Modern employees have rising, consumer-style expectations of the technological tools they use. As-a-service options are increasing in popularity and can empower both employees and IT teams to be more productive.
Lenovo Device-as-a-service (DaaS) provides comprehensive, scalable digital workplace solutions with a predictable pay-as-you-go model, freeing up valuable IT resources for innovation and ensuring an optimal digital experience for employees.
The Lenovo TruScale DaaS model allows for quicker upgrades without upfront costs so organizations can future-proof their technology investments while delivering a user experience that matters and being more competitive.
Deliver consistent performance and productivity to your employees, standardise procurement and equip your employees with the latest technology they need to thrive.
Simplify IT spending and align it to business priorities with multiple financial and invoicing options, to create predictable payment models that suit your business.
Generate cost savings and allocate better use of resources with the flexibility to expand or reduce the number of solutions and devices to meet your business needs.
Lenovo technology, with its’ industry-best reliability, ensures that your workers can keep working and IT can focus on strategic competencies.
Lenovo-owned manufacturing facilities, with Stott Hoare fulfilment and support services, mitigate the impact of shortages and foster business continuity.
Get a customised report on the cost savings that your organisation could enjoy with the DaaS model compared to traditional procurement.
Use the links below to assess whether DaaS is right for your organisation and to estimate how much you could save.
What is DaaS?
Device as a Service (DaaS) can help organisations mitigate these costs by taking a typical hardware device (such as a laptop, desktop, tablet, or mobile phone), bundling it with a variety of software and services then offering it to a customer for a predictable, regular fee. It gives customers one contract and just one provider to hold accountable.
What services are included in a DaaS solution?
Some of the common value-add services that might be included in a DaaS solution are:
Of course, you can choose as many or as few of these as you want but it probably does make some sense to include at least some part of the deployment or management of the devices in the solution as part of your bespoke DaaS ‘Service Catalogue’.
You could also consider bundling software solutions with DaaS to deliver specific business or IT outcomes (like improved security or data protection, for example) in the same per user, per month cost profile. Doing things this way can help to focus the discussion on these outcomes rather than individual products.
Isn’t DaaS just equipment leasing or rental by another name?
In a way, yes. But it can also be something much more.
All DaaS solutions will have some sort of finance component behind them somewhere, even if the customer only has a service agreement to sign. So why might we look at DaaS as being something different?
The best DaaS solutions focus much more on the total personal, IT and business outcomes that are fed by the EUD platform rather than just the potential op-ex benefits of the traditional equipment finance approach that many organisations use. Considering the wider requirements around deployment, management, security, support, asset recovery and even analytics and end user experience, is part of every IT leader’s role and DaaS might have a unique part to play here.
Is DaaS right for my organisation?
The best answer is – maybe!
To effectively assess whether DaaS is a good fit for your organisation, it’s important to consider the following:
A detailed analysis of the above will enable you to establish a baseline for your current approach to managing EUD with estimated costs, challenges and opportunities.
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[1] IDC, ‘Device as a Service Market Analysis’ Sponsored by Lenovo, 2021
[2] Forrester, ‘Invest in EX, Drive your bottom line growth, 2020
[3] Lenovo Services & Solutions Group, CIO study, February 2022
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