VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Ricoh India has bagged an order worth Rs.344 crore from Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd ( KELTRON ). Ricoh will supply, install and commission Computer Hardware, Connected Accessories, Software, Maintain Equipment(s) and provide Computer Education Services in 2,000 Government and Government-aided High Schools in the State of Odisha on 5 Years BOOT Model Project under the ICT @ School Scheme. Manoj Kumar, Managing Director & CEO, Ricoh India , said, “We are honoured to be associated with this prestigious project and work along with the Government of Odisha and KELTRON. It is the second-largest project for Ricoh India after the Department of Post Digitization order, that we received last year and reflects Ricoh’s continued commitment to partnering with organizations to help them achieve greater cost efficiencies and improved productivity through increased... Read more

To accelerate the company’s growth, Ricoh India will focus on developing solutions and products for the manufacturing industry. As a part of its focussed strategy, the company has showcased its end-to-end solutions for the manufacturing industry at an event held in Pune. At the event, Ricoh India has displayed design and engineering solution, shop-floor solutions, office automation solution, collaboration solution and IT services.  In addition, the company has also exhibited its wide range of 3D printers, Real-time Automated Machine Productivity (RAMP) solution, Machine vision systems for automated quality monitoring, and design and product lifecycle management solutions... Read more

Ricoh India is now a Siemens PLM Software reseller for NX software and the Teamcenter portfolio. Ricoh India operates across India through a robust network of 24 offices, and will be utilizing the same network to distribute the software. Manoj Kumar, Managing Director & CEO, Ricoh India, said, “We have recently partnered with Siemens to offer NX software and Teamcenter, which will further strengthen Ricoh’s position as a one-stop solution provider. In addition, with this partnership our endeavor is to make innovation accessible to manufacturing sector across India and hence support the Indian Government initiative of “Make in India”.Tamil Nadu is an extremely important market for Ricoh as it plays a significant role in the overall growth strategy for the company. We are upbeat about the growth of this state and will be aiming for Rs.200-crore business from the state. Ricoh has been growing at a rapid rate of over 50% CAGR for the last four years in a row. We a...

Ricoh India is partnering with the Department of Post for implementing and operating integrated Rural Hardware solution for around 1,30,000 post offices across India. It includes handheld devices with camera, biometric facility and also includes a set of solar panels at the EDO level and network connectivity. During the celebration of Good Governance Week, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communication and IT, kicked off “Rural Information and Communication Technology” Project by handing over the first lot of “Solar Powered”, Biometric-enabled Handheld Devices to Branch Postmasters of three pilot states... Read  more

Ricoh India has announced the launch of its RICOH THETA S, the newest model in the RICOH THETA series of spherical cameras that capture 360-degree scenes surrounding the user. The launched model features extra-high resolution, fully spherical photos and videos in one simple shot, a live preview function and even greater compatibility with social media platforms. RICOH THETA S, a lightweight portability camera, is able to capture high-resolution spherical images of up to nearly 14 megapixels. The model provides better quality images due to an enlarged image sensor and fast F2.0 lenses which allow more light through Ricoh’s proprietary ultra-small twin-lens folded-optical system The spherical images can be uploaded  to theta360.com and shared via various social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, and posted to Google Maps, Google+ and YouTube360° Channel... Read more

Ricoh India has opened its first Indian flagship Brand store at Lucknow. The Brand store is an effort to strengthen consumer experience and engagement. The diverse array of Ricoh India product line up comprises single function and multi-function printers for home & office use. Ricoh SP111 series is the first Jam free printers and SP 210 (“kanjoos”- much in use) has highest duty cycle (20000 pages) and RAM (120 MB) in the industry along with the Genuine Refill Program which gives customer a smooth and hassle free printing experience. At Ricoh store, the customer can also experience the recently launched, Ricoh THETA m15, which is a spherical camera that captures the space around you with just one touch. The camera range also includes Pentax K-500, which is an impressive entry-level DSLR, all weather and all-purpose underwater camera WG4 among many other products. Brand Store will also have range projectors which allow bright and rich visuals, enabling users to operate the dev...

