Expanding its diverse office automation solutions portfolio, Canon India, one of the leading digital imaging solutions companies, today announced a strategic partnership with ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity. Demonstrating its philosophy of #BusinessCanBeSimple, through this alliance, Canon will support all round digital transformation journey of its customers across organizations.

Speaking on the announcement, Mr. Manabu Yamazaki, President & CEO, Canon India said, “With digitalization becoming core to multiple business operations, companies across the globe have been pushing boundaries when it comes to technological adoption in their infrastructure. The need for digital transformation is particularly being observed more in the SME segment as they manage and absorb the changes of the new normal post-pandemic. This rapid adoption of digitalization has also created new challenges and threats, making cybersecurity among the top priorities for businesses, especially with cyber-attacks becoming more frequent and sophisticated in recent times. With the introduction of ESET solutions to our office automation gamut, we are enabling our customers to stay one step ahead of potential threats and provide them with an efficient and secure digital network.”

Commenting about the partnership, Mr. Parvinder Walia, ESET President for APJ, said “We understand the challenges that Indian businesses face in the current cybersecurity landscape, and we are committed to helping them stay protected. By combining ESET’s expertise in cybersecurity with Canon India’s extensive sales network, organisations of all sizes across the country will have easy access to enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions and excellent customer support and enablement.” Walia added “Canon Marketing Japan and ESET have 20 years of partnership in the Japanese market where ESET is among the top three vendors, and have won many accolades, including the prestigious Nikkei customer satisfaction award for ten times in a row. It’s a testimony of ESET’s product quality with support of Canon’s sales and support. ESET expects to replicate the success In the Indian market.”