Saudi Gazette report

 

IN today’s world, through improved systems, we are connected like never before. People with ideas can communicate instantly with others to make those ideas a reality. And ideas form the basis for business development. To assist businesses to grow, firms offering innovative customized solutions are becoming key players in developing a made-to-order model for each business to become successful and cost-effective.



That’s what Canar Office Systems Co hoped to deliver through their recent roadshow  in January in the three major cities of the Kingdom — Al Khobar (Le-Meridien on 12th), Riyadh (Marriot on 14th) and Jeddah (Le-Meridien 19th) by offering smart print technology and customised solutions. Their roadshow  provided a window of the services offered in Hi-tech Office Automation market.



A.P. Barretto, general manager of Canar Office Systems Co, who addressed all the three forums, briefed the audiences about the event and the benefits it can bring while adapting to new ways of working with the latest technology.



“We are holding this roadshow in order to create awareness of the new technology across a large customer base in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” Barretto said, while adding we have a big chunk of the market share in the private sector and now we are looking to serve the public sector too.



“Through Canar’s philosophy of excelling by quality-oriented service, we are gaining more positive confidence every day to live up to the expectations of our clients’ requirement. Further, to meet our commitment and to support the needs of Kingdom’s ever growing vast market, we have 2 major divisions: Office Automation & Managed Print Services (MPS) Division and IT Solutions Division.”



Managed Print Services is the active management and optimization of document output devices and related business processes. MPS are facilitated by key software applications. According to research, the last great area of uncontrolled costs for most companies is print. An effective MPS program can reduce printing costs. It also decreases the firm’s IT support burden, and facilitates access to innovative new print technologies.



Canar exhibited the latest range of Nashuatec [Ricoh] Multifunction Printers with full color copy, print, scan, fax and integrated document management besides print management capabilities like administering the device functionalities and capabilities through a smart card that offers relevant features based on predefined privileges to fully secure the Multifunction Printer in different environments thus resulting in better utilization and significant saving costs to the organizations.



The large audiences, in all three cities, were introduced to the new concept of intelligent way of printing integrating with smart capabilities of the latest multifunction printers besides Device Management, simple solutions for integrating smartphones and tablets and Managed Print Services through presentations from Canar office Systems Co and the visiting delegates from Ricoh International, Netherlands, besides live demonstration of features and functionality by experts from Canar Office Systems Co and Ricoh International.



Sridhar Janakiram, pre sales manager of Canar Office Systems Co, presented to the audiences the intelligent way of printing through live demonstrations showing the ease of use towards adapting to the new trends in the industry and addressing their queries while Jack Dib, product manager, briefed the audiences about the new products and its benefits.



The visiting team Gijs Hoogendijk, regional sales manager, Wouter Van-Breukelen, product marketing manager, and Jos Huijsmans, strategic solutions manager, from Ricoh International, Netherlands, shared their experiences about the present trends in the region and the way ahead with the need for adapting to the new work way with new technology.



The audiences were enthralled with the opportunity to have a feel of the new products and solutions while expressing their eagerness to address their day-to -day print challenges by collaborating with Canar Office Systems Co.



Canar Office Systems Co was founded in 1974 upon a winning strategy of combining technological innovations with major focus on emphasized Business Growth. It has achieved a level of international coverage and penetration that a few companies of its size can claim.



Today, Canar is an acknowledged leader in its field, positioned to move forward with the best technology that the industry can provide in times to come. It has more than 10 well-established branch offices spanning the Gulf and over 250 technically qualified staff on its payroll. 



Canar has been a pioneer in offering customized solutions for various office needs since 36 years by partnering with global brands like Nashuatec, Brother, Infocus, HP, Microsoft, Cisco, McAfee, Cyberroam, Fortinet etc. Canar has been at the forefront in offering the latest products and solutions with cutting edge technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia thus helping its large customer base with smart solutions for smart offices and by offering excellent after sales support which has resulted in more satisfied customers.



Canar has been a leader in MPS to address the print challenges in offices and business environment and has helped various customers overcome the print challenges through professional consultancy and Print Management Solutions whereby the customers have benefitted by substantial savings in office print management.



Canar is committed to offer customized solutions through world class products and solutions to all its customers resulting in excellent return on investment and consistently meeting or exceeding its customer’s expectations.



Canar aims to offer better pre sales and after sales support with a more proactive approach resulting in satisfied customers which has resulted in being the largest distributor of Nashuatec in the Middle East region.