Dell has improved PC deployment activities through patent-pending automation technology and offers an array of services from planning a Windows Vista migration to post-deployment management.
Deploying Windows Vista to the Desktop:
Get It Right With DellŪTools and services from Dell and Microsoft can smooth the path to Windows Vista .
indows Vista promises IT dollars and cents. They can help IT do its job proach to save the user organization money organizations much more than more efficiently and reduce end-user down- and position it for more effective client man-a new, three-dimensional look time. According to IDC, the total cost of de- agement and strategic planning. fWor their computer desktops. Security fea- ploying a new PC can soar past $600 using 2tures designed to protect valuable corporate traditional, manual processes. By compari- These services include:information include hard drive encryption, son, a highly optimized deployment can help . Assessment, where Dell helps the user user account control and a new security cen- IT managers slash that cost by more than organization better understand its envi-1ter. Productivity features include search tools 60 percent. For IT shops, whether they are ronment and determine which applica-that help users find information on their own supporting hundreds or hundreds of thou- tions and client machines will support systems, the Internet or their coworkers' PCs. sands of PCs, deployment is a significant Windows Vista. Dell can also analyze ex-File sharing and Meeting Space tools enable portion of the budget. The savings opportu- isting deployment processes to uncover close collaboration with peers. nity is equally massive. savings potential.. Planning and Design, where Dell's team of All of these features build a compelling case In studying the underlying costs of a PC de- engineers automates the PC provisioning for a migration to Windows Vista. Many ployment, IDC surveyed 200 organizations process using a combination of Microsoft customers are already planning their move, with at least 1,000 PCs in use. IDC classi- and Dell-developed tools in conjunction whether on new systems or as an upgrade fied those organizations by their deploy- with your existing management systems.for existing PCs. Market research firm IDC ment strategies, ranging from the highly . Deployment and Migration, where Dell projects that 90 million copies of Windows manual "Basic'' to fully automated "Dy- staffers plan and manage the complete roll-Vista will be deployed in 2007-31.5 million namic'.' IDC found that at the "Basic'' end out, from logistics to onsite labor and day-1of them in businesses. of the scale, companies spent an average after support. Dell technicians can set up of $678 to deploy each PC. Compare that new PCs or upgrade existing systems.Perhaps most important of all improve- with a cost of $260 for the fully automated 2ments in the eyes of IT professionals are the "Dynamic'' organization. Let's take a look at why Dell is the right choice steps Microsoft and its partners-including to help you deploy Windows Vista. Organiza-Dell-have taken in automating the de- In its partnership with Microsoft, Dell-one tions around the world rely on Dell for their ployment and subsequent management of of the world's leading PC manufacturers-is IT infrastructure services, customers includ-desktop systems running Windows Vista. able to leverage Microsoft's deployment ing the top three Internet service companies, Two of the key additions to Windows Vista technology with third-party and Dell-devel- the top six U.S. banks and the world's top three are an enhanced Business Desktop Deploy- oped tools to reduce the cost of migrating to global retailers. Dell's services group works as ment (BDD) best practices methodology Windows Vista. Dell uses a three-phased ap- an integral part of a leading PC and server and solution and the new Windows Imag-ing technologies (WIM). Both work with DELL Deployment Optimization Frameworkthe new Windows Preinstallation Environ-ment (Windows PE). Windows PE is a boot, Assess Design Implementrecovery and diagnostic environment for . B usiness justification . R ationalize, . H ighly automated Windows. It can also be used to automate and ROI consolidate and with low cost PC provisioning, including the core OS load. . B aseline current package applications . P ilot testing and processes and costs... [download for more]
