Getronics can manage the Hardware life cycle through acquisition, deployment, screening, repair, redeployment, resale and disposal. Getronics Hardware Lifecycle Management Service provides a fully managed end to end hardware lifecycle management solution to enable customers to gain best advantage from their existing IT assets.

With the changes that are now occurring in operating systems and the use of virtual desktop services, this service from Getronics is designed to pool expertise and information to ensure that existing assets can continue to be used thus reducing the costs of IT.

Getronics will provide the solution to sweat a current estate for another few years or, if the customer has already committed to a refresh and would like to dispose/remarket its old estate in a safe and environmentally friendly manner, then this solution will enable those disposals. Getronics offers a fully EU&UK legislation compliant disposal solution that operates in a secure and environmentally sensitive way. Getronics has long term partnerships with a number of the major vendors, such as , Dell and Citrix and we are able to reduce our customers’ acquisition costs through sourcing the most competitive prices on new hardware from our partners.

Getronics Hardware Lifecycle Services Key Features

• Secure UK wide collection and re-distribution, using the Getronics logistics services
• Secure warehousing of equipment in transit or retained as spares
• Visual and technical screening of all components
• Remarketing of equipment with profit share, where applicable
• Reducing acquisition costs
• Utilisation of our vendor partners’ buyback and finance schemes for our customers
• Environmentally conscious disposal of equipment
• Warranty management
• Break-fix maintenance of the estate
• Hardware upgrades where needed to meet operating systems changes or applications requirements -sourced at most competitive prices through our partner relationships
• Re-imaging of systems prior to redeployment
• Real time asset tracking & reporting

The hardware lifecycle services utilise:

• Getronics project management services to cost-effectively manage the changes to the asset base
• Getronics hardware maintenance services to ensure the equipment remains effective over the agree extended period
• Getronics test and audit services for the assets over a period to ensure that:
• Electrical safety test (PAT Test) is passed an the assets labelled
• Functional tests are passed
• Serial and/or asset numbers are recorded
• Hardware specification and condition is recorded
• Data on data bearing equipment is wiped
• All former user markings are removed
• A unique unit reference is allocated