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PowerPoint PresentationInnovate/Audit Reporting Enhancements
Leverage “Data Warehouse” and “OLAP Cube” technology to add analytics to our value proposition
New Innovate/Audit Reporting
• Generate reports much faster
• Add sustainability (Green IT) data: trees, energy and CO2
• Support customized department/location reports with built-in AD look-up options
New Innovate/Audit Reporting (cont.)
• Enable ‘my consumption’ user reports
• Supports new device-based accounting metrics
• Prepare for possible future enhancements; for example, report savings from policy enforcement
Redactions
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Modifying data to comply with local laws is a common request and would benefit from having a standard approach. User and Department tables can contain redactions options, with default value of “do nothing”.
Possible actions include: • Nothing (default) – do not change any data • Mask – display a mask character in fields such file name (original data is retained) • Overwrite – permanently overwrite data in specified fields (original data is lost) • Substitute – replace user name or department name with another value
What is an OLAP Cube?
• “An SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cube is a multidimensional
database that is optimized for data warehouse and online analytical
processing (OLAP) applications. A cube is a method of storing data in a
multidimensional form, generally for reporting purposes. With cubes, data is
categorized by dimensions. Cubes are often pre-summarized across
dimensions to drastically improve query time over relational databases.”
• “An OLAP cube is a data structure that overcomes the limitations of relational
databases by providing rapid analysis of data. Cubes can display and sum
large amounts of data while also providing users with searchable access to
any data points. This way, the data can be rolled up, sliced, and diced as
needed to handle the widest variety of questions that are relevant to a
user’s area of interest.”
OLAP Cube Example
Leverage OLAP “Cube” Technology
• Creates an abstract layer between the data warehouse and the user that makes it easier for users to query data
• Lets customers easily and quickly create custom reports using a variety of third-party tools, including Excel PowerPivot
• Enables ‘Data Analytics’ • Supports multi-dimensional analysis – slice, dice, drill-down
and roll-up data
• Greatly improves performance
Innovate/Audit Reporting Demo
• Keeps device-based accounting data separate from standard VPSX accounting data
• New record type in Innovate/Audit
• New reports required
Select Different Data Sources for Reports
LRS Mobile Printing Enhancements
Leverage iBeacon technology for better user experience and improved security for mobile print release
What is iBeacon?
• iBeacon is a protocol developed by Apple and introduced at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in 2x13
• Various vendors make iBeacon-compatible hardware transmitters, commonly called “beacons”
• Beacons use Bluetooth low-energy “proximity sensing” to transmit a unique identifier that is picked up by an application
Use Case Example – Retail
Why Use iBeacon Technology?
• Provide a better “user experience” for mobile printing • For example, “Where are nearby print devices that can print
color, duplex and staple my documents?”
• Leverage floor plans defined in the VPSX Printer Portal to graphically show relative distance between user and nearby devices
• Improve security by ensuring users are “at the device” before documents can be released for printing
• Provide a lower-cost, alternative pull-printing solution
How LRS Leverages iBeacon Technology
• Associate a beacon with a specific VPSX printer queue
• VPSX Print apps dynamically determine nearby printers • Beacon signal strength correlates to relative distance
• Shows interactively on floor plan view using blue circle
• Users can define a relative distance in the app to search in
• IT administrators define approximate proximity distance for release
• Ensure users release print jobs at the device
• Improves security of mobile print release function
VPSX Print App “iBeacon” Demo
VPSX Windows Migration App
New, no-charge app to help customers migrate from a Windows print environment to LRS’ single enterprise print architecture
Extends Value of Centralized Management and Control
• Scans network and Windows print servers for printers
• Imports printers into VPSX using a step-by-step process
• Automatically imports required print drivers
• Migrates desktop printer objects using PDM Advanced component
• Supports phased migration without disruption of service
VPSX Windows Migration App Demo
Adding a Scan Workflow solution to the LRS product portfolio
Introduction to Drivve
• Small software provider that provides specialized document-related solutions
• Flagship product is “Drivve Image”, a scan workflow solution
• Scan -> Capture/Process -> Store -> Anywhere
How Does Drivve Help LRS?
