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This year, for our 39th Annual Gala, we’ve chosen to support Breast Cancer Research as our charitable recipient for three key reasons.

GreatAmerica Financial Services and B2BToolbox announced a new capability that integrates financing into an e-commerce platform.

Ricoh announced it has been named a market leader in The Managed Print Services Market Landscape, 2024 vendor report by worldwide analyst and research firm Quocirca.

Epson announced it will be presenting its advanced color label solutions at PACK EXPO International 2024 from Nov. 3-6 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.

The Cannata Report’s Manic Monday offers a rapid recap of the previous week’s office technology industry news.

Xerox Holdings Corporation announced it has agreed to acquire ITsavvy, an Oak Brook, Illinois-based provider of integrated IT products and associated services, for $400 million.

In this week’s episode of Fridays with Frank, Frank G. Cannata reacts to one of the most significant acquisitions of the year–Epson’s acquisition of Fiery.

Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the upcoming release of the imageFORCE C7165 device, a new multifunction printer.

Our 2024 Women Influencers—Sarah Custer of Distribution Management, Charlene Fischer of Xerox, and Kerstin Woods of Toshiba America Business Solutions—will be celebrated at our 9th Annual Women Influencers Brunch on Friday, November 8, the day after our Awards & Charities Gala.

Flex Technology Group has been awarded a Leadership Award for the Best MPS Professional Services from the Managed Print Services Association.

 Ricoh USA, Inc. announced a new color A4 multifunction printer and printer series specifically designed to meet the demands of hybrid workplaces.

Big Ass Fans and Lexmark have partnered to deliver the next generation of full-facility comfort for frontline industrial and manufacturing workers with the introduction of Big Ass Fans’ CommandSense.

Mike Dudek and Rich Wisniewski of Zygoquest Group served as the advisor to Capture Technologies, Inc. on the sale of assets to IdentiSys, Inc. Terms of the transaction are confidential.

ConnectWise announced a strategic partnership to offer ConnectWise’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solution within the Pax8 Marketplace.

If it’s Autumn, it must be Survey season at The Cannata Report. And indeed, it is as we launch the first of our two Annual Dealer Survey issues.

Frank and CJ travel to PRINTING United Expo 2024 in Las Vegas to discover what’s new in the world of production and industrial print.

On Monday morning, September 9, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. hosted a first-class celebration to send off the Patriot Pack on its annual charitable ride.

The Printer and MFP Subcommittee of the Japanese Business Machine and Information System Industries Association (JBMIA) recently announced the results of a domestic survey on “business areas where paper output remains strong,” a topic of great interest in the MFP/printer industry.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a transformative force across industries, encompassing various technologies such as machine learning algorithms, neural networks, and large language models.

PRINTNG United Expo 2024 once again proved to be a hotbed of innovation, showcasing the latest advancements in printing technology and highlighting emerging trends to shape the industry’s future.

Don’t underestimate the perseverance of the office technology dealer channel based on our annual dealer survey.

This year’s Survey had the second highest number of responses in the history of the Survey, 401, with 375 representing the Big Six manufacturers—Canon, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Ricoh, Sharp, and Toshiba.

In this year’s Survey, 825 A3 MFP lines were reported across 400 respondents.

Despite generating lower margins than A3 devices, supply chain disruptions, and chip shortages, A4 multifunction printers have taken a licking but keep on clicking.

To identify the manufacturers with the strongest distribution, we track how they ranked as a dealer’s primary and secondary equipment supplier.