Canon India has a Software Development Centre located in Gurgaon. Set up in the middle of 1999 with an investment of US $2 million, the Canon Software Development Centre is one of the six such cutting edge technology centres established by Canon Inc. globally. It is also Canon's latest R&D Center to be set up outside Japan. It is ISO 9001:2000 certified and in April 2004 has achieved the CMM level 3 status.
The centre creates value added software solutions for Canon Products and undertakes in-house development of software and complements outsourcing of the same. The high-tech Digital Technology Lab at this centre, houses hardware to simulate network environment scenarios and is also used to trouble-shoot potential stress points in networking application situations. The centre undertakes contract software development from Canon Inc. as well as other Canon R & D centres around the world. ISDC is connected to Canon Singapore Pte Limited (CSPL) through an International Private Leased Circuit (IPLC). Through Singapore, it connects to the Canon Global Network.