Reports

The future immersive workplace

The metaverse promises to create an immersive, interactive and shared digital world that brings together mixed reality – augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) – along with 3D holographic avatars, digital twins (digital 3D replicas of physical assets) and advanced use of IoT devices. It is seen as the next great leap in the evolution of the internet, with tech titans such as Meta, Microsoft and NVIDIA all announcing their vision of this alternative universe. So, beyond the hype, what does the metaverse mean for the future workplace?

Quocirca Home Printing Trends 2022

Quocirca conducted a study of 417 UK and US home workers in October 2021, with the aim of exploring the impact the sudden, forced migration of workforces from offices to working from home has had on printing. This is the third edition of this study analysing home printing trends amongst workers from small businesses (250 to 499 employees), mid-size organisations (500 to 1,000 employees) and large enterprises (1,001+ employees).

Quocirca Print Industry Trends 2022

Quocirca’s Print Industry Predictions and Trends, 2022

Quocirca Print Security Landscape, 2022

This study is based on the views of 531 IT Decision Makers (ITDMs) in the US and Europe. The report also includes detailed profiles of print security offerings from the major print manufacturers and key ISVs.  The following vendors participated in this study:

Manufacturers: Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Kyocera, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, Ricoh, Xerox

ISVs: EveryonePrint, Kofax, MPS Monitor, MyQ PaperCut, Ringdale

The Rise of Cloud Marketplaces

As the office print industry looks to recover and remain relevant in the cloud-centric, post-pandemic world, manufacturers, ISVs and channel partners will need to participate in the cloud marketplace ecosystem. To advance digital transformation in the print sector and enable vendors to capitalise on the wider cloud market opportunity, OEMs must strategically collaborate and partner with hyperscale provider marketplaces such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The print industry must acknowledge the power of platforms that digitally link business buyers and sellers as a disruptor to their core business.

This report is based on 202 interviews with IT buyers in the UK and US, conducted in June 2021.

Smart Buildings and IoT: Opportunities in the connected workplace

Quocirca’s Smart Buildings and IoT Study analyses how IoT-enabled smart buildings are presenting new opportunities for managed service providers (MSPs) in the post-pandemic workplace.

The report is based on a survey amongst 260 IT decision makers in the UK, France, Germany and the US in May 2021. Respondents represented companies with 500 or more employees, and all had decision-making responsibility within their organisations for IT purchasing decisions and IoT.

Quocirca COVID-19 Study Phase 4

To understand the continuing impact of COVID-19 on the office print industry, Quocirca conducted its fourth snapshot COVID-19 Business Impact Survey between 1st April and 27th May 2021. As previously, the research looked at the perceptions of a range of industry executives across print manufacturers (OEMs) and channel partners (MPS providers, resellers, systems integrators etc) to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their businesses. This report includes comparisons with the previous three surveys, the last of which was conducted in May 2020. This latest survey reveals that, while many continue to struggle with the fallout from the pandemic, there is a strong recognition of the need for change and innovation.

Quocirca Print Security Trends 2022

Looking to 2022 and beyond Quocirca has highlighted 7 key priority areas that CIOs and CISOs should urgently address in order to mitigate the risks around printing in the hybrid workplace. Quocirca’s research indicates that leaders who have adopted a range of measures to increase print security resilience have the greatest confidence in their security […]

Quocirca Cloud Print Services 2021

The ability of cloud-based services to deliver flexibility, on-demand scalability and reliability while controlling direct costs and administrative overheads has come into its own during the COVID-19 pandemic. IT teams have scrambled to support the shift to remote-working as businesses have battled to maintain employee productivity; cloud-based software and services have often played a central […]

Quocirca MPS Landscape, 2021

Th acceleration of digitisation initiatives and the rise of cloud computing – prompted significantly by the shift to hybrid working as a result of COVID-19 – have forced MPS providers to rethink their approach. The market has reached a level of maturity, and new revenue opportunities will come from broader engagements that support an organisation’s […]