The company has partnered with Loadbalancer.org to better distribute application, network and data traffic efficiently and securely for its customers.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions, U.S.A., Inc. announced a new distribution agreement with Loadbalancer.org that will enhance customer experience by better distributing application, network and data traffic efficiently and securely, particularly in sectors where zero downtime is critical.
Established in 2003, Loadbalancer.org develops and supplies load balancer and application delivery controller (ADC) products and services, delivering availability and scalability with unbreakable solutions to ensure zero downtime for critical IT applications.
Through the partnership, Loadbalancer.org can be integrated with Konica Minolta solutions related to Print and Document Management, as well as Automated Workflow apps. The Loadbalancer.org solution can also be sold in conjunction with the new Konica Minolta Workplace Hub Core or Workplace Hub Smart solutions providing secure fully managed platforms with 24/7 monitoring and management. Users of Konica Minolta Print Management and Workflow Automation applications such as Dispatcher Suite and others will benefit from features such as:
- Zero downtime – failover print/app servers with no user impact
- Scalability – add or remove servers from a cluster
- Optimal performance – spread traffic across multiple servers
- Resilience – multi-site failover utilizing Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
- Easy maintenance – bring servers off/online at the touch of a button
“What continues to impress us about Loadbalancer.org is their mission to make sure our customers experience uninterrupted uptime, as well as how easily and quickly they are able to develop custom deployment guides for our workflow and print management applications. We are getting that same positive feedback from our solution vendors as well,” said Chris Bilello, Director of Business Development, Konica Minolta. “Because of the existing relationships they had with vendors compatible with our solutions, at the time of launch we will be able to offer their services with a majority of our core office applications.”
“This is a unique partnership because of all the varying solutions Konica Minolta provides and how closely we’ve been able to work with them,” said Roman Humphreys, Partner Development Manager, Loadbalancer.org. “We were able to quickly align to perform extensive testing, build out a lot of resources and create tailored solutions.”
