| The name of the base system (platform): | Xerox ConnectKey of the Application for the MFP |
| Developers: | Xerox |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | 2017/03/29 |
| Last Release Date: | 2020/10/28 |
| Technology: | Office equipment |
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Main article: Multi-function printer (MFP)
Xerox AltaLink-series - a line of the MFP is developed for users with high requirements to security, large volumes of printing and expanded requirements to fair processing. Are focused on averages and the big working groups.
2020
Overview of opportunities of full-color Xerox AltaLink C8100 MFPs and monochrome Xerox AltaLink B8100 MFPs
Standard printers are succeeded by digital business assistants. The line of the Xerox AltaLink MFP is an example of such devices. As modern MFPs are capable to accelerate digitalization of the company: the overview of opportunities of new products from Xerox. Read more here.
Xerox AltaLink C8100
On October 28, 2020 the Xerox company announced start in sale of full-color Xerox AltaLink C8100 MFPs. Devices of A3 format are intended for joint work of big user groups.
High print speed, scannings and copyings and also the built-in functions of optimization of routine business processes allow to process the large volume of documentation in a short time, helping users to concentrate on more important tasks.
 | The international research of Xerox about the future of work showed that for business development after the beginning of a pandemic of 56% of IT heads budgets are going to increase by implementation of high technologies. Integration of Xerox AltaLink C8100 and other business assistants to Xerox will increase efficiency of such investments. Thanks to support of applications, mobile and cloud computing these solutions will help to accelerate digital transformation, to automate routine transactions and to implement more flexible approaches to the organization of work, — Vladimir Polikarkin, the product manager of Xerox company Russia comments |  |
The intuitive touch Xerox AltaLink C8100 interface facilitates control of the device, and its functions are implemented in the form of applications, as on mobile devices. As well as on the smartphone, it is possible to configure simple gestures under itself the MFP interface and to save parameters of workflows in the form of the icons started by one contact. Thanks to authorization function each employee can save settings of the interface, convenient for it.
Besides, the MFP supports work with mobile devices. It allows to get rid of a binding to a physical workplace and simplifies transition from physical to digital processes.
That information and infrastructure were reliably protected, Xerox AltaLink C8100 MFPs are delivered with an end-to-end system of security. In particular, the solution AltaLink Trusted Boot prevents start of harmful processes at turning on of the device, the technology of white lists McAfee keeps account of safe applications, and the ability to integrate with McAfee ePO and Cisco ISE allows to neutralize cyberthreats and to protect corporate network.
Xerox AltaLink B8100
On August 20, 2020 the company Xerox announced start MFP of Xerox AltaLink B8100. The model provides support of a flexible working environment and helps the companies to accelerate digital transformation, opening access to an ecosystem applications Xerox ConnectKey.
According to the company, the Xerox AltaLink B8100 MFP not only offers printabilities, but also allows to accelerate digitalization of a workplace, supporting productive scanning with a speed up to 250 pages per minute and optical text recognition. It helps users to take more than the value from information. The Xerox ConnectKey applications, including for connection to cloud solutions, expand possibilities of the MFP, providing support of key tasks, priority for business, upon transition from physical to digital processes. According to a recent global research of Xerox about the future of work, 34% of the companies accelerate digital transformation as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
| | The Xerox ConnectKey technology turns Xerox AltaLink B8100 into the digital business assistant. The "tablet" interface allows to manage the MFP using usual gestures. Besides, it is possible to print documents from mobile devices. This business assistant integrates the physical world with digital, using modern applications. For example, Xerox AltaLink B8100 can transform difficult manuscript records to the edited text files, automatically delete personal data from documents and even to create audio from the text. told Tracey Koziol, the senior vice president of division of Global Offerings of Xerox company | |
According to Quocirca, smart MFPs — the key driver of digital transformation. They open access to services and systems and also to difficult business processes and workflow automation.
