If you could go back in time and give your younger self one piece of advice, what would that be? Even though this is a question that’s become somewhat of a cliché in…

For Select Dealer Group’s recent meeting in Houston, Frank and CJ Cannata assembled a panel featuring senior representatives from virtually every leading…

Frank Cannata is flanked by Jack Stargel, founder and president of Stargel Office Solutions (left) and son Tyson, who serves as VP, Star Managed Services, during…

Pulse Technology held its “Open House 2019, Presenting The Office of the Future” in May at its Chesterton, IN, location. Here, CJ Cannata is flanked by Vic Miceli…

CJ Cannata couldn’t miss the opportunity to have a photo taken with The Cannata Report’s 2018 Women Influencer Mary Jo Johnson, CEO, EO Johnson (and the Ricoh…

On May 1, 2019, the Reiwa era began in Japan. That’s the day Emperor Akihito’s eldest son, Naruhito, ascended to the throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan, concluding…

In 1934, forensic scientist Dr. Edmond Locard wrote, “Toute action de l’homme, et a fortiori, l’action violente qu’est un crime, ne peut pas se derouler sans laisser…

The Cannata Report is proud to present our 2019 Young Influencers. For the first time in the franchise’s six-year history, all of this year’s featured Young Influencers…

In our many dealer tours over the past two years, we’ve realized we can’t visit any of these dynamic organizations without focusing on the individual or individuals…

If you have any kind of print background, the inPrint USA conference is quite simply fascinating. Organizers describe the conference as the only exhibition in North…

In all too many venues inhabited by digital print systems, the mantra of the day is “get the job out the door.” Some jobs are easy-peasy, while others are black holes of…

Everybody wants to rule the world. Or at least rule the independent dealer channel. Sure, there are smaller dealers perfectly happy with their current status,…

In the five years since The Cannata Report profiled him for our Young Influencers issue, Aaron Dyck has continued to creatively and strategically market and promote the…

June is one of my favorite months for many reasons, the first of which is our annual Women Influencers photo shoot that we held in New York City last week. Can’t…

For an industry whose foundation is service, don’t you think it’s odd there’s still a segment of the channel resistant to managed IT and MPS? For them, offering…

Kyocera’s Innovate emphasizes customer centricity; Kyocera and GreatAmerica orchestrate and host milestone 85th birthday celebrations for Frank…

The latest MFPs have more functions such as the ability to expand functions of processing various business workflows automatically with cloud support. For…

I am not too fond of off-the-shelf, mass-produced things. I love the individual touch. For many day-to-day objects, this isn’t possible, and in many cases, I understand…

What does it take to win at managed IT? That’s the million-dollar question and one dealers of all sizes have struggled with at one time or another. But we aren’t…

In April, BEI Services released what it described as the industry’s first iDaaS (Imaging Device-as-a-Service) model for dealers. The company demonstrated its…

Would you rather sell a commodity or value?If commodities are your preferred offering, you need to think hard about whether that is a good long-term…

At first glance, nothing about OMNI Business Systems seems out of the ordinary. As a mid-sized supplier of Ricoh and Savin equipment in the D.C. Metro area,…

As dealers offering managed print services (MPS) know, managing supplies is a key component to a successful relationship with customers. While many dealers opt to…

This past February, we had a very ambitious dealer tour on the schedule. We started with a visit to Ray Morgan Company in Chico, California, followed by WiZiX in…

We had the distinct pleasure of being invited to present at Impact Networking’s February sales meeting in Chicago. The Lake Forest, Illinois-based company has…