The world's largest computer maker reaches out to midmarket companies through special financial programs for select Dell laptops and servers.While Washington lurches toward passing another economic stimulus
package, Dell is reaching out to small- and medium-size business
owners to help them stay afloat as the worldwide economic crisis
ricochets onward.
This week the company announced financing deals on
select Latitude laptops and PowerEdge Energy Smart servers.
Dell calls the zero percent $1 buy-out lease promotion ideal for
small and medium businesses looking to refresh their technology for
better performance, productivity, lower maintenance costs and higher
energy efficiency, while at the same time preserving capital for other
necessary expenditures. Dell is using the $1 buy-out promotion to give
customers the choice of owning the equipment at the end of the lease
term.
Whats great about the $1 buy-out offer is that most customers
refreshing their technology infrastructure will qualify, said Dell
Small and Medium Business, Americas Vice President and General Manager
Erik Dithmer. Customers want exceptional value, especially during
tough times, and we think Dell is best able to deliver solutions and
financing options that help customers stay productive, lower costs and
improve cash flow.
Qualified small business owners can take advantage of 36-month lease
terms for low payments, as well as quarterly billing that Dell says
reduced the paperwork load but provides the same predictability. The
financing promotion is available on selected Latitude E5500, E6400 and
E6500 laptops and PowerEdge 1950 and 2950 Energy Smart servers, for
technology totaling $25,000 or more. The promotion ends May 1.
The promotion also draws attention to Dells line of energy-efficient
PowerEdge servers. Dell implemented technology to reduce server
power draw and the resulting system heat, along with Low-Flow fan
technology and low voltage Intel Xeon processors designed to increase
performance per watt.
We were quickly outgrowing our current storage infrastructure and
needed an iSCSI storage area network solution that didnt consume too
much capital, said Ted Vibbert, AVP/IT Director, at Brightclaim, an
Atlanta-based provider of integrated claims solutions to the property
and casualty insurance market. With the special promotion from Dell,
we got the EqualLogic solution we needed to store and protect our data,
serve our customers and provide a flexible storage solution for our
growing business.
Dell also cited a recent study by the National Federation of
Independent Business, the Small Business Economic Trends report, which
found U.S. small business owners are deferring non-essential projects,
and the number planning to make capital expenditures in the coming
months fell to 17 percent.
In a signal that the company understands the breadth of this
financial crisis, Dell is also making additional financing and leasing
offers available to SMBs, including no payments for 90 days on Fair
Market Value (FMV) lease rotation programs, which allow customers to
lease technology and return or exchange it at the end of the term. Dell
says this reduces the total cost of ownership by as much as 20 percent.
The FMV offer ends May 1.
