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We are so pleased to be publishing our first-ever SIP (special-interest publication) as a Special Bonus Issue, exclusively sponsored by GreatAmerica Financial…

During our trip to Japan in 2018, we observed several common threads among the Big Six regarding their future global strategies. Despite these similarities each is forging its own path in accordance with its respective strengths, R&D, and business perspectives.

For Konica Minolta, Inc., the future is data, not hardware. Don’t get us wrong, Konica Minolta is not abandoning the print business, but it is transforming itself from…

As experience often reminds us, things don’t always go as planned. A case in point would be our visit with Canon, Inc. Candidly, we were expecting to spend a little…

If there’s one thing you can say about Ricoh Co. Ltd., it’s that the company has a strong foundation in the Japanese domestic market where it dominates with print…

In our journeys to Japan over the last 40 years, we have stuck to a consistent travel schedule. We fly into Tokyo from the U.S. and hit the ground running. Coordinating…

In Nara, Sharp delivered on providing an amazing visit, which turned out to be the most time we spent with any of our hosts during our tour. Our day began at…

After attending the Kyocera dealer meeting in Las Vegas earlier this year, we had a good idea of what might be discussed when we visited Kyocera Document Solutions,…

An off-handed remark about wanting to move to Japan during a night of socializing with his Japanese colleagues more than five years ago eventually turned into a…

When Sharp’s Ayumi Toshinaga met us in the lobby of our hotel, we knew she wasn’t our average host. For each of our previous meetings, we had been greeted by…

Go on set and behind the scenes of our 5th Anniversary Women Influencers issue cover and cover story photo shoot in New York City with this month’s featured…

It was our pleasure to host our third annual elite partner dinner at Tiro A Segno of New York, a private club and the oldest Italian American heritage organization in the U.S….

Just as technology has rapidly changed the way we work, so has the evolving dynamic within the workplace. Today, our industry continues to expand to include…

Anneliese Olson, vice president and general manager, global head of home printing solutions at HP, has spent her nearly 25-year career at HP traveling the world,…

EO Johnson CEO Mary Jo Johnson’s guiding principle is simple: lead as a servant. Since taking over her father’s business in 1999, Johnson has leaned on this core…

For Ragni Mehta, vice president and general manager of Xerox’s cut-sheet business, evolution is more than a buzzword for her nearly three-decade career at the…

Taking a look back on our four previous Women Influencers issues, The Cannata Report has featured 12 senior women executives in this editorial franchise’s…

The final stop on our dealer tour of Cincinnati was with one of the largest dealerships in the city, Prosource. Mainly due to an aggressive acquisition strategy, as…

This month our Virtual Panel Series addresses a host of finance-related questions, including new methods of reporting, measures leasing companies are putting in place to better…

Five years ago, in 2014, The Cannata Report launched its first initiative to highlight our industry’s diverse workplace with our first Young Influencer themed issue. Our main…

Reflecting on our four previous Young Influencers issues, The Cannata Report featured 34 young professionals in these pages, as well as on thecannatareport.com. In…

When we visit dealers, I am always most appreciative of their willingness to bring their entire senior team together to spend four to six hours with us in a boardroom, telling their…

As we wound our way through Cincinnati, our second day was spent with owner Jim Donnellon and President Jim George of Donnellon McCarthy Enterprises (DME),…