MWA Intelligence, Inc. Announces Industry Changing Alliance with Konica Minolta Business Solutions

SCOTTSDALE, AZ —February 17, 2015 — MWA Intelligence Inc. (MWAi), an SAP Gold Partner and leader in enterprise resource planning software (ERP), announces strategic alliance with Konica Minolta Business Solutions (KMBS), in which the two industry leaders will offer the first and only open-architecture, true ERP solution built specifically for the imaging channel.

Together, MWAi and KMBS will offers MWAi FORZA, a true ERP with unprecedented channel infrastructure and big data improvements, delivering the necessary power capable of fueling growth in expanding sectors including managed services while finding new and effective means of creating profitable growth in conventional business areas. 

"MWA Intelligence and Konica Minolta are proven innovation leaders in delivering world-class solutions and together we serve dealers around the world of all sizes,” said Michael T. Stramaglio, President and CEO of MWA Intelligence, Inc. “We are thrilled to enter into this unprecedented alliance with Konica Minolta Business Solutions. The strength and depth of Konica Minolta Business Solutions and All Covered will allow dealers to move to MWAi FORZA in a scheduled, timely manner with the resources and backing of KMBS, SAP and MWAi.”

“The power of MWAi FORZA combined with Konica Minolta’s expert IT infrastructure will accelerate the SAP integration and system readiness for our dealer community,” said Sam Errigo, Senior Vice President, Business Intelligence Services for Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. “This all-inclusive system is designed specifically for the imaging channel dealer so that they can unify, manage, and control their entire business from customers and operations to sales and financials on a single database business management platform.”

MWAi FORZA, built on SAP Business One, and designed and developed by MWA Intelligence Inc., offers dealers an alternative to their current business system and third party software programs.  MWAi FORZA enables real time decisions by capturing all critical information across sales, customers, operations, finances, service, and mobility, making the information instantly available company-wide. 

About MWA Intelligence, Inc. 

MWA Intelligence Inc. (MWAi), an SAP Business One Gold Partner, delivers enterprise-class and leading-edge Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Machine-to-People (M2P) solutions to better serve the imaging industry. MWAi's Intelligent Service, Workforce, Assets and GPS solution suites deliver mission-critical information in real time to the hands of customer-facing employees and into companies' back-end ERP systems including the powerful MWAi FORZA with SAP Business One. The MWAi solution automates all of the business intelligence management, meter collection, consumables and service alerts and also offers an integrated pre-sale MPS tool.
 

For additional information, please visit the MWA Intelligence corporate website: www.mwaintel.com

About Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is one of the world’s leaders in information management focused on enterprise content, technology optimization and cloud services. Our portfolio of offerings deliver solutions to improve our customers’ speed to market, manage technology costs, and facilitate the sharing of information to increase productivity. The All Covered IT Services division offers a range of solutions across all verticals with their IT strategy, support, project and cloud computing needs. KMBS has won numerous awards and recognition, including placement in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2014 Magic Quadrant

 for Managed Print Services (MPS) and Managed Content Services (MCS). KMBS has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty

 in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for seven consecutive years. Konica Minolta, Inc. has also been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for three years in a row. For more information, please visit: www.CountOnKonicaMinolta.com

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About All Covered

All Covered is a division of Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA Inc. and is a leading IT services provider offering a range of services, including Cloud Services, security, application development, desktop management, email management, server and network monitoring and 24×7 client help desk. All Covered Cloud Services are designed to provide customers of all sizes with affordable and scalable cloud solutions ideal for cloud servers, backup and disaster recovery, business continuity and hosted applications. All Covered Cloud Services are hosted in a secure private cloud datacenter that is SOC1/SOC2 compliant. For additional information, please visit the All Covered corporate website: www.allcovered.com