• Provides solution for creating, deploying and managing scan workflows from MFPs and other sources of digital (image) data
• Deliver solutions that optimize the entire document lifecycle, from image capture and processing, to workflows and document management, to print/output management, and everything in between
• Expands LRS value proposition to “print and scan” • Automate and improve business process workflows
What is a Scan Workflow?
• Comprised of three major steps:
1. Interaction with user to select options and/or enter information at the MFP display panel
2. Processing and conversion of the scanned documents
• For example, OCR, convert to searchable PDF, separating a stack of paper into individual documents, etc.
3. Delivery of the document(s) to one or more specified destinations
Secure Scanning from MFPs
• Google Drive • SharePoint • OneDrive • Box • Folder • Fax • Email • Other workflows • Business Applications • Document Management Systems
Drivve Image Demo
• Google Drive • SharePoint • OneDrive • Box • Folder • Fax • Email • Other workflows • Business Applications • Document Management Systems
Scan Workflows Without MFPs
“Hot Folders” for Specific Workflows
How are Workflows Created?
• Workflows (profiles) are created and managed using a Windows application that is part of the Drivve Image product
• Customers may request that LRS create the workflows as a professional services engagement
Overview of Drivve Image Functional Capabilities
What can this solution do?
Supported Hardware Platforms
• Currently planned: • HP • Konica-Minolta • Kyocera • Lexmark • Ricoh • Samsung • Sharp • Xerox
• Support varies by platform and device models
Supported Destinations
• Google Drive
• Others (TBD)
Supports Barcode Recognition
• Reads more than 20 industry-standard 1D and 2D bar code types
• Detects a bar code anywhere in a scanned page image or in a specific location
• Reads bar code in common orientations: horizontal, vertical, and diagonal (45º)
• Extracts barcode data for use as metadata in workflows
• Can trigger actions based on barcode content
• Separates multiple documents with bar codes
Supported Barcode Types
• Software that electronically converts images of typed, handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text
• Creates text-searchable electronic documents in various formats (e.g., Word, PDF, etc.)
• Can extract text strings from specific locations on a page • Useful when processing documents (forms) in a defined format
• Supports a variety of font typefaces in different languages
• Not 100% reliable in all cases
Supported Output Formats
• PDF
MFPsecure – Drivve Image Integration
• LRS will rebrand Drivve Image to be part of the MFPsecure product family
• Plan to move some administrative tasks from Drivve Image to the VPSX admin console; for example:
• License key administration
• Workflow deployment to MFP devices
• Customers can trial Drivve Image “as is” to evaluate general solution capabilities
Product Roadmap
Support Native iOS Printing
• Simplifies printing from iOS mobile devices • No print app needs to be installed on iOS mobile device • Can advertise printers using bonjour services, but limited to a
single subnet
• Does not eliminate value of the “VPSX Print” app • Users can locate printers via floor plan maps and release pull-
print jobs at the target device
• Solution works best when combined with pull printing
• Requires Apple certification process
• Target availability is 2019
Google Cloud Print - Overview
• Think of it as Google’s version of Apple AirPrint
• Google provides a way for print management solutions to integrate with it
• Unlike AirPrint, print jobs travel first to the Google Cloud before delivery
Support Google Cloud Print
• Develop a “software connector” for GCP
• Enables VPSX products to be a proxy server on behalf of the target destination devices
• Register and manage printers defined in GCP for a specific enterprise customer
• Receive notification from GCP when print jobs are available
• A transform may be required to convert PDF file to a format the printer understands
• Target availability is 2019
Track Scan/Fax Activities at MFP
• Focus is not cost reduction, but to better understand the usage and business value of MFP devices
• Information may also be useful for auditing purposes
• Must define additional record type(s) in Innovate/Audit and gather information from the devices
• Lack of standardization across printer vendors increases the development work effort
• Target GA date is not available at this time
VPSX
Outbound Encrypted Print Job
