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The Manufacturer of office imaging solutions unveils latest models of laser printers and MAXIFY range at the inaugural Business Awards
In recognition of Canon Middle East’s success in the Sultanate, the leader in office imaging solutions handed out business awards to their best-performing IT channel partners. Within the strong presence of the Sultanate’s growing community of IT dealers, system integrators and resellers, over eight top-performing channel partners were awarded at the event.
As part of the Canon Business Awards, IT dealer Rahat Computers, who has established itself in the Sultanate with a clear and strong focus on B2B solutions, was adjudged as the winner in the laser category, while WINS Computer was adjudged the winner in the Inkjet category. Atlas Computer who joined Canon in 2008 and has been consistently growing year on year, playing key role in developing the Canon business in Oman, along with Arms Computer that moved from selling competitive brands and effectively positioned Canon with all their customers, were winners in the Consumable Business and in the mid-high and colour printer categories respectively.
Arms Computer also won the most sought-after ‘Partner of the Year 2014’ award and drove away with the coveted mega prize of a delivery van. Intisar Corporation was awarded for being the overall OIP Business of the Year while Ex-n-Tech and Office Equipment secured the upcoming dealer of year award.
“Canon is a leader in the imaging and business solutions category in terms of technology, performance and range. This success has been built on many factors, including our product range, the service we offer, and most importantly, our ongoing programme for the development of channel partners and dealers in the Sultanate. The Canon Channel Partner programme seeks to continuously recognise the contribution of key players and team members of the Oman’s IT dealer channel who contribute to our success,” said Hendrik Verbrugghe, Marketing Director, Canon Middle East.
“The partner program is an ideal platform to understand the needs of our channel partners and further consolidate our presence in the market. We want to show them that we are their partners in every true sense of the word, and we will continue to support them in all their business endeavours. Besides, such events are also important to help everybody gain a greater understanding of the state-of-the-art technology and the latest innovations taking place within the Canon office imaging product portfolio,” added Verbrugghe.
Following the awards, Canon introduced its latest models of laser and inkjet printers that are ideal for small businesses looking for greater efficiency and increased productivity. While the broad product range of the iSENSYS laser printers are packed with Canon’s Quick First-Print, energy efficient technologies in a stylish, space saving design, the MAXIFY printers features the power of inkjet to deliver high speed, high yield, laser-quality prints, with a host of features including Wi-Fi connectivity that allows sharing and printing of information from wireless devices and popular Cloud services.
“The demand for cost effective all-in-one office inkjet printers have significantly increased within the segment of home office users in Oman. We are happy to cater to this growing segment and take forward Canon’s vision of providing cutting-edge technology to business and home-office users. Canon has always been committed to developing its channel relations in the Sultanate and incentive programmes such as this enable us to work closely with our channel partners. We are very pleased with response for the debut Canon Business Awards in Oman and look forward to build on this success,” said Dr Muthanna Al Durrah, CEO, GENETCO.
The Canon Partner Program was organised in co-ordination with GENETCO, Canon’s authorised distributor in Oman. The program is an initiative by Canon Middle East to engage more with channel partners and strengthen relationships with end-user clients across the Sultanate. The initiative launched last year saw 19 IT dealers in the Sultanate register for the channel partner programme.