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Welcome to Monday with Mark, our rapid-fire recap of office technology news from the previous week. Today’s curation covers the busy cycle of May 4 – 8th, 2026, highlighted by:
- While geopolitics and rising inflation are on their risk agendas, chief financial officers keep moving on growth and making deals, U.S. Bank’s latest CFO survey reveals.
- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. has hired Michael Hamuka as CEO of its Managed IT Services Division, including All Covered and IT Weapons.
- Market research firm Keypoint Intelligence has been acquired by Total Specific Solutions, which is based in the Netherlands.
Plus, read the latest office technology news about Callas Software, Crickets Continuum, CRN/The Channel Company, DocuWare, Epson, Future Market Insights, Gartner, Heidelberg, Interpack, Kingston Training Group, Konica Minolta. Kornit Digital, Marco Technologies, Matik, Mutoh, Neenah Paper, Pacific Office Automation. Pulse Technology, Ricoh, Roland DG, Screen, Solimar Systems, Square 9, Standard Finishing Systems, Taktiful, Tecnau, TD Synnex, TeamLogic IT, wide-format printing, Xeikon, Xerox, xTools, and more. Don’t miss our fresh content coverage of cybersecurity and managed IT services.
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Dealers, please take 20 minutes to complete The Cannata Report’s 41st Annual Dealer Survey.
Details on The Cannata Report’s office technology news highlights from the past week:
- Channel leasing partner U.S. Bank has released its CFO Insights Report for 2026.
- Konica Minolta taps WorkSmart, NexusTek, and IBM veteran Hamuka to lead managed IT services.
- Dutch IT research firm Total Specific Solutions (TSS) purchased Keypoint Intelligence.
- The Cannata Report’s “Economics Watch” for May 2026 looks into the ongoing energy price shockwaves.
- DocuWare names Grand Rapids, Michigan dealer Applied Innovation to its 2026 Diamond Club.
- Square 9 to exihibit AI-powered document processing software at Microsoft’s DynamicsCon this week.
- Marco Technologies has earned Cisco AI Practice Accelerator certification through TD Synnex.
- Pacific Office Automation (POA) has been named to CRN/The Channel Co.’s MSP 500/Elite 150 list for 2026.
- Fiery’s FS700X Pro digital front end platform is designed for Xerox Proficio production printing presses.
- Hybrid print: Ricoh and Heidelberg mark 15 years of partnership with Versafire Digital Printing Systems.
- IT solutions: Franchisor TeamLogic says it’s expanding into 30 company-owened operations in five states.
- Selling robotics: The Kingston Training Group has joined the CricketsUS Continuum Affiliate Program.
- Callas Software has launched v. 17 of its pdfToolbox automation for print/document workflows.
- Government in-plant use case: Solimar’s ReadyPDF helps IDS to RIP print files 70% faster.
- Inkjet printer market expected to expand by >9% CAGR over next ten years: Future Market Insights.
- Cybersecurity: Pulse Technology webinar on June 3 will stress reducing shutdown risks post-breach.
- VIDEO: The power of print blends paper, structure, and embellishments, says Neenah and Taktiful.
- SCREEN installs 350th Truepress LABEL printer; 65 of the UV-inkjet placements are in North America.
- Matik appoints Paul Angelsky, formerly of Konica Minolta and EFI, as its labels sales director.
- Epson to showcase point-of-sale and labeling tech for restaurants at the annual NRA show in Chicago.
- Tecnau and Standard Finishing Systems cooperate to streamline roll- and cut-sheet postpress workflows.
- Roland DG introduces wide-format print workflow software enhancements.
- Mutoh expands portfolio with 24″ STS XPD-924D direct-to-film printer for textiles.
- Building on its 2026 event held last month in Florida, Kornit Digital launches Konnections 365 platform.
- China’s xTool is democratizing industrial-grade apparel printing in the DTF space.
- Xeikon Innovation Days is set for next month in Belgium and the United States.
- Nextgen inkjet tech: OEM Ricoh unveiled its MH3820 printhead at Germany’s Interpack show last week.
- DocuWare named “challenger” in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant report.
- Grand format: Epson launches 76″ SureColor SC-F2000 dye-sub textile printer featuring eight printheads.
