MELVILLE, N.Y., March 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Workflow technology
that can simplify communication and provide security features is a
top priority for many of today's businesses. Industry experts
estimate that 80 percent of data in the world is unstructured, with
40 percent of this data trapped in the form of e-mails and e-mail
attachments. Continuing its efforts to help customers confidently
transfer information, from image capture to file sharing, Canon
U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital
imaging solutions, today announced the expansion of its
relationship with Box, Inc. ("Box"), and the beginning of a new
relationship with MxHero, Inc., ("mxHero"), a cloud service for
intelligent e-mail management and collaboration.
Augmenting Canon's existing solutions portfolio of premier
output and content management solutions, the Canon's strong
integration with Box and mxHero will offer customers powerful
cloud-based capabilities to address many of the headaches that come
with sending and receiving large files, including the need for
security features and limited mailbox quota. As e-mails pass
through mxHero, attachments can be automatically routed to an
access restricted cloud storage account, such as Box – transforming
inboxes from bulky and vulnerable to lightweight and controlled.
Trusted by 64 percent of Fortune 500® companies for their cloud
content management needs1, Box solutions provide users
with an array of security features, including the ability to
restrict who and when files can be accessed.
"In expanding our relationship with Canon, we are also expanding
our commitment to helping to solve today's business challenges.
Whether organizations are simply sharing and accessing files from
mobile devices or completing sophisticated business processes, like
data governance and retention, we are thrilled to grow our
relationship with Canon and continue to help customers across a
variety of industries manage their business content in the cloud,"
said Chris Penner, senior vice
president, Global Channel Sales and Alliances, Box, Inc.
"Email messages and attachments represent a huge amount of
unstructured data that is not easily governed or secured. Working
with our cloud storage partners, mxHero's solutions augment
security, increase productivity and provide dramatic return on
investment benefits," said Alex
Panagides, chief executive officer, mxHero. "We are excited
to begin this partnership with Canon, a company that also puts a
great emphasis on providing the market with an effective workflow
process that controls unstructured data while providing the secure
features that are essential to today's business technology."
Many businesses continue to send confidential information in the
form of bulky, unprotected attachments. With no end-user
intervention or workflow disruption, mxHero integrates with
existing customer e-mail servers to facilitate the transfer of
files and automate additional mail rules, including the separation
of attachments from e-mails to cloud-based platforms like Box, a
feature which can be particularly helpful for businesses tasked
with maintaining files for audit, including those in legal, finance
and healthcare.
"From the time an image is scanned, to the moment it travels
outside the organization, Canon understands that businesses require
solutions that improve the way information is transmitted, received
and maintained," said Toyotsugu Kuwamura, executive vice president
and general manager, Business Imaging Solutions Group, Canon
U.S.A., Inc. "With a longstanding
history of providing solutions with security capabilities for the
streamlining of image capture, output and content management, these
relationships allow Canon and its dealers the opportunity to
provide our customers with solutions to help address one of the
most daunting challenges faced by businesses today – the effective
management, storage and collaboration of their unstructured
data."
Availability
Box and mxHero solutions are expected to
be available through Canon authorized dealers and Canon Solutions
America in May 2017.
For more information about Canon U.S.A., 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 markets. With approximately
$29 billion in global revenue, its
parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S.
patents granted in 2016.† 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
in the United States. Canon
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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
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1 According to Box.com
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