Frankly Speaking

Founder Frank Cannata’s take on the Sharp Dealer Roadshow he attended in Atlanta in early March. He explains why he’s a big fan of these smaller OEM events out “on the road.”

I have served our industry for 45 years, and prior to that, I was employed in the copier industry for nine years. During this period, I met some of the most interesting and nicest people. One of those was Mario Lenci.

Frank shares his experiences at a 4th of July celebration at the home of Linda and Larry Weiss, expresses his gratitude for the friendships he’s made over the years throughout the industry, and then outlines our travel plans for the rest of 2024.

Frank G. Cannata makes another case for supporting this year’s charity–breast cancer research–at our 39th Annual Awards & Charities Gala.

Print industry sustainability is the focus of a new study by global market insight and research firm Quorcirca.

Frank G. Cannata recaps the American Co-OP dealer meeting on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia.

Frank G. Cannata makes a case for why Sharp will be successful selling the Fuji-made production printers that that were introduced at the recent Sharp national dealer meeting.

Frank G. Cannata shares his highlights from the 2023 Sharp dealer meeting, focusing on the dealers in attendance, content, and a major announcement.

Frank G. Cannata presents an overview of the International Copier Dealer Association (ICDA) March meeting, identifying the highlights, including a presentation on dealer diversification as well as his thoughts on the benefits of membership in one of these groups.

Veterans are important to Frank G. Cannata as he asks the office technology industry to look beyond veterans’ employment needs and consider their mental and physical health needs as well.

Frank G. Cannata, inspired by an article in The New York Times, ponders the impact of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and e-commerce on the office technology dealer channel.

Inspired by a recent article in The New York Times, Frank G. Cannata expresses his concerns about technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) and growing interest in e-commerce.

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.

Instead of our regularly scheduled installment of Manic Monday, we are presenting a recap of Frank Cannata’s Frankly Speaking columns from 2022. These columns appeared…

Next month we will celebrate our 43rd year in business. Our objective since January 1979 has been to help manufacturers receive the optimum results from selling their products to the independent…

Last month CJ and I were invited to moderate a panel of senior manufacturer executives for CDA’s (Copier Dealer Association’s) Fall Principals meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida…

Datamax announced it has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Arkansas for the sixth straight year. In its ninth year, Arkansas…

We led with the 40th Anniversary of The Cannata Report in our May 2022 issue. We would like to express our thanks to the many people…

Recently, we received an invitation to one more retirement party and happily accepted. This time it was for Jim D’Emidio…

Aside from the excitement of attending a meeting that is not virtual, it just felt good to meet with people we have not seen for more…

Last month, Carol and I were invited to a retirement party for Mike McGuirk, former president of ProCopy, now a Flex Technology Group company…

We were asked to present at an ICDA (International Copier Dealer Alliance) meeting in Savannah, Georgia on March 31. We have been…

Last week we received an email from Jim D’Emidio of Konica Minolta that deeply saddened me. He advised us that he was leaving Konica Minolta at…

You can’t turn anywhere in the news media these days without hearing news of a cyberattack or concerns about cyberattacks resulting…

On January 17, CJ and I made our way to Las Vegas to attend EFI Connect 2022. It is fitting that our participation at EFI Connect 2022 represented the first major conference we have…