Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. has announced a strategic partnership with Preservica, a leader in active digital preservation software. Konica Minolta's intelligent information management (IIM) group is now an authorized reseller of Preservica's Enterprise and Preserve365 technology, enabling it to offer an end-to-end solution for content creation, active management and long-term preservation. Through the alliance, the company aims to strengthen the adoption of digital preservation best practices in heavily regulated industries and government agencies in North America, providing a distinct competitive advantage and positioning Konica Minolta as a pioneer in integrated digital preservation.

Through its collaboration with Microsoft, Preservica has simplified compliance by making the archiving, digital preservation and retrieval of high-value, long-term and permanent records part of the Microsoft 365 and Microsoft SharePoint experience. Already a Microsoft partner, Konica Minolta's customers on the Microsoft 365 platform will be able to maximize their existing investment with Microsoft, and customers moving to Microsoft 365 or looking to streamline their Microsoft 365 sprawl will experience a seamless transition.

"With an increasing number of organizations adopting Microsoft 365, this partnership presents a transformative opportunity to deliver integrated, long-term digital preservation solutions that meet the evolving technology needs of our customers," said Ron Thompson Jr., vice president and general manager, intelligent information management - video solution services, Konica Minolta. "This collaboration is poised to revolutionize how our customers manage, preserve and access their critical digital content."

"There's a shift happening in the market as more organizations realize that in 10, 15 or even 25 years, they may no longer be able to access their information, and this inability to retrieve critical content — particularly for government and heavily regulated industries — puts these organizations at significant legal risk," said Mike Quinn, CEO, Preservica. "Konica Minolta is well-positioned to help customers adopt Preserve365 as part of their data transformation, decommissioning, archiving or information governance projects. The synergies between our two companies offer our mutual customers significant advantages, and we believe Konica Minolta will emerge as a leader in meeting the specific need for digital preservation archiving within the Microsoft 365 environment."

Benefits to Konica Minolta customers include:  

• Improved compliance performance, with records governance policies/mandates/legislation and a central repository to make governing access to and auditing archived records easier  
• Automated and secure records management (RM) processes that archive records more efficiently at scale and give information governance (IG) teams more time to focus on disposition reviews for everything else
• More efficient search and discovery capabilities that save time serving trusted/useable records in response to business information/FOIA requests  
• Full confidence that important long-term/permanent records are automatically protected against file format obsolescence, corruption and unauthorized deletion now and for years to come
• Ability to optimize and declutter SharePoint environments by easily moving inactive, long-term or legacy files, folders, lists or libraries to the preservation archive

"By addressing critical customer document retention needs and leveraging Preservica's expertise, we deliver unparalleled value and position ourselves as an industry leader," Thompson added. "This collaboration promises transformative growth for our business and substantial benefits for our customers, solidifying Konica Minolta's role as an innovator in intelligent information management."