Six Billion Slurpees and Counting
Date
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9/18/2009
The other thing that impresses me about the Dell solution is the scalability. I have no doubt that if I call Dell and say ‘Roll this out to another 2,000 users,’ Dell would be able to do that very quickly. I simply have not seen Dell’s speed and agility with any other vendor.
-Brian Cator, senior director of information technology, 7-Eleven, Inc., United States
Challenge
7-Eleven decided to purchase laptops for 2,800 employees to increase productivity while solving its remote service management problem in getting patches, upgrades and anti-virus software to remote employees without forcing them to assist manually.Solution
The company chose a total solution from Dell consisting of Dell™ Latitude™ laptops with Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processors to replace 2,800 existing desktops and laptops, and Dell Distributed Device Management Services to centrally manage the laptops without requiring the assistance of remote employees.Benefits
- Get IT Faster: 30-day rollout of solution by Dell Distributed Device Management Services.
- Run IT Better: 81% decrease in management costs; 67% reduction in help desk incidents; 30% increase in productivity; increased compliance with business policies governing software installation.
