Canon uniFLOW Online
With the zero trust network that we provide, we can maintain complete control over the data and ensure that the customer “
has peace of mind when it comes to their print and scan environment.
functionality that uniFLOW Online provides, such as usage data, reporting and cost tracking, allowing them to manage their printing environment efficiently. It also means that it doesn’t interfere when IT departments are thinking about what they want to do in the future in terms of device purchases.” Jamini adds that a lot of customers use other cloud locations such as Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive or Dropbox, and the uniFLOW Online platform is advantageous because it links directly to these other cloud locations. “This means that wherever storage location the end user prefers, they can access those documents because everything is held in the cloud. They don’t have to worry about turning on VPN and connecting and then getting access to those documents.” History Users of uniFLOW Online benefit from it being a mature solution, which has been constantly evolving since it was launched. “It was launched in 2016 as a cloud solution with some subscription-based billing models and services and mobile printing and basic accounting for businesses to be able to understand the cost of print,” says Richard. “Since then, it’s grown and evolved year on year. It’s had the addition of cloud storage solutions like Google Drive, Dropbox, Email, Evernote®, Box and various other types of integration with Microsoft, SharePoint and
we provide, we can maintain complete control over the data and ensure that the customer has peace of mind when it comes to their print and scan environment.” Jamini adds that print queues are secured too. “You wouldn’t just select print from your work station at home and it be printed out in the office and left on the print tray. The job would have to be released. So, whether that’s in your home environment, in a remote location or in the office, with ‘My Print Anywhere’ you need someone to release that print job ensuring that confidential documents stay within the confidential environment.” Multi-vendor solution As well as being secure, uniFLOW Online is flexible, and can support customers with multi-vendor sites. Jamini adds. “We have solutions that can ensure that if a customer wants a uniFLOW Online solution, but has a multi-vendor fleet alongside Canon devices, we can support their needs. This is important because customers are on different journeys of their devices, so if they do look to Canon devices and uniFLOW Online, but they have pre-existing non-Canon devices, that doesn’t mean that they can’t go ahead with uniFLOW Online. We can support customers with a release station to make it work together so the customer doesn’t have to worry. Customers with a release station benefit from all the
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Richard Stewart workspace portfolio marketing manager canon.co.uk
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