Konica Minolta has been positioned as a Leader in the Quocirca Cloud Print Services Landscape 2026 for the third consecutive year. According to the international market research firm, “Konica Minolta stands out for its cloud-first, security-led approach, combining cloud print, workflow, fax, device monitoring, and zero trust-aligned controls across a hybrid, multi-cloud architecture. Its strength lies in bringing print and document workflow into a unified, cloud-enabled multifunction printer (MFP) ecosystem, with strong appeal for regulated and security-sensitive environments.”
According to Quocirca studies, cost control, security, and AI-enabled document processes are shaping the future of cloud print. For the report, Quocirca examined the cloud print strategies of leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)) and independent software vendors (ISVs). The report is based on vendor assessments as well as several end-user studies involving a total of several hundred IT decision-makers. The findings show that “cloud print adoption has reached the mainstream”: Already 78% of organisations are using cloud-based print management at least partially today. At the same time, demands for cost efficiency, security, and intelligent document processes continue to increase.
Between Cost Pressure and Security Requirements
The findings of the Quocirca study show that organisations are increasingly evaluating their print infrastructure from both an economic and security perspective.
A total of 41% of respondents cite controlling costs as their biggest challenge, three percentage points more than in the previous year, rising to 46% among mid-market organisations. At the same time, 37% cite the costs of purchasing and maintaining on-premises print servers. Local print infrastructure is becoming an increasing challenge, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses with energy consumption, resilience, and administrative overhead key contributors.
With cloud-based print management platforms such as YSOFT SAFEQ Cloud and PaperCut Hive, Konica Minolta directly addresses these challenges. They replace traditional print servers, automate administration and maintenance, and optimise the print environment through centralised monitoring and management. In addition, Quocirca highlights that the flexible, subscription-based pricing model “makes it easier for businesses to scale and budget for cloud adoption”.
Security is also a key focus for organisations. 38% see securing and managing printing across a hybrid workforce as a major challenge. In addition, 25% identified improving print security as a priority for 2026. Finally, 34% cited data security and privacy in the cloud as the biggest barrier to adopting cloud print management. Among large organisations, concerns regarding data governance and sovereignty were also cited most frequently, at 20%. According to Quocirca, Konica Minolta’s cloud print solutions support a zero trust approach through secure authentication, end-to-end encryption, continuous monitoring, and automated security updates, helping organisations protect print infrastructure in increasingly distributed workplace environments.
These findings show why many organisations remain cautious about relinquishing control over cost, security and data governance, with hybrid models continuing to dominate, according to Quocirca.
Cloud Print and AI-Enabled Document Capture Are Converging
Another key priority for 2026, according to Quocirca, is implementing better solutions to integrate print and scan workflows (28%). In addition, more than three quarters (77%) of organisations expect an increase in the adoption of cloud capture over the next 12 months. According to Quocirca, this “transition is increasingly characterised by the adoption of AI-enabled solutions that move beyond basic digitisation to offer intelligent document processing (IDP).” At the same time, “scan volumes are also rising, with 66% expecting increased MFP usage”. According to Quocirca, “the consolidation of print and capture into a unified, AI-supported infrastructure is expected to rise.” Konica Minolta follows precisely this approach with its cloud-based document and workflow solutions. Combining cloud printing, document capture, document management, cloud fax, and workflow services within a centralised environment, helps organisations transition their document processes into an integrated cloud infrastructure.
Konica Minolta as a Partner for Cloud Transformation
Konica Minolta’s renewed positioning as a Leader reinforces the company’s commitment to supporting organisations throughout this journey, from modernising print infrastructure to delivering intelligent, secure, and cloud-based document processing. Quocirca summarises the value of Konica Minolta’s solutions as follows: “Konica Minolta helps organisations reduce costs, mitigate cyber risks, prevent unauthorised access, and streamline document processes.”
Melissa Dempsey, Chief Marketing Officer, Konica Minolta Australia, said,
“Being recognised as a Leader in Quocirca’s Cloud Print Services Landscape for the third consecutive year is an important endorsement of the role cloud print plays in helping organisations modernise with confidence. In Australia, customers are looking for practical ways to reduce infrastructure complexity, strengthen information security, and support hybrid teams without losing control over cost, governance, or the user experience. Konica Minolta’s cloud portfolio helps address these priorities by bringing print, capture, and workflow into a secure, scalable environment that can adapt as organisations evolve.”
The recognition reinforces Konica Minolta’s focus on helping Australian organisations move to cloud-enabled print and document workflows in a practical, secure, and scalable way, while supporting the cost control and governance priorities that matter to local businesses.
Quocirca Cloud Print Services Landscape
Konica Minolta has been positioned as a Leader in the Quocirca Cloud Print Services Landscape 2026 for the third consecutive year. According to the international market research firm, “Konica Minolta stands out for its cloud-first, security-led approach, combining cloud print, workflow, fax, device monitoring, and zero trust-aligned controls across a hybrid, multi-cloud architecture. Its strength lies in bringing print and document workflow into a unified, cloud-enabled MFP ecosystem, with strong appeal for regulated and security-sensitive environments.”
About Konica Minolta Australia
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Australia Pty Ltd is a market-leading provider of trusted technology solutions to help Australian organisations keep pace with the needs of the future workplace through innovation and investment technology solutions that leverage the technology of tomorrow, today.
From printing, scanning, and copying to cloud storage and managed IT services, Konica Minolta Australia’s award-winning products and solutions help customers to transform and move information faster.
Creating and working with equitable, socially responsible, and environmentally conscious organisations is an important part of the future workplace. Konica Minolta Australia actively promotes and innovates through diversity and inclusion, ethical supply chain, and climate change action strategies.
Konica Minolta Australia is proud to support the commitment to reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and all other people in the community to help improve life outcomes and opportunities and to create a better future for society at large. As part of this, Konica Minolta Australia developed its Reconciliation Action Plan to publicly commit to reconciliation initiatives, and is a member of Supply Nation, the Australian leader in supplier diversity, to support First Nations businesses.
