Access Control Devices, Inc. (ACDI) earned the 2023 Best MPS Professional Services Award from the Managed Print Services Association (MPSA) during the MPSA Leadership Awards.
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
Toshiba CEO Larry White Signs Military Spouse Employment Partnership
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenToshiba America Business Solutions President and Chief Executive Officer Larry White signed a statement supporting the Defense Department Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program and Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP).
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
Canon U.S.A., Inc. Introduces Cloud Connector Solution, Enabling Simple Cloud Integration for Multifunction Printers with Minimal Set-up and Maintenance
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenCanon U.S.A. Inc. announced the launch of the Cloud Connector solution, a cloud-based application designed to enhance the capabilities of imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX, imagePRESS Lite, and supported imagePRESS models.
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Breaking News, Business & FinanceWomen/Young Influencers & Diversity
The Cannata Report’s Women Influencers Brunch Celebrates Office Technology Industry’s Leading Female Executives
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenThe Cannata Report will celebrate ten years of Women Influencers at the 8th Annual Women Influencers Brunch, sponsored by Distribution Management, GreatAmerica Financial Services, Kingston Training Group, and Milner, on Friday, November 3, the day after our 38th Annual Awards & Charities Gala.
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
Foster Unveils Motorized Dye Sub On-A-Roll Lifter and Spindle Trolley
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenFoster announced the launch of its Dye Sub On-A-Roll Lifter and Spindle Trolley. This Lifter, designed in response to requests from industry leaders HP and Klieverik, reportedly sets a new standard for the safe and damage-free handling of freshly printed rolls of fabric and transfer paper.
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
ConnectWise Provides More Endpoint Protection Options for ConnectWise MDR
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenConnectWise announced that ConnectWise MDR integrates with SentinelOne EDR. Customers can now leverage and combine leading EDR solutions with the ConnectWise SOC Services (Security Operations Center), delivering greater levels of threat research, detection, and remediation.
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
MPSA Recognizes 2023 Leadership Awards Winners
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenThe Managed Print Services Association (MPSA) announced the winners of its 2023 MPSA Leadership Awards in six categories during a live stream awards ceremony, held virtually on October 17 at 3 p.m. ET.
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
World’s First B2 Perfecting Sheet-Fed Aqueous-Based Inkjet Press from Ricoh Accelerates Digital Transformation for Print Service Providers Seeking New Ways to Engage Customers
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenRicoh announced the global debut of the RICOH Pro Z75 Digital Press, the first B2 perfecting (auto-duplexing) sheetfed inkjet platform using aqueous ink.
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Technology Trends
HP Identifies Three Trends Shaping Its Innovation Strategy at HP Imagine 2023
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenHP Imagine 2023 kicked off with HP, Inc. President & CEO Enrique Lores identifying three key trends inspiring the company to develop the various solutions that would be discussed throughout the day, many of which were also on display at the Innovation Showcase.
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
ARC Document Solutions Enhances Strategic Digital Color Printing Capabilities with New Printing Technology from Canon Solutions America
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenCanon Solutions America announced that ARC Document Solutions has purchased several of its award-winning Colorado and Arizona printing systems and Colex cutting systems.
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
Rochester Software Associates Previews the Latest Version of WebCRD Web to Print Software
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenRochester Software Associates announced the preview of its WebCRD in-plant Web to Print software v12. Attendees of the PRINTING United Expo being held in Atlanta, GA from October 18-20, 2023, will be the first to experience the upcoming release.
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
BlueCrest Unveils First Collaborative Robot Automation Solution, Paving the Way for a Workcell Family of Innovations to Come
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenBlueCrest unveiled OttoMate, it’s first-ever collaborative robot, engineered to work alongside human operators to automate various tasks in the mail production work cell.
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
Komori Highlights the Success of its advance Series Presses Designed for the Packaging Market at the PPC Fall Conference
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenKomori announced it will be a sponsor of the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) Fall Meeting and Leadership Conference October 25-27 in San Diego.
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Issue Announcements
The Cannata Report’s 38th Annual Dealer Survey Reveals the Current Status of the Independent Office Technology Dealer Channel
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenThe Cannata Report’s 38th Annual Dealer Survey reveals a thriving industry despite the challenges of the past three years.
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Op-Ed & Commentary
Hard Copy | From the Editor’s Desk: 38th Annual Dealer Survey Time
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenThe Cannata Report’s 38th Annual Dealer Survey keeps rolling along, yielding valuable insights into the status of the office technology dealer channel and the performance of the OEMs that supply the channel with products and services.
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Scenes from the Toshiba LEAD Beyond conference in Las Vegas, September 12-14.
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Scenes from the HP Imagine 2023 Event in Palo Alto, California, October 5.
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Technology Trends
Japanese Headlines: Konica Minolta’s Renewable Energy Initiative
by Tetsuo Kuboby Tetsuo KuboKonica Minolta’s MFP production bases have achieved 100% renewable energy across all overseas sites and the company has revised its goal of reducing CO2 emissions in its own product lifecycle from 80% to 100% by 2050.
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Op-Ed & Commentary
European Headlines: The Wood from Which a Reliable Office Technology Partnership Is Made
by Petra Dienerby Petra DienerOffice technology partnerships can be challenging whether that partnership is with a vendor or a customer, but certain qualities make a difference in a lasting partnership.
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Flat-rate billing is a better way of billing for MPS, but it has struggled to catch on with most office technology dealers.
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Technology Trends
GreatAmerica Financial Services Empowers Complex Billing for Expanding Dealerships
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenGreatAmerica Financial Services understands that an evolving office technology industry requires finance programs flexible enough to change along with it.
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
38th Annual Dealer Survey: Embracing the Future
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenOur 38th Annual Dealer Survey reveals a thriving industry despite the challenges of the past three years.
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
38th Annual Dealer Survey Executive Summary Part I of II
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenThese are the highlights from Part I of The Cannata Report’s 38th Annual Dealer Survey.
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
Dealers with Multiple Lines: A3 MFP Lines per Dealer
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenIn this year’s Survey, 920 A3 MFP lines were reported across 456 respondents.
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The average number of A4 lines carried per dealer saw a modest increase from 2.0 to 2.2, likely driven by a greater number of Survey respondents, and some dealers adding new A4 suppliers that had products available during the height of the supply chain crisis.