Xerox, the market leader in document management solutions has announced the details of its new partnership with DICOM, a leading distributor and capture solutions provider in the Middle East and Africa region, supplying scanners from leading manufacturers. Building on its regional partner network, Xerox has appointed DICOM as their Master Distributor for Xerox’s complete scanner range. DICOM will be responsible for supplying and supporting Xerox scanners to Xerox’s current channel network as well as DICOM’s own channel across the Middle East and Levant.
This latest partner appointment by Xerox is part of the company’s strategic plans to expand their reach in the region. DICOM has a strong reputation in supplying imaging and capture solutions to businesses across the MEA region and handles an extensive portfolio of software products including Kofax suite that gives businesses the ability to deal with captured documents and route them to many document management systems.
DICOM will also provide the channel and businesses with added value in the shape of consultancy and support services which they can offer businesses with their document management strategies.
“Appointing DICOM is a win, win situation for us as they mirror Xerox’s strategy when it comes to providing state-of-the-art document management solutions, Imaging products and consultancy services to organisations,” said Dan Smith, Office Products Manager, Xerox Middle East & Africa. “Xerox will be partnering with DICOM on projects providing customers with an opportunity to work with two of the market leaders in imaging and capture, bringing best of breed solutions to their businesses.”
Xerox’s key objectives from this partnership are to augment their channel to market and bring award winning technologies to an expanded client base which is continuously growing.
"The cooperation with Xerox is very important for us and this relationship represents a significant opportunity to further expand our product portfolio. As the exclusive partner for this region we plan to distribute all Xerox scanners through our channel of authorized resellers and customers," explains Lars Jeppesen, Managing Director of DICOM FZE. DICOM has been extremely successful with its current portfolio and is very excited about this latest partnership with Xerox. "We have built up a strong distribution channel for our clients in the Middle East and Africa and believe that Xerox will benefit greatly from this network," added Jeppesen.
DICOM will be looking after Xerox’s DocuMate™ series of workgroup scanners that combine the power of scanning, PDF file creation and document management, while offering the highest level of image quality and optical character recognition (OCR) accuracy.
All Xerox scanners come bundled with a powerful suite of document and image management applications, including OCR Capture and Kofax’s award-winning VirtualReScan™ (VRS) software, which improves image quality and increases overall efficiency of the scanning process for document management applications.
The DocuMate™ series offers customers excellence in image quality and OCR accuracy. They are also affordable, easy-to-use and provide robust features and benefits for business users, including a small footprint, scan speed options, binary and colour image capture, user-friendly controls and productive application bundles.
About DICOM Group plc
DICOM Group plc (London Stock Exchange: DCM) is a global leader of Information Capture and Communications solutions. Its leading edge capture and communication technologies and solutions enable Business Process Automation by managing the transformation and exchange of business-critical information (residing in various formats such as paper, fax, electronic documents, e-mail, SMS) among people, applications and devices. The company’s centres for product development and marketing include Kofax, the world’s leading provider of Information Capture solutions, and Topcall, a worldwide provider of Unified Communication technology. Through a global network of more than 1,200 authorised partners and its own sales and service organisations in Europe, the USA, Asia and Australia, DICOM Group help blue-chip enterprises in more than 60 countries to reduce cost, increase efficiency and minimise risk in their critical business processes. For more information, visit http://www.dicomgroup.com
About Xerox
Established in 1985, Xerox’s regional HQ is in Dubai and operates through a regional distributor network, which markets its range of innovative document management products, applications and solutions. The company's product portfolio includes high-end digital production publishing and printing systems, networked digital multi-functional office devices, a complete range of production and office colour solutions as well as laser printers and fax machines. Xerox l's commitment to quality is supported by specialized business managers and technical specialists, who work with Xerox's partners, identifying and meeting customer needs. For more information on Xerox, visit www.xerox.com/news. XEROX® is a trademark of XEROX CORPORATION.
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