Canon Named as a Leader in IDC MarketScape on Smart Multifunction Peripheral Assessment Report
April 20 2015 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Report recognizes Canon’s strategy for growth
and commitment to research and design in managed print and document
services
Canon, U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, for
another year, has been positioned as a leader in the IDC
MarketScape: U.S. Smart Multifunction Peripheral 2014-2015 Vendor
Assessment, doc #254761, March 20151 report, for being innovative
and excelling in the pace and productivity of its research and
development efforts with respect to managed print and document
services. The report cites Canon’s achievement in demonstrating
strengths in all of IDC’s key requirements to help ensure MFP
market success, including a broad product portfolio, leading MFP
market share, support for a wide range of customer targets, pricing
models that fit customer requirements and a solutions/services
model to help drive value-added differentiation.
“The evolution of today’s market requires MFPs to no longer be
simply copy/print-focused devices, but high-performance business
information systems,” said Keith Kmetz, vice president, Hardcopy
Peripherals Solutions and Services, IDC. “As in the past, Canon’s
strategy for growth, including investments in software platforms,
software applications and services delivery, has helped ensure that
its MFPs provide for the market’s requirements.”
“Canon takes great pride in our deep understanding of customer
requirements and long-standing reputation for technology
leadership,” said Junichi Yoshitake, senior vice president and
general manager, Marketing, Business Imaging Solutions Group, Canon
U.S.A. “We are honored to be recognized as a leader and look
forward to continuing the Company’s commitment to research, design
and innovation.”
For more information about Canon technology, visit
www.usa.canon.com.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer,
business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to
the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding
Mexico) markets. With approximately $31 billion in global revenue,
its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranked third overall in
U.S. patents granted in 2014† and is one of Fortune Magazine's
World’s Most Admired Companies in 2015. In 2014, Canon U.S.A.
received the PCMag.com Readers’ Choice Award for Service and
Reliability in the digital camera and printer categories for the
11th consecutive year. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest
level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent
U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it
distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of
social and environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon
Americas Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a
recognition for the design, construction, operations and
maintenance of high-performance green buildings. To keep apprised
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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.
†Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of
their respective owners.
1 IDC MarketScape: U.S. Smart Multifunction Peripheral 2014-2015
Vendor Assessment, doc #254761, March 2015
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