Multiple Use-Case Scenarios
• A Healthcare organization needs to deliver documents from their on-premise Healthcare system to printers located in third-party clinics
• A business wants to send documents from their applications to printers in remote locations without the necessary infrastructure to make the printer network addressable from the data center
• A business wants to send documents from their applications to printers in their supplier’s network locations
• An organization wants their users to use their own printers at home (BYOD) without any investment in network infrastructure
Developing Better “Affiliate Printing” Solution
• Existing solutions are challenging to implement or use: • VPSX Windows Client requires changes in the router at the
remote location to enable port-forwarding
• PageCenterX requires too many clicks in the “view-first, then- print” process
• Market is looking for a better solution that: • Works like a normal print workflow, and…
• Easy to deploy and support at remote locations, and…
• Does not require special ports to be open in the firewall
PROF11 192.168.1.178
PROF12 192.168.1.109
LRS
PROF11 192.168.1.178
PROF12 192.168.1.109
LRS CLIENT*LRS CLIENT*
Future “Affiliate Printing” Solution
• Print securely from central data centers to remote ‘affiliate’ locations with public internet connectivity
• No leased lines, router configurations or VPNs
• Leverages cloud-based notification technology
• Requires a new “LRS Client” that is an extension to the current VPSX PDM client software
• Client will always use HTTPS to retrieve print jobs from VPSX
• Client supports IPPS for protecting data on remote LAN
• Target availability is 2019
• User must have rights to delegate printing
• User can delegate pull-print authority of their print jobs to another user (singular)
• Groups will not be supported in initial release
• Delegation must be in place before print submission
• Both the submitting user and the delegated-to-person can retrieve print jobs
• Target GA is 1H 2019
Developing Plan for VPSX R3
• New release enables LRS to begin “end of support” process for R1
• List of functional enhancements is not complete, but it will include:
• Support for IPv6
• Encryption at rest (might come before R3 release)
• Target timeframe is 1H 2019
LRS’ Future SaaS Offering
ApplicationApplicationApplication Application
Single-Tenant Solution
separating customer data
Multi-Tenant Cloud Solution
Introducing LRS CloudPrint
• Hosted on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Managed by LRS
• Uses Azure AD for security and authentication
• Target general availability is early 2019
Overview of Key Functional Capabilities
• Direct IP printing using IPP/IPPS
• Pull printing via mobile release
• Mobile printing
• Printer driver management
• Administrator portal
Example of GUI Design
SaaS Offerings – “Vanilla” With a Few Toppings
The concept of scripts and similar customizations does not apply, but built-in selectable options are possible. Also, whatever changes are made to the solution, all customers get them at the same time.
SaaS Pricing Includes Everything!
• Operations
• Comparing on-premise software to SaaS offering is “apples and oranges”
• Trials may be no-charge for customers, but SaaS vendors incur costs from their cloud platform provider
SaaS Roles and Responsibilities
endpoint computing devices
• Provides print devices, unless outsourced
• Provides internet connection to SaaS offering, with ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS) open in firewall
• Pays for using SaaS offering
• Install client where needed
LRS • Provides print management
• Installs, configures and deploys solution for test and production environments
• Performs software maintenance tasks without disruption of service
• Has operational responsibility, including SLAs
• Provides pre/post-sales technical support as required
Dramatic Shift from Customer to LRS
Target Market for LRS CloudPrint
• SMB customers
• Enterprises with remote internet-only connected offices
• NOT a good fit for: • Customers with back-end application printing requirements
• Customers interested in pull printing using badge authentication
• Customers that require a customized solution
• Customers interested in VDI printing
Questions
Leverage “Data Warehouse” and “OLAP Cube” technology to add analytics to our value proposition
New Innovate/Audit Reporting
• Generate reports much faster
• Add sustainability (Green IT) data: trees, energy and CO2
• Support customized department/location reports with built-in AD look-up options
New Innovate/Audit Reporting (cont.)
