Cloud Advantage for MPS providers

COVID-19 has been an unprecedented wake-up call for organisations everywhere – giving them a very powerful and direct reminder of the importance of systems resilience, agility, adaptability and scalability. Many have been forced to accelerate digital transformation initiatives, shifting to the public cloud to ensure business continuity. This potentially signals the need for a faster shift from on-premise platforms towards hybrid cloud-based platforms.

Managed print services (MPS) have a vital role to play in today’s hybrid workplace, where printing and document capture across both home and office environments need to be supported. Quocirca’s research shows that MPS is viewed as an enabler to digital transformation. A proven approach to optimising the print infrastructure – reducing financial and environmental costs, enhancing security and improving productivity – MPS also enables businesses to implement workflow solutions to better integrate paper and digital processes.

MPS providers must look to build their relevance as businesses continue their digital transformation journeys, and it will be those that can deliver transformational cloud services and solutions that are most likely to succeed.

This report highlights the cloud opportunity for MPS providers and discusses what steps progressive suppliers should consider when developing or expanding their cloud print services offerings.