Op-Ed & Commentary

Our lead article, in the Xerox series, clearly defines the question of what is going to happen to Xerox. We all know Carl Icahn’s history of buying and then selling companies in…

Is Xerox on the verge of a Kodak moment? That is one of several questions underlying the comments from an array of industry professionals on the heels of the mid-December round of layoffs…

Another year in the office imaging industry is in the books. It was a year of acquisitions, new product introductions, dealer meetings, drama and intrigue (think Xerox),…

If you want to understand the nature of change and what you can expect for the future, you must understand the challenges participants are facing today. For the…

As we look ahead, 2019 is poised to be another banner year for The Cannata Report, as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of our parent company,…

That 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…

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,…

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…

Thank you, Bill Gates, for turning me onto “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” by Yuval Noah Harari. After reading Gates’ front-page review in The New York Times…

The performance of Toshiba TEC (Toshiba’s copier operating company) remains strong. In fiscal year 2017, operating profit, ordinary profit, and…

Pretty much all customers want to strike a bargain when it comes to spending money on their printing. They ask for the best possible device price, only want to…

The Cannata Report’s 33rd Annual Awards & Charities Dinner is “Alive & Kicking,” with Continuum completing our official sponsor roster of three, the others…

If this is the first time you’re hearing your dealership should consider taking a closer look at production and industrial print, then you haven’t been paying…

The CR Live: Dealer Tour stops in the Denver and Baltimore markets, GreaAmerica hosts its 2018 Dealer Council Meeting, HP & LDI’s host A3 Print Security…

When I dipped my toes into the vast sea of printing more than two decades ago, names such as Nipson, Siemens Nixdorf, Xerox, Scitex, and HP dominated the production…

The Cannata Report is gearing up for a very busy few months, but then again the past few months couldn’t have been…

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

Across the globe, family businesses remain among the most important economic drivers. According to Global Data Points, they account for more than…

“When I went into business for myself in 1979, it was NOMDA that gave me the opportunity to let people know who I was and what I was doing…You couldn’t walk…