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Flint Group announced the appointment of Robert Welford as president for Xeikon, its digital division. Stepping up from his current position as vice president of Research & Development.

Brian Bowerfind of ECI Software Solutions discusses how office technology and services dealers can leverage technology such as e-commerce, and data to grow their businesses.

Frank Cannata recaps Ricoh USA’s Philadelphia dealer meeting, a meeting that covered an array of strategic initiatives critical to its dealers and allowed them to offer feedback to Ricoh executives.

On March 8-9, the Business Technology Association (BTA) will host its BTA ProFinance 3.0 workshop at BTA member dealership Novatech Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Business Technology Association (BTA) will host the BTA Sales Management Workshop in Orlando, Florida on March 1-3.

The Business Technology Association (BTA) will hold its first event of 2023, BTA Spring Break, hosted by BTA Southeast, March 17-18 at Disney’s Beach Club Resort in Orlando, Florida.

An update to Remote Director ICScolor digital color proofing system allows brands to access all Pantone colors using the spectral values from Pantone in the Remote Director color libraries.

Office technology news highlights from the week of February 13-17, condensed for a quick and easy read.

RJ Young announced the promotion of AJ Baggott to president of the company. Chip Crunk will continue to serve as CEO.

In the latest episode of Fridays with Frank, Frank G. Cannata shares his thoughts on the Epson dealer meeting, including what dealers think about the company’s latest additions to its inkjet product line. He also offers his opinion on whether or not dealers should take on an additional MFP line and if Epson can successfully build a distribution channel.  

HP has launched its newest high-speed, post-print digital corrugated press, the HP PageWide C550, a single-pass platform press to help converters optimize manufacturing costs.

Nauticon Office Solutions announced its acquisition of Digital Office Products. Carter Hertzberg, president of Nauticon, commented: “Our strategy is to partner with people and organizations that share…

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America announced that CRN has again included John Sheehan, senior vice president of B2B Channel Sales and Bob Madaio, vice president of Marketing, on its 2023 Channel Chiefs list.

Frank G. Cannata offers his thoughts on Epson’s 2023 Dealer Meeting, InkBoldly, discussing the highlights of the meeting, and what he considers an extensive inkjet product line that dealers did not have access to previously.

Canon U.S.A., Inc. has announced the availability of the varioPRINT 140 series QUARTZ production printers. The latest edition of the varioPRINT 140 series combines flexibility for business and workflow.

The Cannata Report’s 38th Annual Awards & Charities Gala is scheduled for November 2, 2023 and will feature special guest, New York Yankee Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera. This year’s beneficiary will be The Mariano Rivera Foundation Mentorship Program.

MPS Monitor announced the successful completion of its System and Organization Controls 2 Type 2 (SOC 2 Type 2) examination, which included compliance to CSA Star Level 2 CCM requirements.

Frank G. Cannata shares his perspective on inflation and interest rates in the latest Frankly Speaking and how those two segments of our economy will impact the office technology industry and office technology dealers in 2023. He also emphasizes the need for dealers to participate in our 38th Annual Survey in order to gauge just how accurate his predictions were about interest rates, inflation, and a potential recession.

The Cannata Report’s February issue presents a comprehensive look at digital transformation (DX), from the perspective of dealers digitally transforming their businesses through new technologies and e-commerce to helping customers digitally transform their organizations.

The Cannata Report’s Manic Monday presents condensed document imaging industry news highlights from Canon, ConnectWise, Ricoh, Pulse Technology, Konica Minolta, Stramaglio Consulting and more from the week of February 6-10, 2023.