• Enable ‘my consumption’ user reports
• Supports new device-based accounting metrics
• Prepare for possible future enhancements; for example, report savings from policy enforcement
Redactions
*************
*************
*************
*************
*************
*************
*************
Modifying data to comply with local laws is a common request and would benefit from having a standard approach. User and Department tables can contain redactions options, with default value of “do nothing”.
Possible actions include: • Nothing (default) – do not change any data • Mask – display a mask character in fields such file name (original data is retained) • Overwrite – permanently overwrite data in specified fields (original data is lost) • Substitute – replace user name or department name with another value
What is an OLAP Cube?
• “An SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cube is a multidimensional
database that is optimized for data warehouse and online analytical
processing (OLAP) applications. A cube is a method of storing data in a
multidimensional form, generally for reporting purposes. With cubes, data is
categorized by dimensions. Cubes are often pre-summarized across
dimensions to drastically improve query time over relational databases.”
• “An OLAP cube is a data structure that overcomes the limitations of relational
databases by providing rapid analysis of data. Cubes can display and sum
large amounts of data while also providing users with searchable access to
any data points. This way, the data can be rolled up, sliced, and diced as
needed to handle the widest variety of questions that are relevant to a
user’s area of interest.”
OLAP Cube Example
Leverage OLAP “Cube” Technology
• Creates an abstract layer between the data warehouse and the user that makes it easier for users to query data
• Lets customers easily and quickly create custom reports using a variety of third-party tools, including Excel PowerPivot
• Enables ‘Data Analytics’ • Supports multi-dimensional analysis – slice, dice, drill-down
and roll-up data
• Greatly improves performance
Innovate/Audit Reporting Demo
• Keeps device-based accounting data separate from standard VPSX accounting data
• New record type in Innovate/Audit
• New reports required
Select Different Data Sources for Reports
LRS Mobile Printing Enhancements
Leverage iBeacon technology for better user experience and improved security for mobile print release
What is iBeacon?
• iBeacon is a protocol developed by Apple and introduced at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in 2x13
• Various vendors make iBeacon-compatible hardware transmitters, commonly called “beacons”
• Beacons use Bluetooth low-energy “proximity sensing” to transmit a unique identifier that is picked up by an application
Use Case Example – Retail
Why Use iBeacon Technology?
• Provide a better “user experience” for mobile printing • For example, “Where are nearby print devices that can print
color, duplex and staple my documents?”
• Leverage floor plans defined in the VPSX Printer Portal to graphically show relative distance between user and nearby devices
• Improve security by ensuring users are “at the device” before documents can be released for printing
• Provide a lower-cost, alternative pull-printing solution
How LRS Leverages iBeacon Technology
• Associate a beacon with a specific VPSX printer queue
• VPSX Print apps dynamically determine nearby printers • Beacon signal strength correlates to relative distance
• Shows interactively on floor plan view using blue circle
• Users can define a relative distance in the app to search in
• IT administrators define approximate proximity distance for release
• Ensure users release print jobs at the device
• Improves security of mobile print release function
VPSX Print App “iBeacon” Demo
VPSX Windows Migration App
New, no-charge app to help customers migrate from a Windows print environment to LRS’ single enterprise print architecture
Extends Value of Centralized Management and Control
• Scans network and Windows print servers for printers
• Imports printers into VPSX using a step-by-step process
• Automatically imports required print drivers
• Migrates desktop printer objects using PDM Advanced component
• Supports phased migration without disruption of service
VPSX Windows Migration App Demo
Adding a Scan Workflow solution to the LRS product portfolio
Introduction to Drivve
• Small software provider that provides specialized document-related solutions
• Flagship product is “Drivve Image”, a scan workflow solution
• Scan -> Capture/Process -> Store -> Anywhere
How Does Drivve Help LRS?
