Highlights from CJ Cannata’s May trip to Nashville to visit Novatech, RJ Young, and take in a Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel concert with his friends from GreatAmerica.
GreatAmerica
GreatAmerica is the largest independent, family-owned national commercial equipment finance company in the U.S. and is dedicated to helping manufacturers, vendors, and dealers be more successful and keep their customers for a lifetime. A $2.5 Billion company with life-to-date finance originations of $14 Billion, GreatAmerica was established in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1992 and has a staff of over 600 employees with offices in Iowa, Georgia, Minnesota, and Illinois. In addition to financing, GreatAmerica offers innovative non-financial services to help our customers grow. GreatAmerica is committed to the office equipment industry and is the leader in single invoice solutions (MPS, Managed IT, and other specialized billing options). GreatAmerica also offers innovative non-financial services to help dealers evolve their businesses.
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Issue Announcements
May 2023 Issue Focuses on the Basics, Including A3 and A4 Print Technology, Print Management, and MPS
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenThe May 2023 issue of The Cannata Report examines trends in A3 and A4 print technology, and print management and MPS as well as document management/ECM.
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Technology Trends
GreatAmerica Financial Services Simplifies Things for Dealers with 1nVOICE® and Pass-Through Automation
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenGreatAmerica Financial Services describes 1nVOICE® as a complete systematic process that works with the dealer’s technology solutions to offer a simplified process for billing.
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Video
B2B E-commerce in the Office Technology Channel with Tawnya Stone of GreatAmerica
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenTawnya Stone, VP, strategic technology of GreatAmerica Financial Services, discusses B2B e-commerce website platforms in the dealer channel of the document imaging sector of the office technology industry.
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Video
Fridays with Frank: GreatAmerica’s Jennie Fisher Returns with More Compelling Career Anecdotes
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenGreatAmerica’s Jennie Fisher returns to share more anecdotes about her 30-year career at GreatAmerica, including the career and life lessons she’s learned from the company’s founder Tony Golobic.
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Video
Fridays with Frank: Special Guest Jennie Fisher of GreatAmerica Tells All
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenFrank G. Cannata is joined by GreatAmerica’s Jennie Fisher for an informative discussion about her career and the challenges and rewards of being a woman working and moving up the career ladder in this industry.
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Dealers of office technology consider e-commerce platforms to satisfy a new generation of customers.
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Technology Trends
2023 Watchlist: The Trends, Companies, People, and Events We are Watching in the Coming Year
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenOffice technology trends and document imaging industry trends to watch in 2023.
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To recap 2022, we asked dozens of companies to share their highlights from the 12 months. As you’ll see from their responses, this is an industry with no failure to innovate…
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Awards & Charity
Shake It Up: The Cannata Report’s 37th Annual Awards & Charities Gala Hits a High Note
by Cathy O'BrienAccording to online resources and dictionaries, “Shake It Up,” the theme for our 37th Annual Awards & Charities Gala, among other things, means: To do something different from one’s normal routine…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
Manic Monday: News Highlights November 7-11
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenWelcome back to another installment of The Cannata Report’s Manic Monday, a rapid recap of the previous week’s document imaging industry news…
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Awards & Charity
Frank Award Winners Announced at 37th Annual Awards & Charities Gala Benefitting Endowed Scholarship at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
by Cathy O'BrienThe winners of the Frank Awards were announced at our 37th Annual Awards and Charities Gala, themed “Shake It Up,” sponsored by Hytec Dealer Services and ConnectWise last night…
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Above: Frank’s panel of OEM executives captured the attention of CDA dealers. Left to right: Jennifer Amatucci of Hytec Dealer Services, Carol…
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Dealer Survey & The Cannata Dinner
37th Annual Dealer Survey: Leasing Company Ratings
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenExhibits 2.27-2.34 If there is one thing you can consistently count on in our Annual Dealer Survey for the past five years,…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
Keypoint Intelligence and GreatAmerica Team Up to Help Office Technology Providers Get into e-Commerce
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenKeypoint Intelligence and GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation have joined forces to help office technology providers understand the value of an online storefront…
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CR Events
The Cannata Report to Host 7th Annual Women Influencers Brunch
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenThe Cannata Report will host its 7th Annual Women Influencers Brunch, sponsored by esp and GreatAmerica Financial Services, on Friday, November 11, the day after…
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CR Events
BTA’s Fall Colors Retreat to Be Held Oct. 13-14 in Asheville, North Carolina
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenThe Business Technology Association will hold the 2022 Fall Colors Retreat, hosted by BTA Southeast, Oct. 13-14 at the Renaissance Asheville…
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Above: The leader of the Pack, Mike Stramaglio, is greeted by Tony Gorveatt of Cobb Technologies in Glen Allen, Virginia. A memorial…
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Above: BTA’s Bob Goldberg (far right) moderates a panel of OEM executives during the BTA National Conference in June. Panel from left…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
Manic Monday: News Highlights July 4-8
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenWe hope you are having some hot fun in the summertime, but can still make time for Manic Monday, The Cannata Report’s document imaging industry news highlights…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
GreatAmerica Returns as Executive Connection Summit 2023 Title Sponsor with The Consortium
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenStramaglio Consulting, a founder of The Consortium, announced GreatAmerica Financial Services is returning this year as the title…
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Above: CJ Cannata (2nd from left) and Frank G. Cannata (far right) with Jose Estébanez, VP, corporate marketing group, Kyocera Document Solutions…
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What does it take to build a positive company culture? Disruption in the workforce has been going on for too long to…
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Last week, The Cannata Report hosted its elite partners at a dinner at Tiro A Segno in New York City. The annual gathering that has not been held since 2019 was…
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Stramaglio Consulting announced that Collabrance has joined The Consortium, a think tank for the Imaging Channel, consisting of a group…