February 14, 2012 - Lake Success, NY
CANON INFORMATION AND IMAGING SOLUTIONS LAUNCHES
FORMS AND PRINT SERVICES FOR SALESFORCE ON
SALESFORCE.COM’S APPEXCHANGE, THE WORLD’S
MOST-POPULAR MARKETPLACE FOR BUSINESS APPS
Businesses tap into the power of social, mobile and
open cloud technologies to transform into social
enterprise
Customers can now create and print highly visual
forms from leading CRM
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 14, 2012 – Canon
Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc., a
wholly–owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., today
announced the availability of a new cloud-based
application, Forms and Print Services for
Salesforce. Leveraging Canon’s innovative imaging
technologies, the new application allows users to
create highly visual and attention-grabbing reports,
forms or proposals from their Salesforce data, and
easily print them without the need for any print
drivers*. The Forms and Print Services application
is immediately available for deployment on the
AppExchange at
http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/ and
through Canon Authorized Dealers, Canon Business
Solutions, and Océ North America.
Forms and Print Services for Salesforce, which was
previewed at salesforce.com’s Dreamforce 2011,
allows mobile salespeople, logistics managers and
other users to: Present sales results and forecasts
with charts and graphs,Create dynamic and attractive
proposals for clients, Batch print transactional
documents such as invoices, shipping documents,
accounting reports and statements to name a few.
Forms and Print Services for Salesforce is the
result of a direct integration between Salesforce
and the Canon Business Imaging Online cloud service.
By logging into a Salesforce account, the
application gives end-users seamless access to the
forms and print-functions through a single
operation.
“We are extremely excited to announce the new Canon
Forms and Print Services for Salesforce
application,” said Seymour Liebman, president, Canon
Information and Imaging Solutions. “For customers
that are seeking to efficiently print documents
based on data in Salesforce, this app provides a new
level of functionality.”
“Customers are looking to partners such as Canon to
continue to expand the social, mobile and trusted
capabilities of cloud as they transform into social
enterprises,” said Ron Huddleston, senior vice
president, ISV Alliances, salesforce.com. “With
applications like Forms and Print Services for
Salesforce, customers are able to take full
advantage of the salesforce.com ecosystem.”
Because the application will be delivered through
the cloud, there is no need to install print
drivers*. Mobile users will be able to easily
retrieve their selected print jobs from the cloud by
simply logging into their Salesforce account from
their mobile device or directly from the panel of a
Canon image RUNNER ADVANCE multifunction printer.
While Forms and Print Services for Salesforce
delivers the most comprehensive set of capabilities
and convenience when used in combination with Canon
devices, the application is also capable of
supporting the delivery of output to non-Canon
printers as well.
The Forms and Print Services for Salesforce
application is offered as a monthly package
subscription, payable on an annual basis. Canon
Professional Services will be utilized to design
sophisticated, customized forms and to implement and
facilitate the use of the application in the United
States. Applicable terms and conditions and system
and other requirements are available from a Canon
Information and Imaging Solutions sales
representative.
About Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc.
Canon Information & Imaging Solutions, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., was
formed to harness the power of two of Canon’s
greatest intangible assets: In-depth knowledge of
information flow and the best imaging technology.
Utilizing Canon's vast collection of imaging
technology and development tools along with select
third-party enterprise applications, Canon
Information & Imaging Solutions will deliver
compelling market-driven solutions in the area of
cloud computing and business process integration.
Additional information about the company its
programs and mission can be found at:
www.ciis.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. With more than $46
billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon
Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks fourth overall in patent
holdings in the U.S. in 2010† and is one of Fortune
Magazine's World’s Most Admired Companies in 2011.
Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest levels 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. To keep apprised of
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