Two OEMs have been making a bit of noise the past few weeks and I thought it would be interesting to share some of that noise with you while I\u2019m away at the Sharp dealer meeting.<\/p>\n
During the second week in November Kyocera had a Webinar to introduce two new apps that further underscore the company\u2019s status as one of the industry\u2019s leading app developers among the OEMs. Admittedly, Kyocera isn\u2019t alone in unveiling apps, but they are arguably one of the most prolific OEMs in this arena.<\/p>\n
One of those apps, DocuWare Connector, allows any Kyocera HyPAS-enabled or capable Kyocera MFP to serve as a portal to the DocuWare enterprise content management system. Reportedly, it\u2019s the first application to support the DocuWare cloud platform, which represents 15-20 percent of DocuWare\u2019s U.S. installations. The purpose of DocuWare Connector is to simplify complex document management processes. Users can use their Kyocera MFPs to scan documents directly to\u2014and retrieve documents from\u2014any folder within the company’s DocuWare system.<\/p>\n
The second application, AccuSender powered by Biscom, runs on Kyocera MFPs and integrates with Biscom\u2019s secure file transfer technology. The app allows Kyocera MFP users to scan any size document and send the document as a secure encrypted file to one or multiple recipients.<\/p>\n
According to Michael Paris, Kyocera\u2019s solutions marketing manager, \u201cThese are two applications of a strong portfolio of proprietary and third party solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although Paris is most definitely biased, when you look at the menu of apps that Kyocera has rolled out during the past few years, he\u2019s not exaggerating at all.<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago Canon U.S.A. held a conference call for press and analysts to discuss their highlights from 2015 and what to expect from Canon in 2016. The timing for this was ideal as we\u2019re focusing on highlights of the year throughout the month of December in ENX\/The Week in Imaging while next month we\u2019re presenting what\u2019s new in 2016 from the leading players in the office technology, solutions, services, and supplies segments of the industry.<\/p>\n
Canon\u2019s 2015 highlights encompass their rapid growth in color, driven in part by the new Canon imageRunners introduced during the past two years. The company\u2019s solutions services business is also growing, particularly uniFlow, which has experienced 50 percent growth year over year since 2014. According to Tom O\u2019Neill, vice president of marketing, Enterprise Solutions for Canon, one of the reasons for this growth is that the sales channel is realizing that uniFlow is more than just an output management solution and that it also manages workflow.<\/p>\n
Also growing, albeit not to the extent of uniFlow is ThereFore, an end-to-end information management solution that enhances the storage, management, and processing of information.<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore is not just a document management solution, it does manage documents, information, but it does manage workflow,\u201d said Hiro Imamura, VP and GM of Canon U.S.A.\u2019s Business Imaging Solutions Group. \u201cWhat\u2019s unique about the latest version of Therefore is that you can analyze workflow and identify the bottleneck [in the workflow] and address that. Along with uniFlow our partners can now use those tools as a platform for their consultative services.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another Canon highlight is a new cloud service, ACD (Advanced Cloud Portal), which the company describes as an information management hub. Initially introduced as a connector to Google Drive, Imamura reports that Canon is looking to expand into other areas, including its own solutions and third-party solutions.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal is to provide our customers with more flexible ability to connect to their services not limited to Canon solutions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Also notable was the introduction of a business management service infrastructure called CBSP (Canon Business Solutions Platform), which allows Canon\u2019s partners and their customers to more efficiently manage the company\u2019s sourced services\/apps.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe feel the work we\u2019re doing on that is critical to our future and what are customers really want,\u201d stated O\u2019Neill. \u201c[CBSP] is much more than just an app store. We want to provide an easier way for customers to get applications to use in a business when working with their print systems, but more importantly, it is designed to make it easier and more manageable for dealer partners and their customers to manage the variety of different cloud-based services that they\u2019re ultimately moving toward.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we launch more of these services and solutions our goal is to bring single-faced services although there are more sources for those services it may not always be from Canon it could be from third parties, our goal is single-face for those services,\u201d added Imamura.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead to 2016, O\u2019Neill reports that the greatest market opportunity for Canon is color, a segment where he expects to see continued growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe anticipate that, but also anticipate good growth in our MPS areas and those types of engagements,\u201d stated O\u2019Neill. \u201cAnd as mentioned, the strength of the uniFlow application will continue to evolve and that is going to offer additional growth in enabling us to provide the benefits of uniFlow management, secure print and output management, and monitoring of usage to even a wider group of customers down to the smaller level.\u201d<\/p>\n
It shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise that Canon sees cloud-based delivery of services growing in the coming year and they expect to be right in the middle of that too.<\/p>\n
Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two OEMs have been making a bit of noise the past few weeks and I thought it would be interesting to share some of that noise with you while I\u2019m away at the Sharp dealer meeting. During the second week in November Kyocera had a Webinar to introduce two new apps that further underscore the company\u2019s status as one of the industry\u2019s leading app developers among the OEMs. Admittedly, Kyocera isn\u2019t alone in unveiling apps, but they are arguably one of the most prolific OEMs in this arena. One of those apps, DocuWare Connector, allows any Kyocera HyPAS-enabled or capable Kyocera MFP to serve as a portal to the DocuWare enterprise content management system. Reportedly, it\u2019s the first application to support the DocuWare cloud platform, which represents 15-20 percent of DocuWare\u2019s U.S. installations. The purpose of DocuWare Connector is to simplify complex document management processes. Users can use their Kyocera MFPs to scan documents directly to\u2014and retrieve documents from\u2014any folder within the company’s DocuWare system. The second application, AccuSender powered by Biscom, runs on Kyocera MFPs and integrates with Biscom\u2019s secure file transfer technology. The app allows Kyocera MFP users to scan any size document and send the document as a secure encrypted file to one or multiple recipients. According to Michael Paris, Kyocera\u2019s solutions marketing manager, \u201cThese are two applications of a strong portfolio of proprietary and third party solutions.\u201d Although Paris is most definitely biased, when you look at the menu of apps that Kyocera has rolled out during the past few years, he\u2019s not exaggerating at all. Two weeks ago Canon U.S.A. held a conference call for press and analysts to discuss their highlights from 2015 and what to expect from Canon in 2016. The timing for this was ideal as we\u2019re focusing on highlights of the year throughout the month of December in ENX\/The Week in Imaging while next month we\u2019re presenting what\u2019s new in 2016 from the leading players in the office technology, solutions, services, and supplies segments of the industry. Canon\u2019s 2015 highlights encompass their rapid growth in color, driven in part by the new Canon imageRunners introduced during the past two years. The company\u2019s solutions services business is also growing, particularly uniFlow, which has experienced 50 percent growth year over year since 2014. According to Tom O\u2019Neill, vice president of marketing, Enterprise Solutions for Canon, one of the reasons for this growth is that the sales channel is realizing that uniFlow is more than just an output management solution and that it also manages workflow. Also growing, albeit not to the extent of uniFlow is ThereFore, an end-to-end information management solution that enhances the storage, management, and processing of information. \u201cTherefore is not just a document management solution, it does manage documents, information, but it does manage workflow,\u201d said Hiro Imamura, VP and GM of Canon U.S.A.\u2019s Business Imaging Solutions Group. \u201cWhat\u2019s unique about the latest version of Therefore is that you can analyze workflow and identify the bottleneck [in the workflow] and address that. Along with uniFlow our partners can now use those tools as a platform for their consultative services.\u201d Another Canon highlight is a new cloud service, ACD (Advanced Cloud Portal), which the company describes as an information management hub. Initially introduced as a connector to Google Drive, Imamura reports that Canon is looking to expand into other areas, including its own solutions and third-party solutions. \u201cOur goal is to provide our customers with more flexible ability to connect to their services not limited to Canon solutions,\u201d he said. Also notable was the introduction of a business management service infrastructure called CBSP (Canon Business Solutions Platform), which allows Canon\u2019s partners and their customers to more efficiently manage the company\u2019s sourced services\/apps. \u201cWe feel the work we\u2019re doing on that is critical to our future and what are customers really want,\u201d stated O\u2019Neill. \u201c[CBSP] is much more than just an app store. We want to provide an easier way for customers to get applications to use in a business when working with their print systems, but more importantly, it is designed to make it easier and more manageable for dealer partners and their customers to manage the variety of different cloud-based services that they\u2019re ultimately moving toward.\u201d \u201cAs we launch more of these services and solutions our goal is to bring single-faced services although there are more sources for those services it may not always be from Canon it could be from third parties, our goal is single-face for those services,\u201d added Imamura. Looking ahead to 2016, O\u2019Neill reports that the greatest market opportunity for Canon is color, a segment where he expects to see continued growth. \u201cWe anticipate that, but also anticipate good growth in our MPS areas and those types of engagements,\u201d stated O\u2019Neill. \u201cAnd as mentioned, the strength of the uniFlow application will continue to evolve and that is going to offer additional growth in enabling us to provide the benefits of uniFlow management, secure print and output management, and monitoring of usage to even a wider group of customers down to the smaller level.\u201d It shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise that Canon sees cloud-based delivery of services growing in the coming year and they expect to be right in the middle of that too. 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