Hardware sourcing used to be simpler. Most teams bought what the OEM listed as new and planned deployments around those available models. But over the past few years, shifting supply chains, tighter capital budgets, and frequent lifecycle changes have made that approach feel increasingly restrictive. These pressures have widened the [...]
Mid-market and enterprise IT teams are expected to keep environments stable, secure, and scalable while stretching every dollar as far as possible. It’s a balancing act that gets harder every year as lead times fluctuate and product lifecycles accelerate. Many organizations don’t realize there’s an OEM-backed sourcing option that rarely [...]
When you work in IT, aligning with the right partners can make all the difference. Enter the Dell Technologies Gold Partnership—a prestigious recognition that not every IT firm can boast about. But why does this matter? And how can it benefit your business? Dive in as we unravel the significance [...]
You may have come across advice in the IT industry, stoking fear that not buying through traditional Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) would somehow endanger your business. That used or refurbished equipment may be counterfeit, that used equipment is more expensive or comes without warranties or even that it’s illegal to [...]
AMD announced the new Zen 2 processors in November 2018, wowing users with a chip two times the density of their previous generation, the Zen+. The move to Zen 2 from Zen+ has meant a move from the first desktop processor on a 12 nm process node to 7 nm. [...]
