Welcome to the latest edition of Monday with Mark, our rapid recap of office technology news from the previous week, which featured a bunch of dealer acquisitions as well as a big OEM alliance between Brother USA and Ricoh. Today’s aggregation covers the busy cycle of June 9-13, 2025, as compiled by EIC Mark Vruno. Some highlights:
- With global implications, an OEM alliance between Ricoh and Brother will provide dealers in the independent office technology channel with a wider range of A4 format print solutions to sell.
- AI and cloud services took center stage at TD SYNNEX’s Endpoint Solutions Partner Summit, which focused on pulling more profit from the $1.6 trillion printer and display device market. CJ and Frank G. Cannata were there, and Frank speculated about Xerox’s rather prominent presence at the event.
- In 1955, Vincent Miceli’s dream began in a garage in the Chicago suburbs from where he sold typewriters, calculators, and other business machines. That’s when the idea of Des Plaines Office Equipment (later Pulse Technology) was hatched. Chip Miceli, one of Vince’s sons and now CEO, still adheres to his dad’s motto of “Go sell stuff.”
Plus, read the latest office technology news from Adobe, Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office, Brother, Canon, Cisco, Color-Logic, DOCUmation, ECI, Epson, Flex TG, Fujifilm, HP, hybrid work, Impact Networking, Katun, Kelly Office Solutions, Konica Minolta, LexJet, Ricoh, Sharp, Woodhull, Xerox, JD Young, and more. In other industry news, The Cannata Report’s 40th Anniversary Awards & Charities Gala this fall will raise diabetes research funds in memory of Mike McGuirk. DEALER ALERT: Four different office technology dealers will win $2,025.40 by taking our 40th Annual Dealer Survey (linked below). Are you one of them?
View The Cannata Report’s office technology news highlights from the past week:
- Please remember to take the CR Dealer Survey: Our 40th edition!
- Brother-Ricoh alliance offers more comprehensive portfolio of print solutions for dealers.
- Profitable partnership is the theme for TD SYNNEX and its partners.
- Pulse Technology celebrates seven decades of having its finger on the pulse of office technology.
- 75-year-old dealership Woodhull LLC (Ohio) transitions to employee ownership through ESOP.
- Fujifilm installs first Revoria Press EC2100S at Central Illinois print firm for mid-range production.
- Texas dealer DOCUmation is helping an automotive dealer to embrace workflow automation.
- LexJet blog explores the Epson SureColor T-Series for in-house printing.
- Flex Technology Group (Arizona) expands West Coast presence to fuel long-term growth.
- Survey from Cisco Systems examines how leaders can get hybrid work right.
- Canon’s SPARC Program assists Texas high school seniors with career development.
- Impact Networking (Lake Forest/Chicago, Illinois) opens new office in Phoenix, Arizona.
- New York dealer Atlantic, Tomorrow’s Office acquires Interloop to deepen data and AI capabilities.
- Kelly Office Solutions acquires KM Data, expanding presence in North Carolina’s Triangle Region.
- Konica Minolta introduces its fastest (50 ppm) A4 color MFP: the bizhub C4751i.
- Katun wins customer service recognition at 2025 Recycler Awards.
- Positive customer reviews help ECI Software to win 8 top-rated awards from TrustRadius.
- Southeast office tech dealer RJ Young hosted 2nd annual ‘Tech Connect’ showcase event in Nashville.
- Unifoil Unilustre DI metallic stock from Color-Logic gets certified for Sharp DP-1200S digital press.
- Blog explores ways that Sharp is using technology in the construction vertical market.
- HP blog highlights expanded portfolio of tech services and solutions.
- Adobe’s new Goldsmith prepress toolkit expedites adding foils and other embellishments to print.
