21 years ago, on the 8 December 2000 the company that we now know as PAE Business was formed.
For the first four years of its life it was known a Digital Workplace Services, in 2004 it became Print Audit Europe, and in 2018 evolved again into PAE Business ltd.
Digital Workplace was born out of the opportunity to move for analogue photocopiers and single function printers to the Digital MFD/P and the potential cost savings this created. PAE Business’ partnership with Print Audit Inc in Canada began in 2002 and quickly became such a positive partnership that the company became the European arm for Distribution of PAFM in 2004 and evolved into Print Audit Europe.
Print Audit Facilities Manager was one of the first CLOUD HOSTED (cloud was not popular concept then) services for remote Device Management. Interestingly the others FM Audit and PrintFleet along with PAFM are all part of the ECI Solutions stable and now dominate the market with twenty million devices under management globally.
PAE Business said: “We built our business and reputation for excellent service and support on the foundation of our device management platform. We opened PA France in 2005 and PA Germany in 2011 and have strategic partners in all the major European countries helping over 700 resellers manage their printer fleet more efficiently and deliver cost savings to the bottom line.”
In 2012 PAE Business launched the first SAAS pricing model in our market wrapping up User and Device Management software.
In 2018 as it became clear that office printing was under threat from digitalisation the company evolved into PAE Business and broadened its portfolio to add more opportunities for our Partners to diversify and add alternative revenue sources to their portfolio.
So, what for the next 21 years? ECI have continued to develop our Device management Platform and PAE Business will launch Printanista in the New Year, with its Remote Device link capability it is a game changer for dealer help desks and support operations.
Phil Madders, Director, PAE Business added: “We are introducing a new Marketing platform and continuing our excellent partnership with EveryonePrint and Upland Software, so the future is looking incredibly positive.
“All that remains is thank all the customers who have been with us on our journey – our first reseller partner was Canotec, an assessment license ordered by Mr David Newman, who are now Agilico and still use our services. I would also like to extend thanks to our brilliant people who have delivered on our promises and fantastic suppliers whose innovation we have relied on for the past 21 years.”
