Pacific Office Automation

There are two popular narratives in today’s employment landscape when the subject of remote work is broached. Some see it as the new post-COVID reality, while others believe it is largely becoming a thing of the past in the wake of several prominent companies issuing Read More

Beaverton, OR (August 19, 2024) — Pacific Office Automation (POA), the largest independent office equipment dealer in the U.S., has partnered with Portland Community College (PCC) to develop a Field Service Technician Foundations Certificate of Completion. The curriculum—a full Read More

Ramsey, NJ (Aug. 8, 2024) — Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to announce its recent dealer award winners, recognizing accomplishments during its 2023 fiscal year (April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024). The company honored top performers for Read More

It’s time to talk about that frustration shared among virtually all office technology dealers. There are few things more frustrating than finding out a prospect or client—particularly the latter—is unaware that your company offers (fill in the blank). Potential clients get Read More

Pacific Office Automation’s human resources department may start seeing a glut of employee transfer requests after the Beaverton, Oregon-based dealer acquired Maunakea Integrated Solutions in Honolulu. This week’s transaction wire also saw Everon obtain Customized Service Read More

There was a time not long ago when auction and antique shows were huge on cable television. PBS, of all networks, set the standard with its “Antiques Roadshow.” The scripted drama “Storage Wars” has lasted about 15 years, including several iterations, and Read More

The face of the office technology dealer sector has changed dramatically in the past 30 years. Women occupy leadership positions at a greater degree than any time in its history, which includes the days of typewriters, adding machines and other tools of the bygone office era. The Read More

Pacific Office Automation (POA), the largest independent office equipment dealer in the U.S., announced a 15 percent increase in revenue for Konica Minolta products in 2022. POA has been Konica Minolta’s largest North American dealer since 2005. The company first partnered with Read More

Pacific Office Automation (POA), the largest independent office equipment dealer in the U.S., has acquired Fenton’s Office Solutions (FOS), a Konica Minolta and Epson family dealer in Idaho Falls that serves Southeastern Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. The transaction closed last Read More

Eastman Kodak Company and Pacific Office Automation (POA), the largest office and printing technology equipment dealer in the United States, have announced an agreement under which Pacific Office Automation will become a key distributor of Kodak digital print solutions. Read More

Fremont, CA (Feb. 11, 2021) — Electronics For Imaging, Inc. recognized its top-performing Fiery dealer partner, Beaverton, Oregon-based Pacific Office Automation, for its growth and success helping customers achieve their goals using EFI Fiery digital front ends (DFEs) and Read More

Let’s be honest about one thing. Regardless of how you slice it, either seat-based, device-based or any other formula that helps devise a monthly invoice for clients, the operative word is “monthly.” Actually, the full (and desired) term is “monthly recurring revenue.” Oh, how Read More

It is easy to say that the movement toward bundled services under a flat-rate, monthly subscription model is a factor of the millennial generation taking a bigger role in customer buying decisions. It is true that millennials have now grown in size and demographic representation, Read More

  Industry Veteran Barry Taylor Passes Nov. 21, 2013 – Barry Taylor, CEO of Taylor Made Business Systems, a managed print services company, died Saturday, Nov. 16 from a heart attack at the age of 74. According to the Taylor Made Business Systems Website, Taylor founded his first Read More