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Dell adds services for businesses switching to new PCs
Dell released a set of new services today designed to make it easier for large businesses to replace thousands of computers, including new PCs bought to accommodate Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system.
The new client-migration services include a suite of Dell software tools that automate many of the tasks involved in switching large numbers of users to new PCs, said Kevin Hanes, senior manager in Dell’s services division. The tools include some of the technologies Dell received with its 2006 acquisition of ACS, a U.K.-based technology services firm.
Hanes said the new tools will allow a large company’s technology managers to automatically set up a PC with the applications and data an individual user needs. And because Dell can preload many of a business customer’s most heavily used applications before it ships the machines, he said, the new services program also can reduce the strain that would occur if technology managers had to load that software over the company’s network.
The new services include assessments to help companies refine their plans and procedures for refreshing thousands of computers, whether Dell machines or other brands, Hanes said.
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