Texas County chooses Dell.The Travis County Commissioners Court has chosen Dell to provide asset recovery services (ARS) for the county's current and future computer system purchases. As part of the agreement, Dell immediately removed 850 outdated systems sitting in storage for recycling or redeployment re·de·ploy tr.v. re·de·ployed, re·de·ploy·ing, re·de·ploys 1. To move (military forces) from one combat zone to another. 2. . "We were purchasing computer hardware from numerous vendors and were spending a lot of time coordinating auctions for our outdated computers," Cyd Grimes, CPM, Travis County purchasing agent Noun 1. purchasing agent - an agent who purchases goods or services for another agent - a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations , says. "This was difficult to manage, providing little return on investment and causing us concern about where our old computers were ending up." Grimes adds, "We are standardizing on Dell hardware and asset recovery services because of the quality of the computer systems and commitment from Dell to recycle them." The Travis County government includes 54 elected officials and about 4,000 employees that run the Sheriff's department, the criminal and civil court systems, emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' , health, human services and veterans affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. , transportation and planning and budgeting. The government, which spends from $500,000 to $1 million yearly on computer hardware, will purchase its systems with ARS. "Our commitment to help customers manage the lifecycle of their IT assets enhances the overall value of their purchase and provides them with excellent value," Gary Cotshott, Dell Services vice president and general manager, says. Dell has also announced that the U.S. EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. has selected the company to handle its IT lifecycle management. The EPA signed a blanket purchase agreement with Dell specifying that the agency can purchase or lease up to 10,000 desktops, notebooks and servers during the next three years. As the EPA replaces its old systems, Dell will provide the agency with asset recovery services to either recycle or redeploy re·de·ploy tr.v. re·de·ployed, re·de·ploy·ing, re·de·ploys 1. To move (military forces) from one combat zone to another. 2. those systems, to help protect the confidential data on them and to dispose of To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. See also: Dispose the hardware in a manner designed to safeguard the environment. More information about Dell ARS programs can be found at www.dell.com/assetrecovery. |
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