Modernizing Office Printing for Large Enterprises
This IDC infographic uncovers why enterprise organizations are
moving print infrastructure to the cloud to enable a more
secure and productive workforce.
Robert Palmer
Research Vice President, Imaging, Printing, and Document
Solutions, IDC
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45%
Cloud Adoption
41% of organizations have already adopted some form of cloud-based printing solution. Another 26% are considering cloud-based print solutions.
63%
Importance of Print
Print remains an integral business process and is crucial to everyday work. 63% of respondents say that print is either “important” or “very important” to their business.
Legacy Print Systems Can Hinder IT Modernization Efforts
Print remains an integral business process and is crucial to everyday work.
While companies are investing to modernize IT infrastructure, print is rarely included in these broader strategic initiatives until now.
Top Enterprise Business Priorities for the Print and Document Environment:
Almost half of enterprises say they are currently looking to modernize print infrastructure to align with their overall cloud migration strategy
Making the Print Environment Future-Ready
The future of print resides in the cloud. Print must operate effectively within a public cloud environment.
41%
Of organizations have already adopted some form of cloud-based printing solution.
26%
Indicate that they are considering cloud-based print solutions.
Reasons Enterprise Organizations are Migrating Print Infrastructure to the Cloud
To support zero trust
security principles
To adhere to corporate
security policies
To address hybrid
workforce requirements
To align with overall cloud and modernization initiatives
To reduce costs
To drive IT efficiency by eliminating onsite infrastructure
The Importance of Print Security
The perimeter is crumbling, and organizations can no longer rely on just the firewall for protection:
Legacy Print Systems Can Hinder IT Modernization Efforts
Making the Print Environment Future-Ready
How Cloud Enables a Secure and Modern Print Environment
The Importance of Print Security
Guidance and Next Steps
The ongoing transition to hybrid work is creating new print security problems.
70% of enterprises say keeping pace with print security issues has become more challenging due to the ongoing shift to hybrid work.
Organizational confidence in print security is very low:
Only 34% of businesses are “very confident” in their organization’s overall print security program.
On average, only 2% of the overall IT budget is allocated to print security.
66% of businesses have identified print security spending as a high priority over the next two years.
Print is a security vulnerability for many organizations:
32% have experienced at least one print-related security breach over the last 12 months
The average cost of a print-related data breach for enterprise organizations is $658,000
The most significant impact resulting from a data breach: productivity loss (stemming from IT and other resources dedicated to recovery and remediation)
How Cloud Enables a Secure and Modern Print Environment
Cloud is no longer considered a security risk, but rather a security enabler:
82% of enterprises say cloud-based print infrastructure would provide a more secure print environment.
Hybrid working is fueling increased adoption of cloud and zero trust initiatives to support remote users, cloud-based applications, and outside assets.
Zero trust is a security framework whereby all users (inside or outside) must be authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated.
of enterprise organizations have already implemented zero trust security initiatives.
have plans to do so.
Key drivers for implementing zero trust security initiatives:
improve data security and content protection
address hybrid work security issues
Breach Prevention
reduce endpoint and IoT security threats
reduce internal risk factors or human error
Identity is the new perimeter
Cloud technology is the most effective way to enable zero trust security principles and address key business objectives.
Top print/document security priorities and investments targeted within the next two years:
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