The increased flexibility of labor power complicates the tasks connected data protection by page of Xerox cooperates with different experts on cyber security, such McAfee as well as Cisco to implement the built-in means of a comprehensive protection of the device and network in AltaLink family models. Integration with security systems, such as SIEM- the solutions McAfee, LogRhythm and Splunk, are simplified by report generation and incident management.
Start of mobile application of Xerox for printing of salary sheets
The Xerox company announced on January 16, 2020 application launch for the Xerox VersaLink and Xerox AltaLink office equipment. It allows to print salary sheets, selecting settlement periods via the MFP interface. Read more here.
2019: Updating of a firmware of the MFP for increase in security and performance of work
On January 17, 2019 the Xerox company announced updating of a firmware of the MFP of the Xerox AltaLink family with support of Xerox ConnectKey technology for increase in security and performance of work.
According to the statement of the developer, improvements of the software of Xerox AltaLink devices allow the companies to trace critical parameters of security and to automatically roll away unauthorized changes — an anticipatory step in elimination of violations of security. At the same time the updated intuitive interface gives more opportunities for automation of daily processes, helping the organizations to save time and to increase performance.
According to the developer, with the sentry timer of the Xerox AltaLink configuration IT administrators can guarantee that devices are left within the set security policies for protection of important business data and infrastructure of printing without external monitoring. System administrators can trace the most important parameters, checking them for compliance to requirements. If not authorized changes are made, a system will enter them in the magazine and will execute rollback to the previous configuration.
The provided Xerox AltaLink software updating also adds compliance to requirements of NIST 800-171 to the list of certifications of the MFP.
| | "Actions of malefactors in the field of cyber security become more and more sophisticated, and together with them solutions of Xerox become complicated. We use anticipatory approach to protection of devices, data and documents that allows the organizations to own an initiative at detection and elimination of threats". Alissa J. Abdullah, the executive director on information security of Xerox company | |
Xerox AltaLink MFPs also support the additional level of protection — a management system for printing of ThinPrint which provides end-to-end enciphering, the increased work speed, effective compression and data transmission, emphasized in Xerox.
As noted in Xerox, thanks to similarity of a control panel to the interface of the tablet, Xerox AltaLink MFPs allow to carry out routine tasks quicker and more simply using the following functions:
- Individual preference of the initial screen: the user can locate on a desktop often used applications and functions so that quicker to get access to them.
- The applications working in one contact simplify difficult and labor-consuming transactions by creation of the preconfigured labels for their start. For example, it is possible to scan and send documents to the Xerox AltaLink MFP by e-mail, without entering the address, or to create booklets in one contact. Such applications can be copied and installed on several MFP at once.
- Management of the park of printing devices: software updatings and similar changes of configurations can be executed automatically at once on several MFPs. At the same time the device performing function of a host safely transfers updates to all park that reduces time of forced idle times and reduces the need for intervention of IT specialists.
For January, 2019 the free Xerox AltaLink software updating can already be loaded according to the link support.xerox.com.
2017: Xerox AltaLink
On March 29, 2017 the Xerox company announced release on the market of the MFP series under the AltaLink brand on the Xerox ConnectKey platform.
As a part of a line of AltaLink 10 MFP of A3 format (5 color and 5 monochrome) substituting in a line of digital copiers / MFPs of model of the average level of performance.
Among communication opportunities there are network interfaces: wire (Ethernet) and wireless (Wi-fi) and also Wi-Fi Direct (by means of the optional adapter) and support of NFC.
One of features of devices of a series – a possibility of use in the small companies without participation of IT personnel. This opportunity is implemented by means of the built-in automation equipment of processes of installation of devices and to the user interface on the basis of color touch screens.
| | We see how the workplace changes. Processes of solving of tasks moved from a desktop to mobile devices and became more personalized. Therefore we created a portfolio of the full-fledged business assistants who are closely connected with mobile and cloud technology environment which changed under the influence of evolution of a workplace. Jeff Jacobson, CEO of Xerox company | |
AltaLink C8055
For April 10, 2017 AltaLink C8055 A3 is the laser MFP for averages and the big working groups.
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