• Provides solution for creating, deploying and managing scan workflows from MFPs and other sources of digital (image) data
• Deliver solutions that optimize the entire document lifecycle, from image capture and processing, to workflows and document management, to print/output management, and everything in between
• Expands LRS value proposition to “print and scan” • Automate and improve business process workflows
What is a Scan Workflow?
• Comprised of three major steps:
1. Interaction with user to select options and/or enter information at the MFP display panel
2. Processing and conversion of the scanned documents
• For example, OCR, convert to searchable PDF, separating a stack of paper into individual documents, etc.
3. Delivery of the document(s) to one or more specified destinations
Secure Scanning from MFPs
• Google Drive • SharePoint • OneDrive • Box • Folder • Fax • Email • Other workflows • Business Applications • Document Management Systems
Drivve Image Demo
• Google Drive • SharePoint • OneDrive • Box • Folder • Fax • Email • Other workflows • Business Applications • Document Management Systems
Scan Workflows Without MFPs
“Hot Folders” for Specific Workflows
How are Workflows Created?
• Workflows (profiles) are created and managed using a Windows application that is part of the Drivve Image product
• Customers may request that LRS create the workflows as a professional services engagement
Overview of Drivve Image Functional Capabilities
What can this solution do?
Supported Hardware Platforms
• Currently planned: • HP • Konica-Minolta • Kyocera • Lexmark • Ricoh • Samsung • Sharp • Xerox
• Support varies by platform and device models
Supported Destinations
• Google Drive
• Others (TBD)
Supports Barcode Recognition
• Reads more than 20 industry-standard 1D and 2D bar code types
• Detects a bar code anywhere in a scanned page image or in a specific location
• Reads bar code in common orientations: horizontal, vertical, and diagonal (45º)
• Extracts barcode data for use as metadata in workflows
• Can trigger actions based on barcode content
• Separates multiple documents with bar codes
Supported Barcode Types
• Software that electronically converts images of typed, handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text
• Creates text-searchable electronic documents in various formats (e.g., Word, PDF, etc.)
• Can extract text strings from specific locations on a page • Useful when processing documents (forms) in a defined format
• Supports a variety of font typefaces in different languages
• Not 100% reliable in all cases
Supported Output Formats
MFPsecure – Drivve Image Integration
• LRS will rebrand Drivve Image to be part of the MFPsecure product family
• Plan to move some administrative tasks from Drivve Image to the VPSX admin console; for example:
• License key administration
• Workflow deployment to MFP devices
• Customers can trial Drivve Image “as is” to evaluate general solution capabilities
Product Roadmap
Support Native iOS Printing
• Simplifies printing from iOS mobile devices • No print app needs to be installed on iOS mobile device • Can advertise printers using bonjour services, but limited to a
single subnet
• Does not eliminate value of the “VPSX Print” app • Users can locate printers via floor plan maps and release pull-
print jobs at the target device
• Solution works best when combined with pull printing
• Requires Apple certification process
• Target availability is 2019
Google Cloud Print - Overview
• Think of it as Google’s version of Apple AirPrint
• Google provides a way for print management solutions to integrate with it
• Unlike AirPrint, print jobs travel first to the Google Cloud before delivery
Support Google Cloud Print
• Develop a “software connector” for GCP
• Enables VPSX products to be a proxy server on behalf of the target destination devices
• Register and manage printers defined in GCP for a specific enterprise customer
• Receive notification from GCP when print jobs are available
• A transform may be required to convert PDF file to a format the printer understands
• Target availability is 2019
Track Scan/Fax Activities at MFP
• Focus is not cost reduction, but to better understand the usage and business value of MFP devices
• Information may also be useful for auditing purposes
• Must define additional record type(s) in Innovate/Audit and gather information from the devices