Ricoh has announced the launch of fully automated real-time shop-floor productivity tracking and monitoring solution “RAMP”. The new solution from Ricoh will transform the shop floor/factory transaction reporting and will enable manufacturing companies achieve higher productivity by connecting shop floor to the top floor through real-time monitoring and reporting of machine performance, productivity, downtimes, production output, etc. The solution will bring a lot of relief to the manufacturing sector in India, where the most crucial part, i.e. the shop floor is still isolated from the rest of the IT network in the organization. Due to this, the most crucial shop floor data on production quantity and man-machine utilization, etc is manually collected and compiled, that is made available the next day, and is often inaccurate or doctored, resulting in poor decision-making. Most of the CXOs are unable to monitor progress of productivity initiatives and processes. The complexity incre...

With the launch of TranSecure, Ricoh has marked its entry into the service solutions space for financial institutions. TranSecure is a security solution for banks. The company will take this service across the financial institutions in the Indian market, which will allow banks to detect suspected fraud transactions and arrive at a more intelligent decisioning methodology to reduce false positives. TranSecure, a geolocation technology-based payment security solution from Ricoh India, is used to help in the prevention of e-and m-commerce fraud. The service enables a bank to authenticate a user’s identity based on their mobile phone location at the point of transaction, which can be an ATM Machine, Merchant Outlet or e-commerce website. As a result, a bank can effectively and proactively determine a potential fraud transaction and take necessary precautionary measures. The solution is easy to adopt as it does not require any mobile application installed by the end-user. The service p...

Ricoh has forayed into 3D printing and scanning solutions for manufacturing industry. The 3D Printing & Scanning solutions will revolutionize the way design and product development is being done in the manufacturing sector. Using these solutions, manufacturing companies can democratize design and allow every designer to test proof of concept at his desk. Major manufacturing sectors that will benefit most by this 3D Printing & Scanning solutions are: automobile & auto component, capital goods & engineering products, plastic & rubber products, fabricated metal products, electrical & electronics equipment, furniture modelling, Jewellery designers, etc. Speaking on the occasion, Manoj Kumar, Managing Director & CEO, Ricoh India, said, “We, at RICOH, always believe in getting solutions that solve key business ... Read more

Moving a step further in bringing innovative products for the customers with uncompromising image quality and help discover a new world through the lenses, Ricoh India has announced the launch of its state-of-the-art cameras -RICOH THETA m15 and DSLR Pentax K-S2. Ricoh THETA m15 is not just an ordinary camera. It is a spherical camera that captures the space around you with just one touch. The fish-eye lenses on each side of the compact body capture images of just over 180 degrees, which are stitched together inside the camera body. Create a sense of presence so real it feels like you are actually there. Look around the photos in any direction on the web or on a smartphone.  The Ricoh THETA app enables both remote and manual shooting. Users can also use a smartphone to shoot images from a remote location, without needing to hold the camera in your hand. It allows users to capture, explore and share their unique visual experiences with people around the world using unconvention...

Ricoh has introduced Intelligent Barcode Solution (IBS) software that enables a wide range of Ricoh Multifunctional Products (MFPs) & Printers to print barcode and optical character recognition (OCR). Ricoh has launched IBS in order to meet the requirements of today’s customers and make the work environment more flexible and functional. Many businesses print barcode and OCR that are used to keep track of inventory and mission-critical documents with the help of a separate device or supplementary hardware. The user-friendly design enhances productivity for businesses operating in the SAP environment by automatically translating the Barcode language into the Ricoh print driver language without interrupting the workflow. IBS seamlessly integrates with Ricoh MFPs and Printers to expand functionality and also has built-in function that eliminates the need for programming modification, thus reducing the programmer’s workload... See more 

