Technology Trends

Frank G. Cannata recaps the Ricoh Partner Summit, identifying the company’s recent financial performance, vision for the future, and key new products in the pipeline.

Even though not everything discussed at HP Imagine 2023 was relevant to The Cannata Report’s office technology dealer audience, it was fascinating to hear about the company’s latest innovations, even if it was a consumer product or a product designed for a specific industry.

HP 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.

Konica 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.

Flat-rate billing is a better way of billing for MPS, but it has struggled to catch on with most office technology dealers.

GreatAmerica Financial Services understands that an evolving office technology industry requires finance programs flexible enough to change along with it.

KPAX software has a growing ecosystem and a promising future across multiple channels.

Canon’s financial results for the first half of 2023 (January–June) showed a 6.1% increase in sales to 1.99 trillion yen compared to the same period the previous year.

There’s still a future in the print industry if you change wisely and speedily.

Dustin Graupman, senior director of Kyocera’s new Ink Jet Division, aims to raise the company’s inkjet profile.

Industrial print represents a multi-billion-dollar market. Here’s how dealers with the appropriate resources can get started.

Since last June, Frank has been interviewing dealers about their production print initiatives, focusing on how they got started, their production print partners, and how they’ve become successful in this segment.

The higher end the machine, the more specialized knowledge is required to sell it.

Frank Mallozzi contends that it’s time for dealers to reexamine their preconceptions about the viability of these higher-end product segments.

HP’s Kobi Elbaz shares multiple examples of how the company has its partner’s best interests in mind with its existing and future partner programs.

AI and ChatGPT represent the hottest trends of 2023, so what happens when The Cannata Report asks it to evaluate three dealer’s websites?

Copier service technicians like being needed. Clients prefer them that way, too. So, what makes a winning service tech?

The Xerox PrimeLink Series of light production machines allow office technology dealers to move upstream.

A3 multifunction printers represent an aging technology, but manufacturers like Ricoh’s are enhancing the technology to make it more relevant to today’s workforce.

Xerox CEO Steve Bandrowczak took time from his busy schedule to sit down with Frank and me for an exclusive interview during the Xerox Partner Summit in Miami last month.

Further contraction in the office technology industry is not out of the question after the Ricoh and Toshiba Tec announcement.

Is there a way to make the printing industry attractive to a younger generation of workers who are digital natives?

Sharp’s Shane Coffey answers The Cannata Report’s Frank G. Cannata’s questions about the new Sharp production print line.

Rebranding to Distribution Management has been a game changer for the company as it diversifies its offerings.

Digital media is shaping the work and social habits of a younger generation of workers and that digital trend will continue.