KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. Named a "Major Player" in IDC MarketScape: Managed Workflow Services 2015 (U.S., Western Europe, Asia/Pacific)

Osaka, Japan -- March 23, 2016 -- KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, announced that it has been recognized as a "Major Player" in a report by "IDC MarketScape: Managed Workflow Services 2015"* in the United States, Western Europe and Asia/Pacific regions.

• *IDC MarketScape U.S. Managed Workflow Services Hardcopy 2015 Vendor Assessment -- Building on MPDS (November 2015, IDC #US40586715)
  IDC MarketScape Western Europe Managed Workflow Services 2015 Hardcopy Vendor Assessment -- Building on MPDS (December 2015, IDC #EMEA40662015)
  IDC MarketScape Asia/Pacific Managed Workflow Services 2015 Vendor Assessment (January 2016, IDC #AP40437716)

Managed Workflow Services (MWS) represents the most mature level of Managed Print and Document Services (MPDS), as defined by IDC. This IDC MarketScape report focuses on the capabilities of target companies to provide clients with a roadmap to higher-value, workflow automation and optimization services, and then to effectively deliver those services.

With the theme "No One Solution Fits All," KYOCERA Document Solutions has been developing a global operating structure to provide flexible customization according to clients' individual business conditions and has been also working on document workflow improvements in order to enhance customers' business performance.

"We take being positioned in this report as a major player in three regions as proof that many companies appreciate our document solutions capabilities which work across various industries beyond languages and regions," said Ryuzo Morita, Director of KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. and Senior General Manager of its Corporate Strategy Planning Division. "We will continue to listen our customers' needs and address their requests attentively. Furthermore, we continue to strengthen our activities by offering total document solutions to our customers."

About IDC MarketScape

IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.

• *This news release is current, as of the date of publication.