• Lack of standardization across printer vendors increases the development work effort
• Target GA date is not available at this time
VPSX
Outbound Encrypted Print Job
Multiple Use-Case Scenarios
• A Healthcare organization needs to deliver documents from their on-premise Healthcare system to printers located in third-party clinics
• A business wants to send documents from their applications to printers in remote locations without the necessary infrastructure to make the printer network addressable from the data center
• A business wants to send documents from their applications to printers in their supplier’s network locations
• An organization wants their users to use their own printers at home (BYOD) without any investment in network infrastructure
Developing Better “Affiliate Printing” Solution
• Existing solutions are challenging to implement or use: • VPSX Windows Client requires changes in the router at the
remote location to enable port-forwarding
• PageCenterX requires too many clicks in the “view-first, then- print” process
• Market is looking for a better solution that: • Works like a normal print workflow, and…
• Easy to deploy and support at remote locations, and…
• Does not require special ports to be open in the firewall
PROF11 192.168.1.178
PROF12 192.168.1.109
LRS
PROF11 192.168.1.178
PROF12 192.168.1.109
LRS CLIENT*LRS CLIENT*
Future “Affiliate Printing” Solution
• Print securely from central data centers to remote ‘affiliate’ locations with public internet connectivity
• No leased lines, router configurations or VPNs
• Leverages cloud-based notification technology
• Requires a new “LRS Client” that is an extension to the current VPSX PDM client software
• Client will always use HTTPS to retrieve print jobs from VPSX
• Client supports IPPS for protecting data on remote LAN
• Target availability is 2019
• User must have rights to delegate printing
• User can delegate pull-print authority of their print jobs to another user (singular)
• Groups will not be supported in initial release
• Delegation must be in place before print submission
• Both the submitting user and the delegated-to-person can retrieve print jobs
• Target GA is 1H 2019
Developing Plan for VPSX R3
• New release enables LRS to begin “end of support” process for R1
• List of functional enhancements is not complete, but it will include:
• Support for IPv6
• Encryption at rest (might come before R3 release)
• Target timeframe is 1H 2019
LRS’ Future SaaS Offering
ApplicationApplicationApplication Application
Single-Tenant Solution
separating customer data
Multi-Tenant Cloud Solution
Introducing LRS CloudPrint
• Hosted on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Managed by LRS
• Uses Azure AD for security and authentication
• Target general availability is early 2019
Overview of Key Functional Capabilities
• Direct IP printing using IPP/IPPS
• Pull printing via mobile release
• Mobile printing
• Printer driver management
• Administrator portal
Example of GUI Design
SaaS Offerings – “Vanilla” With a Few Toppings
The concept of scripts and similar customizations does not apply, but built-in selectable options are possible. Also, whatever changes are made to the solution, all customers get them at the same time.
SaaS Pricing Includes Everything!
• Operations
• Comparing on-premise software to SaaS offering is “apples and oranges”
• Trials may be no-charge for customers, but SaaS vendors incur costs from their cloud platform provider
SaaS Roles and Responsibilities
endpoint computing devices
• Provides print devices, unless outsourced
• Provides internet connection to SaaS offering, with ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS) open in firewall
• Pays for using SaaS offering
• Install client where needed
LRS • Provides print management
• Installs, configures and deploys solution for test and production environments
• Performs software maintenance tasks without disruption of service
• Has operational responsibility, including SLAs
• Provides pre/post-sales technical support as required
Dramatic Shift from Customer to LRS
Target Market for LRS CloudPrint
• SMB customers
• Enterprises with remote internet-only connected offices
• NOT a good fit for: • Customers with back-end application printing requirements
• Customers interested in pull printing using badge authentication
• Customers that require a customized solution
• Customers interested in VDI printing
Questions