Toshiba America Business Solutions has announced an expansion to its e-STUDIO line by introducing a trio desktop multifunction printers. Toshiba’s latest A4-formatted…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
UBEO Merges with Ray Morgan Company
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenUBEO Business Services has announced its merger with Ray Morgan Company the largest independent Canon dealer in the Western United State…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
Compass Sales Solutions Partners with Purpose Software
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenCompass Sales Solutions is expanding access to its full suite of products throughout the UK and Ireland with the announcement of a new and exclusive reseller partnership agreement with Purpose Software…
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Awards & Charity
The Cannata Report Reveals Plans for All Covered-Sponsored After Party
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenThe Cannata Report’s 33rd Annual Awards & Charities Dinner will be Alive & Kicking this year, as will the official After Party that for the first time features live music, dancing and is exclusively sponsored by All Covered…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
Atlantic, Tomorrow’s Office Acquires IT Services Company
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenAtlantic, Tomorrow’s Office has announced the expansion of its IT Services Division with the acquisition of Gear 3 Technologies, an IT Services provider. As part of the Atlantic organization, Gear 3 will…
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ELATEC has announced a partnership with Kyocera Document Solutions America. Under this partnership, Kyocera has included ELATEC RFID card readers as a recommended…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
Impact Appoints Director of Enterprise Solutions
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenImpact has announced that Mark Sengstock will be promoted to director of enterprise solutions. This promotion is the first push in establishing Impact’s new Enterprise Solutions…
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Op-Ed & Commentary
Hard Copy | from the Editor’s Desk: Doubling Down on Data
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenThat sound you hear is a collective sigh of relief from the team at The Cannata Report now that we’ve completed Part II of our 33rd Annual Dealer Survey…
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Atlantic celebrates the grand openning of its new greater Philadelphia area Technology Center, Square 9 hosts a high-engergy music-infused Encompass 2018…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
Japanese Headlines: Commercial and Industrial Print Revolution
by Tetsuo Kuboby Tetsuo KuboIGAS (International Graphic Arts Show) 2018 was held in Japan July 26″“31 at Tokyo Big Sight, officially known as the Tokyo International Exhibition Center. On display…
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Earlier this year Europe was hit by a massive panic wave. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was going live and was about to be enforced. Predictably,…
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Two months ago, Sam Yoshida returned to Canon USA as executive vice president and general manager of Canon’s Business Imaging Solutions Group (BISG). He is…
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
2018 Dealer Survey: Optimism Exceeds Trepidation
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenIf we had to identify the one thing we appreciate most about the dealers who respond to our survey, it’s their honesty. That’s especially true when we ask them to…
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
2018 Dealer Survey: Executive Summary (part Ii of Ii)
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenThe three biggest dealer concerns, as ranked by all of our Survey respondents, continue to be competing with manufacturer’s direct branches, declining…
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
2018 Dealer Survey: Areas of Greatest Concern
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenOne of the more intriguing findings from our Survey is dealer concerns. Each year we ask dealers to identify their greatest concerns from a list of 10 options, as…
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
2018 Dealer Survey: A3 MFP Manufacturer Ratings
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenEach year we ask dealers to rate their primary A3 MFP suppliers as “Excellent,” “Very Good,” “Good,” “Fair,” or “Poor.” Occasionally, there are dealers that prefer not…
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
2018 Dealer Survey: A3 MFP Manufacturer Dealer Meeting Ratings
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenRemember the days of the old NOMDA show before NOMDA became BTA and before the OEMs began having their own individual dealer meetings? This…
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
2018 Dealer Survey: A4 MFP Manufacturer Ratings
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenIn addition to asking dealers to rate their A3 manufacturers, we asked them to rate their primary A4 manufacturers. With companies such as HP, Lexmark,…
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
2018 Dealer Survey: Leasing Company Ratings
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenDiversity, as well as consistency, continues to rule among the Big Six independent dealer community in the number of leasing partners they are aligned with. For the…
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
2018 Dealer Survey: Software Provider Ratings
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenThis is the fifth consecutive year we have asked dealers to identify the companies””excluding the hardware manufacturers and leasing companies””that provide…
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
2018 Dealer Survey: Dealer Sentiment
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenAs we did last year for the first time, we continue to gauge dealer optimism and pessimism in three areas””A3, A4, and production print. Not every dealer offered…
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General ProfilesCR-Connect Dealer Tour
CR Live | 2018 Dealer Tour: All for One and for All
by CJ Cannataby CJ CannataOne of the nice things about visiting dealers in Baltimore, at least for us, is that we can drive or take a train. Carol and I elected to drive, and CJ took the train from…
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General ProfilesCR-Connect Dealer Tour
CR Live | 2018 Dealer Tour: Advance Team
by CJ Cannataby CJ Cannatahe first time I called on Advanced Business Systems in Cockeysville, Maryland, 45 years ago, I was a DSM for Saxon Industries. I remember meeting the owners…
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We have many traditions in the Marine Corps, as do the other units of the armed services. One that has appealed to me most is recognizing individuals by the name of…
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The Cannata Report will close out a year marked by substantial travel with a visit to Toshiba’s U.S. headquarters in Irvine, CA, to meet with the manufacturer’s…