Konica Minolta Launches Express Connect App to bizhub MarketPlace

    Customizable App Grants Access to Users’ Favorite Websites Directly from a bizhub MFP

    (October 21, 2013) Ramsey, N.J. – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) recently announced the availability of the Express Connect app in the Konica Minolta bizhub® MarketPlace. A fast and easy-to-use portal that grants access to a user-established list of websites, the Express Connect app keeps users connected to the information they need most, directly from the control panel of a Konica Minolta bizhub MFP.

    The Express Connect app allows users to identify web pages with intuitive icons, go directly to sites without additional keystrokes, and access both internal and external websites. Users can select whether to display links as large icons or in a horizontal view with small icons, and can also organize them alphabetically or by most frequently/recently viewed.

Examples of how the Express Connect app can be used include the following:

• Teachers and other education professionals can link to commonly visited teacher resource and support websites

• Frequent business travelers can link to airline and flight information websites for up-to-the-minute status reports

• Administrators at medical practices can link to insurance provider websites

• Financial advisors can link to leading financial news sources

• Legal professionals can link to commonly visited legal journals

    “The demand for simple access to key information drives the development of apps for the bizhub MarketPlace, and the Express Connect app responds directly to this need,” says Kevin Kern, senior vice president, Marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. “The bizhub MarketPlace is another way that customers can count on Konica Minolta for solutions that keep them connected and productive.”

    Please visit www.bizhubmarketplace.com to learn more.

Source: Buyer's Laboratory Inc.