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ProSupport Plus with SupportAssist Contact a Dell Services Expert to learn more. Virtually eliminates unplanned downtime due to hardware issues 4 Uses AI to predict hard drive issues before they become problems 4 Proactively resolves issues up to 6x faster than the competition 5 IT time spent on routine operations & support 1 94% IT time left for other tasks, 1 like innovation 6% Survival Tip #3 Pack the essentials. AN IT ADMIN’S SURVIVAL GUIDE F O R P C S U P P O R T Survival Tip #2 Plot your course. Survival Tip #4 Choose the easy path. THROUGH RAIN, SLEET OR SNOW: Dell’s six Global Command Centers ensure parts and labor get to you through any weather, natural disaster, traffic or crisis. 62% of companies are purchasing, or planning to purchase, additional support services for PCs in the next 12 months. 2 17% reduction in overall IT costs 2 26% increase in IT staff productivity 2 36% IT staff time freed for innovation or more strategic initiatives 2 S t a y p r o d u c t i v e P r e p a r e f o r a c c i d e n t s W o r k a n y w h e r e O n e s t ep a h e a d ProSupport Plus offers you what you need to support your PC fleet—all in one complete package. Receive support everywhere from our in-region ProSupport engineers. We’ll fix it! With quick replacement and repairs for drops, spills and surges. PROTECT & OPTIMIZE Take action on telemetry- driven recommendations anytime, anywhere 3 EASILY MANAGE View assets and alerts in TechDirect Configure • View • Group GAIN INSIGHT Access early indicators of performance issues 3 RAM • CPU • Battery Storage Utilization • App & OS crashes Survival Tip #1 Go with a Pro. 24x7 priority access to in-region ProSupport engineers Onsite service the next business day after remote diagnosis Single source for software and hardware expertise Repairs for drops, spills and surges Retention of hard drive after replacement Prediction of hard drive issues before they become problems PC optimization through actionable telemetry-driven recommendations Technology Service Manager offers designated support for your team Integrate alerts into tools you use every day Proactive alerts and automatic case creation allow Dell to start working on the problem before you can make a call. Our predictive technology detects issues before they become problems. Copyright © 2020 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. The contents and positions mentioned in this document were accurate at the point of publication, July 2020. Dell makes no warranties—express or implied—in this infographic. 1. IDC – Worldwide software and hardware support and deployment services, 2018. 2. Innovate with Services -- A commercial study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of DellEMC, October 2018 3. Available features vary based on your support plan. 4. Based on a Principled Technologies test report, “Dell ProSupport Plus with SupportAssist warns you about hardware issues so you can fix them before they cause downtime” dated April 2019. Testing commissioned by Dell, conducted in the United States. Actual results will vary. Full report: http://facts.pt/0xvze8. Hardware issues detected by SupportAssist include hard drives, solid state drives, batteries and fans. 5. Based on a Principled Technologies report, “Diagnose and resolve a hard drive issue in less time with Dell ProSupport Plus” May 2020. Testing commissioned by Dell, conducted in the United States. Actual results may vary. Full report: http://facts. pt/ddv0ne9. SupportAssist must be activated through ProSupport or ProSupport Plus to realize proactive or predictive alerts or benefits. SupportAssist automatically detects and proactively alerts Dell to: operating system issues, software upgrades, driver updates and patches, malware, virus infected files, failures of hard drives, batteries, memory, internal cables, thermal sensors, heat sinks, fans, solid state drives and video cards. ProSupport Plus for PCs

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Page 1: AN IT ADMIN’S SURVIVAL GUIDE€¦ · SURVIVAL GUIDE F O R P C S U P P O R T Survival Tip #2 Plot your course. Survival Tip #4 Choose the easy path. THROUGH RAIN, SLEET OR SNOW:

ProSupport Plus with SupportAssist

Contact a Dell Services Expert to learn more.

Virtually eliminates unplanned

downtime due to hardware

issues4

Uses AI to predict hard drive issues before they

become problems4

Proactively resolves

issues up to 6x faster than the

competition5

IT time spent on routine operations & support1

94%

IT time left for other tasks,1 like innovation

6%

Survival Tip #3 Pack the essentials.

AN IT ADMIN’S

SURVIVAL GUIDE

FOR PC SUPPORT

Survival Tip #2 Plot your course.

Survival Tip #4 Choose the easy path.

THROUGH RAIN, SLEET OR SNOW: Dell’s six Global Command Centers ensure parts and labor get to you through any weather, natural disaster, traffic or crisis.

62%of companies are purchasing, or planning to purchase, additional support services for PCs in the next 12 months.2

17%reduction in

overall IT costs2

26%increase in IT

staff productivity2

36%IT staff time freed for innovation or more strategic

initiatives2

Stay productive

Pre

pare

for a

ccidents

Work anywhe

re

One step ahead

ProSupport Plus offers you what you need to support your PC fleet—all in one complete package.

Receive support everywhere from

our in-region ProSupport engineers.

We’ll fix it! With quick replacement and repairs for drops, spills and surges.

PROTECT & OPTIMIZE

Take action on telemetry-driven recommendations

anytime, anywhere3

EASILY MANAGE

View assets and alerts in TechDirect

Configure • View • Group

GAIN INSIGHT

Access early indicators of performance issues3

RAM • CPU • Battery

Storage Utilization •

App & OS crashes

Survival Tip #1 Go with a Pro.

24x7 priority access to in-region ProSupport engineers

Onsite service the next business day after remote

diagnosis

Single source for software and hardware expertise Repairs for

drops, spills and surges

Retention of hard

drive after replacement

Prediction of hard drive issues before they become problems

PC optimization through actionable telemetry-driven

recommendations

Technology Service Manager offers

designated support for your team

Integrate alerts into tools you use every day

Proactive alerts and automatic case creation allow Dell to start working on the problem before you

can make a call.

Our predictive technology detects issues before they become problems.

Copyright © 2020 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. The contents and positions mentioned in this document were accurate at the point of publication, July 2020. Dell makes no warranties—express or implied—in this infographic.

1. IDC – Worldwide software and hardware support and deployment services, 2018.

2. Innovate with Services -- A commercial study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of DellEMC, October 2018

3. Available features vary based on your support plan.

4. Based on a Principled Technologies test report, “Dell ProSupport Plus with SupportAssist warns you about hardware issues so you can fix them before they cause downtime” dated April 2019. Testing commissioned by Dell, conducted in the United States. Actual results will vary. Full report: http://facts.pt/0xvze8. Hardware issues detected by SupportAssist include hard drives, solid state drives, batteries and fans.

5. Based on a Principled Technologies report, “Diagnose and resolve a hard drive issue in less time with Dell ProSupport Plus” May 2020. Testing commissioned by Dell, conducted in the United States. Actual results may vary. Full report: http://facts.pt/ddv0ne9. SupportAssist must be activated through ProSupport or ProSupport Plus to realize proactive or predictive alerts or benefits. SupportAssist automatically detects and proactively alerts Dell to: operating system issues, software upgrades, driver updates and patches, malware, virus infected files, failures of hard drives, batteries, memory, internal cables, thermal sensors, heat sinks, fans, solid state drives and video cards.

ProSupport Plus for PCs