or a retardant and there's a thin line between the two - here's the key attributes.

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DNS attackers love legacy systems - but how much damage can they inflict?

DNS infrastructure is vulnerable in terms of its security, availability, and integrity. An attacker just has to exploit the Domain Name System (DNS) on legacy systems and they get free reign.

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Insider insight: How to get more from your Splunk platform

Having the right tools is only half the battle, not until you can leverage them most effectively can you see the gains that properly managed data can provide.

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Whitepaper: Making cybersecurity risk measurement more efficient with AI

Enterprises are looking for ways to grant autonomy and freedom of use to their employees while maintaining both visibility of their inherent level of risk and a high level of protection against nefarious activity.

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How to embed flexibility and agility in big data architecture

Big data analytics strategies need flexibility and agility to meet changing business demands.

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Wi-Fi signal strength vs Wi-Fi speed: How to get the most out of your network

At Ruckus, they believe in the importance of stable client connections in an unstable RF environment.

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Hands-on review: The ruggedly tough CAT S61 smartphone

The driveway beckoned me, so I dropped the phone several times. Back in the study, close examination has failed to reveal a single scratch.

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Cyber threats: Catch 'em all with unified monitoring

Viruses, Trojans, malfunctions, backdoors, physical hazards… Not so long ago a firewall and a virus scanner were enough to protect a network, but today the scene is much different.

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Fuji Xerox raises the bar with Iridesse production press

The Iridesse is capable of printing eye-catching images with the xerographic colour printing process by using up to, two special dry inks selected from gold, silver and clear.

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AI's lack of intuition is where humans excel best

Could you trust machines to make business decisions with the right amount of judgement and contextual understand that humans can? Not yet.

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Is NZ’s tech industry starting to mature?

Technology is New Zealand’s fastest growing and third biggest industry.

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Whitepaper: Why time matters in a disaster

"Natural disasters, cyber-attacks, human error or disrupted site access may impact your ability to conduct business."

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Whitepaper: What will losing your data cost you?

Do you know how much your data is worth, more importantly, what it will cost if it is lost?

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Veeam reports double-digit Q1 growth

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Fuji Xerox NZ unveils two new feature-packed printer series

This month Fuji Xerox New Zealand announced two new series additions to its portfolio of monochrome printers ideal for the modern office.

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Your company is collecting more data – but how do you make it work for you?

Terabytes are old news – data is growing at the rate of petabytes, zettabytes, and beyond.

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How Central Innovation prototyped the game-changing Nura earphones

The premise of their product was a set of headphones – the Nuraphone – able to measure hearing sensitivities across the frequency spectrum and personalise the output for each individual.

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Whitepaper: How to manage mobile risk in a perimeter-less work environment

Enabling mobility and the ability to access data seamlessly is a great development for enterprise productivity, but it causes a serious challenge to security teams.

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Risky business: Avoid putting all your eggs in one basket

Many businesses that transition to the cloud blindly rely on a single cloud service provider for day-to-day security.