Ricoh Spain has presented its strategic vision to integrate artificial intelligence into organizations, collected in a new white paper in which it proposes a complete approach to convert this technology into a real engine of transformation and generation of value for the business.
In a context in which AI has established itself as a key lever of competitiveness, the company warns that many organizations are still not obtaining tangible results. “Artificial intelligence has established itself as a strategic enabler of efficiency and experience. However, many organizations remain limited to pilots without real impact, due to challenges in infrastructure, data, processes, security and adoption,” the document states.
Impact of AI on the business environment
Despite the growth of AI in the business environment, Ricoh Spain’s white paper highlights a significant gap between experimentation and value generation, based on data from different reports: 75% of companies will use generative AI in 2026, but 95% do not obtain a measurable ROI and only 45% maintain AI projects in production in the long term.
For this reason, the company proposes to IT leaders a structured approach that allows them to successfully scale their AI initiatives in their companies and, thus, obtain key advantages, such as reduced time-to-market, by being able to have functional AI environments in weeks; simplification, through a single integrated package of hardware, software and services; scalability, to evolve progressively, and security, combining private AI with data control and regulatory compliance.
Infrastructure, applications and operation: a unified vision
Ricoh specialists propose a comprehensive support model that covers the entire AI life cycle, from strategic definition to production and operation, both in cloud and private AI environments.
To do this, he structures his proposal in three areas:
• AI-ready infrastructure: Ricoh’s document proposes scalable, secure and efficient private AI environments adapted to the maturity level of each organization, allowing it to evolve from testing to critical production environments. Additionally, for customers whose journey to AI begins in the public cloud, it proposes adoption in the Microsoft ecosystem, with Azure, or its own RIA (Ricoh Intelligent Automation) platform, the solution facilitates the consumption of artificial intelligence as a service within the business environment.
• Applications and use cases: The company has hundreds of use cases designed, applicable to multiple sectors and areas, from process automation to application development and modernization, multi-agent solutions and corporate solutions for portals and fundamental management.
“We understand artificial intelligence as a lever to transform processes, applications and the way people work, automating what exists and enabling new capabilities that were not possible before,” the document explains.
• AI Operation and Governance: Ricoh transfers its IT management model, with its IT Total Care managed services, to AI environments, guaranteeing control, efficiency and operational continuity.
Ricoh proposes a comprehensive support model that covers the entire life cycle of AI
As José Tamajón, commercial director of Large Accounts at Ricoh Spain, explains, “we have a team specialized in AI with more than 150 certified professionals, we have developed more than 100 technology integration projects and we have invested more than 4 million dollars in our own AI platforms. All of this, added to the solid alliances that we maintain with leading partners in the sector, such as Microsoft, Dell, VMware by Broadcom, Red Hat or TrendAI, allow us to guide companies in their projects with this technology and meet their expectations.”
