Arrow Electronics Launches Surface-as-a-Service to Help Companies Easily and Sustainably Manage Their Tech Assets
October 05 2017 - 09:35AM
Business Wire
Global technology-solutions provider Arrow Electronics, Inc.
(NYSE: ARW) launched a new Surface-as-a-Service offering today that
will help companies strategically manage their technology assets
throughout the entire device lifecycle—from optimized procurement
all the way through sustainable, end-of-life retirement.
“Businesses love the flexibility of Surface as a Service,” said
Ryan Gavin, general manager, Microsoft Devices. “We’ve seen
customer demand for Surface as a Service steadily increase, in
large part because of the work of great collaborators like Arrow.
Surface will continue to work with partners to create unique
deployment models to provide enterprises with the Surface devices
they love, while allowing them to remain agile and grow their
bottom line.”
Arrow’s Surface-as-a-Service program provides companies
with:
- Full lifecycle device management
- Devices arrive with all company
software installed
- Device is tracked through its lifecycle
by Arrow
- Full management of the device
available, including end-user adoption training and support
- Streamlined refresh and upgrade
paths
- Warranty management
- Options can include Microsoft licensing
and provide a single invoice each month
“Our new, comprehensive Surface-as-a-Service offering leverages
Arrow’s unparalleled global scale and IT-asset-disposition
expertise to help companies address all of their end-of-life IT
device opportunities and challenges,” said Chuck Kostalnick,
senior vice president and chief supply chain officer of
Arrow.
The benefits of Arrow’s Surface-as-a-Service offering
include:
- A predictable budget for planning
purposes with one flat monthly subscription fee
- Tailored services to help organizations
move to Windows 10, along with deploying Office 2016 to complete
their modern desktop initiatives
- Accurate reporting and environmental
compliance
- Secure chain of custody
- Streamlined procurement cycles
- Financing and leasing leveraging
Arrow’s Capital Solutions
- Eliminating large, re-occurring costs
of hardware refreshes
- Predictable pricing and forecasting
through big data insights
- Enhanced residual value of technology
assets
- Enabling in-house IT staff to focus on
high-impact projects
About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics is a global provider of products, services and
solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic
components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow serves as a
supply channel partner for more than 125,000 original equipment
manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers
through a global network of more than 465 locations serving over 90
countries. Learn more at www.fiveyearsout.com.
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