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collaborative
document
tools are
actively
banned
in their
workplace.
Office’s storage space or functionality, or
online storage providers that don’t offer
integrationwithMFPs, Sharp is offering
a full service, including storage and
integrationwith office products, in a single
sign-on service.
New revenue stream
An overall decline in print volumes and
cost per copy rates has led to reduced
revenues for dealers, but,withCloud Portal
Office, Sharp is offering a potential new
revenue stream.
The service is based on a per-user
subscriptionmodel, rather than anMFP
subscriptionmodel, and is designed to
provide a regular income stream for
dealers.Moreover, the pricing structure fits
inwith dealers’ currentmodel of invoicing
click charges on amonthly/quarterly basis.
In today’smarket, dealers are not
competing on price; the differentiator is all
about the value-add and service delivery.
OfferingCloud Portal Officewill helpwith
client retention and help ensure your
customers keep coming back.
Easy to set-up
Cloud Portal Office is easy to set up and
use, supporting companieswith scalable
workforces,who can easily add or remove
user subscriptionswhenworking on
projects that require extra staff over a short
time period.
The service is accessed through a
single sign-on portal, the SharpCloud
Portal,which is securely controlled by the
IT department.As employees leave or take
on different roles, administrators can use
the SharpCloud Portal to change access
permissions, cancel/add subscriptions or
increase storage space at amoment’s
notice – all through a secureweb page.
It also gives users the flexibility to
print from any Sharp cloud-readyMFP,
wherever they are.
Connectedbusiness
Sharp’s BIG PAD interactivewhiteboard
connects toCloud Portal Office just as
effectively as itsMFPs.WithBIG PAD,
users can display presentations and other
documents in a format that’s big enough
for everyone in the room to see. It’s easy
to use: users simply select the file, drag it
to thewhiteboard and open it up.
Via the BIG PAD’s touchscreen
technology, users can capture everyone’s
ideas by adding notes and comments in
freehand before saving it all in a new
document and securely storing it in the
cloud as shown.
Meeting notes can be created
and shared in an instant – evenwith
colleagues in a different country.Anything
that’s on-screen can be preserved as a PDF.
Cloud Portal Office adds awhole new
dimension tomobileworking. Subscribers
can use anAndroid orApple iOS device to
work on themove, and a uniform design
across everymobile platformmeans
that everyone has the same experience
regardless of whichmobile device they’re
using.
Industry-leading encryption
All data is protected by access controls,
powerful firewalls, state-of-the-art
encryption technology and redundant
fail-over systems.This ensures that
information is always safe, always secure
and always available..
The SharpBigPad interactivewhiteboards enables users to log onto anonline
Cloud Portal Office account and pull documents down to a virtual drive on
thewhiteboard.
