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Demand for office MFPs and printers has hit its peak, and copier manufacturers are developing new businesses that are expected to grow in the future. One new business…

Let me start this column with an anecdote.  As we all do, I recently downloaded a report from a dealership’s website. Of course, to download this report, I had to leave my…

A sea of change is in store for the dealer of the future, driven in large part by the shifting tides of technology and new business models. Many of the forces that will shape…

Last September, I gave a presentation at PRINT 18 about augmented reality, an awkward and nebulous phrase that is usually abbreviated to AR. Much to my surprise,…

Never underestimate a company that can attract more than 1,000 users to a user conference””and that’s not counting all the partners exhibiting in the exhibit areas or…

Our Virtual Panel series continues this month with comments from the Big Six OEMs, as well as HP and Xerox. The panel responded to numerous…

It was a long time in coming, but we finally made it to Ray Morgan Company (RMC) in Chico, California. This 62-year-old company enjoys a wonderful reputation,…

On November 8, 2018, wild fires blazing across Northern California, destroyed the town of Paradise. Known as the Camp Fire, it was the deadliest and most devastating…

Credit Jocelyn Gorman, vice president of sales with Document Solutions, Inc. (DSI), for introducing the family business to the value of marketing. The…

After publishing our last Veteran’s Way column, “Al Schmid, a Guadalcanal Marine,” in our November 2018 issue, I received an email from an old friend and…

So, who wants to bet they’ve logged more cross-country flights than me this year? As I write this, I’m cruising at an altitude of 35,000 feet somewhere over…

Clover Imaging Group (CIG) is running its St. Patrick’s Day sweepstakes from March 4th to March 15th. CIG will give out prizes to people who participate in their holiday themed…

DocuWare has announced Jim Roberts as the new president of DocuWare Corporation. Based in the New York office, Jim will be responsible for the Americas. Co-presidents…

February was an active news month, particularly for dealer acquisitions. But one acquisition stood out above and beyond all others””Staples acquisition of DEX. At the same time, we continued…

I don’t have much time to write this before the next acquisition announcement arrives in my email inbox so here goes. It’s almost a cliché to say that January and February…

Venues, businesses and campuses frequented by mobile technology users can now generate a new revenue stream with the Xerox Instant Print Kiosk, according to a Xerox news release…

It is simultaneously a definitive and surreal thrill to launch the first issue of The Cannata Report since my official appointment to president and CEO of our…

Each year we ask a different group of dealers to weigh in on a host of topics relevant to dealers. The intent is to provide different and diverse perspectives from across the country…

JPMorgan Chase has invested an additional $150,000 in Cyber Florida and its host institution, the University of South Florida, to launch a new iteration of the New Skills for a New Fight…