Technology News Today: What's the Point?

Generated Title: Office Tech News: Same Song, Different Verse?

Okay, so I'm looking at this "rapid recap" of office tech news from The Cannata Report. Honestly, does anyone actually care about this stuff besides, like, the five people who work in marketing for these companies? Atlantic, Tomorrow’s Office partners with Sharp? Yawn. Wake me up when robots are delivering my coffee and handling all my TPS reports. Oh wait, that's probably next week's "innovation."

Visual Edge IT: More Like Visual Cliff

But then, BAM! We get to Visual Edge IT (VEIT). Layoffs and new execs? That's never a good sign, is it? It's like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, except instead of icebergs, it's just the relentless march of technology making their business model obsolete. Three new executive leadership team members... I wonder what kind of golden parachute they negotiated before jumping onto this sinking ship.

And they were at PRINTING United Expo, you say? Trying to put on a brave face, I guess. "Hey, look at us! We're still relevant! We have a booth!" It’s like that meme of the dog in the burning house saying "This is fine." No, Sparky, it's not fine. Your company is on fire.

Seriously, what's the deal with these legacy office tech companies? They keep shuffling the same tired products and services, acting surprised when nobody wants to pay a fortune for something you can do on your phone. Are they just waiting for the sweet release of being bought out by some private equity firm who will then strip them for parts?

Production Printing: Still Kicking?

Speaking of PRINTING United Expo, apparently there was "more production-print related news." Is production printing even a thing anymore? I mean, who's printing massive quantities of anything these days? It's all digital, all the time. Maybe I'm missing something. Maybe there's a secret society of print enthusiasts hoarding vintage presses and cranking out manifestos in dimly lit basements. I don't know.

The Cannata Report’s 40th Anniversary Awards & Charities Gala... raising diabetes research funds in memory of Mike McGuirk. Okay, that's actually a decent thing. Good for them. A little bit of genuine humanity amidst the corporate garbage. I'll give them that. But still, "Frank Awards?" Seriously? What is this, 1952?

Oh, and more news about ACDI, The Consortium, EFI, Epson, ecoprintQ, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, MPSA, Nexera, Pulse Technology, Sharp, Xerox, and more. The usual suspects. The same players, the same game. It's like watching a rerun of a show you've already seen a million times. You know exactly what's going to happen, and you're just waiting for it to be over.

Same Crap, Different Day.

So, what's the point of all this? What's the takeaway? It's simple: The office tech industry is stuck in a time warp. They're clinging to outdated business models and pretending that nothing has changed. They expect us to believe this nonsense, and honestly... I'm tired of it. Give me a break. But hey, at least they're raising money for diabetes research. That's... something, I guess. Maybe I'm being too harsh. Nah.