Data Sales Co. Case Studies
Technology Leasing
Situation
FastServers, a company that provides customized high end dedicated hosting solutions to organizations around the world, was experiencing rapid growth and needed a leasing solution to meet its technology capital expenditure requirements.
Solution
Data Sales Co. provided a multimillion-dollar lease facility to FastServers, allowing the company to execute on its operating and financial business plan, secure new customers, and preserve company ownership by growing the business without an equity investor.
Results
FastServers was eventually sold to LayeredTech, a leading global provider of managed dedicated hosting, on-demand grid/virtualization computing and Web services. LayeredTech continues to use Data Sales Co. for its Technology Leasing requirements.
Situation
Polaris Industries, a manufacturing company with more than 3,000 employees and $1.9 billion in annual revenues, needed to update its entire fleet of PCs and laptops. But the company was experiencing problems with its captive leasing company that included inaccurate order entry, incorrect invoicing timing and accuracy, and multiple lease returns.
Solution
Data Sales Co. provided Polaris with a Full Service Lease solution for more than 1,500 assets. The lease included complete documentation, customized invoicing, a competitive lease rate, flexible end-of-lease options and ease of equipment return — all through a single point of contact.
Results
This custom solution met all of the company's performance and technology needs, and allowed Polaris to reduce its role in managing the lease and focus on its core business.
Technology Hardware Sales
Situation
A Fortune 100 Financial Services Company required a large IBM storage upgrade to several of their data centers located in the US.
Solution
Data Sales provided acquisition, refurbishment, reconfiguration, resale along with the delivery and installation of 8 IBM robotic tape libraries, 144 frames with over 1,000 serial numbers to 4 locations.
Results
Result was an on-time, problem free, lower-cost solution to meeting their storage requirements all with a single point of contact.
Situation
A Fortune 500 National Retailer with locations around the US required a refresh of over 1000 new IBM/InfoPrint printers.
Solution
Data Sales provided acquisition, configuration, staging, scheduled deployment and shipping along with the pick up, removal and disposal of their replaced units.
Results
Result was a cost efficient one-stop shop for the delivery of specially configured new printers to match their technology refresh and change-over dates.
Business Technology Services
Situation
Recently a Fortune 100 corporation with data centers located in Minneapolis was consolidating its operation to another state. They needed a company to assist with the de-installation and removal/disposal of several floors of data center equipment all within a specific time frame.
Solution
Data Sales dispatched the technical, logistic and transportation support services needed to handle all onsite requirements, plus the purchase and/or disposal of over 3 semi truck loads of IT equipment.
Results
Result was turn-key solution provided by a single company in a timely and cost effective manner.
Situation
Data Sales has provided the de-installation, removal and disposition of over 240+ STK Tape Silo's in the US.
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