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Reduce & Control Maintenance Costs & Increase Upgrade Flexibility

Hardware Lifecycle Management (HLM) is World Data Product's approach to lowering hardware and maintenance costs, increasing upgrade flexibility, extending the useful life and maximizing the value of all of your server, storage and networking hardware. For IT managers, HLM from World Data Products results in lower costs, less headaches, and more control throughout the hardware lifecycle.

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Plan

World Data Products' hardware planning service is designed to give you insight into the state of your IT infrastructure, so you can identify opportunities for added efficiency, business value and growth and create a roadmap of clearly defined steps to improvement.

Our services are backed by broad expertise in business consulting and hardware. They help you define an approach to investing in the right IT infrastructure at the right time — an approach that links your IT strategy to overarching business objectives. You can gain powerful, actionable insight into the state of your IT infrastructure, which can help you identify opportunities for added efficiency, business value and growth.

WDPI's hardware planning service can help you align IT initiatives with business objectives and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of your IT infrastructure.

Purchase / Lease

World Data Products offers significant savings on refurbished, used, and new server, storage and networking systems, compared to buying new. Depending on the age and availability of the systems, the already depreciated pricing for refurbished systems can result in savings of more than 70%. Our state-of-the-art refurbishment process and industry-leading satisfaction guarantee ensure the quality and reliability you require for your most demanding applications.

ISO compliant quality control standards
Fully cleaned, tested and refurbished systems eligible for 3rd party maintenance
Custom-configured to meet your specifications
Next day availability
Competitive 12, 24 and 36 month lease rates
No money down leases for qualifying customers

Deploy/Install

Well-designed networks and servers can provide the reliability and flexibility needed to support high-growth business-critical data and applications. WDPI's technical experts have the experience and ability to:

Reduce the time and costs associated with installations
Develop customized configurations to assist with installations for your business environment
Make the most of your hardware components to maximize your system capabilities
Reduce the troubleshooting frustrations

Maintain

When adding or upgrading processors, storage, memory or adapters to installed hardware, World Data Products provides immediate availability and significant savings compared to new.

"...credible hardware maintenance competition will typically reduce the incumbent vendor's [maintenance] bid by more than 20% or save more than 40% by outsourcing to a reliable TPM [third party maintainer]"; - Gartner Group

World Data Products represents a number of the largest, most reliable third party maintainers in the industry to provide reliable world-wide hardware maintenance at a fraction of the cost, compared to OEM service organizations. We offer:

24x7 or 9x5 on-site hardware maintenance service
2 hour, 4 hour or next day response times
Technical telephone support
Microcode support
Spare and logistics support
Customized service levels to increase end user productivity
Control of hardware support costs
All from service organizations with thousands of service professionals world-wide.

Upgrade

Our sales professionals are experts at specific server, storage and networking hardware configurations, helping to determine the right upgrade for your system, and recommending great price-performance alternatives based on current market price and availability.

Hardware Upgrades:

Processors
Adapters / cables
Interface / Host Bus Adapters
Storage (disk & tape)
Memory
Chassis (rack, power)

Software Upgrades:

Operating System
Database
File management
Security

Parts/Repair

WDPI's repair team has fixed their sights on your bottom line. Our innovative repair technologies make more of your components serviceable, saving you up to two-thirds of the cost of new parts.

WDP has the expertise and facilities to provide on time and reliable server, computer parts, and printer circuit board repair services. To increase yield and reduce maintenance costs we provide you with:

free estimates
no bench fee
multi-platform repair center
board-level repair
quality control standards
fast turnaround
repair or exchange pricing
3-month warranty

Extend

World Data Products is your best source for hard-to-find systems, upgrades, repairs, and replacement parts, resulting in the extension of your hardware's useful life. Having been in the business since 1987, we have the knowledge, inventory and connections to source almost any system or part that you might require.

Buy Back/Trade In

When it comes time to replace your existing hardware, World Data Products helps you realize its true residual value by buying outright or offering aggressive trade-in credit against the purchase of newer hardware.

As one of the largest resellers of refurbished servers, storage and networking equipment, we have the industry contacts and bandwidth required to maximize your return on previous hardware investments.

Dispose/Recycle

From privacy issues to the EPA, when hardware leaves your company it can become a serious risk for your business. Here’s how WDP Disposal insulates you and your company from these risks:

We take title to your equipment. That is, your equipment becomes our equipment and it’s no longer your responsibility.
We provide optional data erasure in accordance with your specific requirements
Worthless computer equipment is disposed of in accordance with all Federal and State environmental laws.

So next time you need a turn key solution, call World Data Products. We deliver the right product at the right time. The first time.