Ricoh has announced the launch of its fully integrated cloud-enabled PACS solution “Picasso” in Hyderabad. The new solution from Ricoh will not only provide access of medical images to patients and clinicians, reduce cost of providing medical care but also help us in saving environment. A web-based multi-specialty cloud-enabled solution, Picasso offers a wide range of benefits to Patients, Radiologists, Consultants and hospitals. The solution will improve user efficiency, reduce turnaround time, minimize cost of clinical imaging, optimize image compression, providing remote access to doctors. In addition to the physician and the radiologist, Picasso provides anytime-anywhere access to medical images to the patient as well, enabling them to access images on any mobile device such as tablets, cell phone or laptops. Further, it seamlessly integrates with any existing Hospital Information System (HIS) or Radiology Information System (RIS), to ensure consolidated patient’s data. This s...

On the occasion of “World Environment Day”, Ricoh India Ltd has announced that it has received Silver ratings for a total of 32 of its imaging equipment products marketed in India, including MFPs and printers, as qualified by the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) registry. Ricoh is the first manufacturer to have its Imaging Equipment products meet the stringent environmental benchmarks in India, as established by the EPEAT rating system. Speaking on the occasion, Manoj Kumar, CEO & Managing Director, Ricoh India Ltd, said, “Ricoh believes that business development is compatible with social sustainability and we are proud that we are able to lead the way to higher, more reliable levels of environmental excellence.” “As part of our important focus on initiatives to achieve those goals, Ricoh has developed environmentally friendly products while promoting energy conservation, production of smaller and lighter products, resource circulation, and a reductio...

Ricoh has announced expansion of IT Solutions and Services in the Uttar Pradesh region. The company is a One-Stop Business Solution provider which helps in increasing workplace efficiency of Corporate Enterprises and Government Agencies through its innovative products and solutions using IT Automation & process integration. Ricoh’s Business Process Consulting approach aims to help key industry verticals like BFSI, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Education by creating industry-specific solutions for these segments, through printing and document management solutions, communications and IT services. Ricoh is also working aggressively in expanding their dealer network across India. After focussing on dealer presence across the country, Ricoh India also plans to expand the Uttar Pradesh dealer’s network for better outreach. It has recently implemented e-District project of order value over Rs.100 crore in the State of Uttar Pradesh which is State Wide Rollout of e-District MMP. The...

HCL Learning has announced a strategic partnership with Ricoh India to support their digital smart class solution ‘ClassTech’. It is a state-of-the-art solution powered by HCL Learning’s flagship product ‘DigiSchool’, a class-leading, interactive and comprehensive content solution that enriches classroom experience across the K12 segment. ClassTech was launched by Dr. Shayama Chona, the Founder & President of Tamana Association and the former principal of Delhi Public School, R K Puram, New Delhi. ClassTech creates an interactive classroom learning experience and allows a school to manage its IT Infrastructure more effectively with Ricoh’s extensive technology expertise. Speaking on the occasion, Manoj Kumar, Executive Vice President and CEO, Ricoh said, “Indian classrooms need to go beyond traditional ways of teaching methodologies and provide quality education to students. Ricoh ClassTech powered by HCL Learning’s DigiSchool solution promises to help students in better co...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     Manoj Kumar, Executive Vice President & CEO, Ricoh India Ltd, has been appointed as the Chairman of CII Office Automation & Imaging Industry Division. He takes over from Dr. Alok Bharadwaj - Executive Vice President, Canon India. Kumar is going to lead this industry forum under the CII banner. OA & Imaging Division comprises of members from IT peripherals, office automation, digital printing & finishing and digital photography industries. The division works to build an environment conducive to the growth of this industry in India, partnering industry and government alike, through advisory and consultative processes. On his appointment, Manoj Kumar said, “I thank all the members for giving me this opportunity and responsibility as the new chairman of the Office automation and Imaging Division. With the industry growth of the annualized rate of above 10%, there is a huge demand for faster de...