by Hunter Feybusch
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by Hunter Feybusch
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- SC Media magazine published report stating that 20% of businesses have been hit by hackers
- 33% of those surveyed believe that they or others they know have been impacted by hackers inserting malicious firmware into their network connected drives
- 19% have been impacted by hackers targeting PC’s, Laptops, and printers/MFPs
- 91% believe that hackers are targeting their network endpoints
- 51% admit they can not verify if print hardware had its firmware tampered with
- (Konica Minolta’s bizhub i-series MFPs have security features to protect firmware)
– Research report published by IEEE Xplore – Analyzed reliability of more than 400,000 hard disk drives from a variety of manufacturers – Includes Hitachi, Seagate, Toshiba, Western Digital, etc. – Toshiba hard disk drives between 50 and 100 months old, had a failure rate of up to 6 of 1,000 drives per month o […]
– Report published by The Business Research Company – Total global sales to reach $15.67 billion by 2030 – Market to reach $15.08 billion by end of 2026 – CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 1.0% – Vertical markets include education, government and healthcare
– Sharp is a division of Foxconn of Taiwan, aka Hon Hai Precision – Will launch new “Poketomo”, a palm-sized, voice-interactive AI robot – “has a blunt, assertive, bossy, personality” – Features gray and white plastic body, with “upturned, sharp eyes” – Programmed to gradually open up, depending on how users interact with it – […]
– For the upcoming PRINTING United Expo 2026 held 9/23-25/2026 at Las Vegas Convention Center – Will be providing demos on: – REVORIA Press PC2120 – REVORIA Press EC2100 & SC285 – APEOSPRO C810 – APEOS MFPs – J Press FP790 flexible packaging press

