Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet Customer Case Study - Lenovo | US
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet Customer Case Study - Lenovo | US
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LENOVO<br />
CASE STUDY<br />
SOLUTION OVERVIEW<br />
Country:- Malaysia<br />
Industry:- Financial Services<br />
C<strong>US</strong>TOMER PROFILE<br />
A member firm of Deloitte Touche<br />
Tohmatsu and Deloitte Southeast<br />
Asia, Deloitte and its affiliates in<br />
Malaysia provide audit, consulting,<br />
financial advisory, risk management,<br />
and tax services to various<br />
clients in the country.<br />
B<strong>US</strong>INESS SITUATION<br />
As one of the more progressive<br />
firms in its industry, Deloitte is<br />
committed to refreshing its IT<br />
platform every three to four years.<br />
Deloitte decided to embark on a<br />
hardware and operating system<br />
(from Windows XP to Windows<br />
Vista) refresh exercise for the<br />
majority of its staff.<br />
SOLUTION<br />
Historically, Deloitte has been using<br />
<strong>ThinkPad</strong>s since 2004. Deloitte’s<br />
employees have been using the<br />
<strong>ThinkPad</strong> T42, T43, T60 and T61<br />
for the past 5 years. Furthermore,<br />
Wong is a firm believer in the<br />
quality of <strong>ThinkPad</strong>s with more than<br />
10 years of experience with the<br />
brand.<br />
BENEFITS<br />
Ease of deployment and maintenance<br />
with <strong>Lenovo</strong> ThinkVantage’s<br />
Image Ultra Builder technology – a<br />
built-in ThinkVantage technology<br />
that all <strong>ThinkPad</strong> products are<br />
equipped with.<br />
DELOITTE OBTAINS LOWER<br />
TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP<br />
WITH LENOVO NOTEBOOKS<br />
Robust, secure, and easy to administer and<br />
manage notebooks for financial services’<br />
large mobile workforce.<br />
Not only does <strong>Lenovo</strong> have products that<br />
customers can depend on, it also understands<br />
what the customers’ requirements and needs<br />
are. Couple these with the excellent support and<br />
service and innovative technology leadership,<br />
<strong>Lenovo</strong> is the perfect business and technology<br />
partner for any customer today.<br />
Mr Wong Kum Wai<br />
Southeast Asia IT Director<br />
Deloitte Southeast Asia
Mr Wong Kum Wai, Southeast Asia IT Director<br />
Deloitte Southeast Asia<br />
The <strong>ThinkPad</strong><br />
is renowned for its<br />
robustness and<br />
dependability. It’s<br />
affectionately<br />
known as the<br />
‘TankPad’ in the IT<br />
industry.<br />
Because most of<br />
our employees are<br />
highly mobile, a<br />
notebook that<br />
doesn’t break down<br />
easily is the most<br />
important criteria<br />
that we look for<br />
when we evaluate<br />
any notebook for<br />
our employees.<br />
<br />
Southeast Asia IT Director<br />
Deloitte Southeast Asia<br />
Corporate<br />
Introduction<br />
A member firm of Deloitte Touche<br />
Tohmatsu and Deloitte Southeast Asia,<br />
Deloitte and its affiliates in Malaysia<br />
provide audit, consulting, financial<br />
advisory, risk management, and tax<br />
services to various clients in the country.<br />
Deloitte KassimChan is part of Deloitte<br />
Southeast Asia—a cluster of member<br />
firms operating in Brunei, Guam, Indonesia,<br />
Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia,<br />
Northern Mariana Islands, Palau,<br />
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and<br />
Vietnam—which was established to<br />
deliver measurable value to the particular<br />
demands of increasingly intra-regional<br />
and fast growing companies and enterprises.<br />
With a headcount of 1000 plus employees,<br />
Deloitte offers technical expertise<br />
and deep industry knowledge to deliver<br />
consistent high quality professional<br />
services to companies in the region.<br />
All services are provided through the<br />
individual member firms, their subsidiaries<br />
and affiliates which are separate and<br />
independent legal entities.<br />
Situation<br />
As one of the more progressive firms in<br />
its industry, Deloitte is committed to<br />
refreshing its IT platform every three to<br />
four years.<br />
In early 2008, Deloitte decided to embark<br />
on a hardware and operating system<br />
(from Windows XP to Windows Vista)<br />
refresh exercise for the majority of its<br />
staff.<br />
Due to the nature of its business, 70% of<br />
Deloitte’s staff are highly mobile, working<br />
on-site at the clients’ premises. As such,<br />
a heavy emphasis is placed on the<br />
robustness, security, and ease of<br />
administration and management<br />
notebooks issued to its staff.<br />
Solution<br />
From the onset, there was only one<br />
obvious choice for Wong Kum Wai,<br />
Southeast Asia IT Director for Deloitte<br />
Southeast Asia, to consider. Historically,<br />
Deloitte has been using <strong>ThinkPad</strong>s since<br />
2004.<br />
Deloitte’s employees have been using<br />
the <strong>ThinkPad</strong> T42, T43, T60 and T61 for<br />
the past 5 years. Furthermore, Wong is a<br />
firm believer in the quality of <strong>ThinkPad</strong>s<br />
with more than 10 years of experience<br />
with the brand.<br />
“The <strong>ThinkPad</strong> is renowned for its<br />
robustness and dependability. It’s<br />
affectionately known as the ‘TankPad’ in<br />
the IT industry. Because most of our<br />
employees are highly mobile, a notebook<br />
that doesn’t break down easily is the most<br />
important criteria that we look for when<br />
we evaluate any notebook for our<br />
employees,” said Wong.<br />
Wong didn’t take long to decide on the<br />
<strong>ThinkPad</strong> T400 as the replacement<br />
model for the <strong>ThinkPad</strong> T42 and T43.<br />
With features such as a Top Cover Roll<br />
Cage, hard drive magnesium roll cage,<br />
airbag-like Active Protection System<br />
(APS) and shock-mounted hard drive, it<br />
was an easy decision.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Aside from a robust product that does not<br />
break down easily, Wong wanted a<br />
platform that his IT team could easily<br />
distribute and maintain Deloitte’s<br />
corporate software image. This is another<br />
area where the <strong>ThinkPad</strong> T400 excelled<br />
in, thanks to the ImageUltra Builder<br />
technology – a built-in ThinkVantage<br />
technology that all <strong>ThinkPad</strong> products are<br />
equipped with.
ABOUT LENOVO<br />
<strong>Lenovo</strong> (HKSE: 992) (ADR:LNVGY) is<br />
dedicated to building exceptionally<br />
engineered personal computers.<strong>Lenovo</strong>’s<br />
business model is built on innovation,<br />
operational efficiency and customer<br />
satisfaction as well as a focus on<br />
investment in emerging markets. Formed by<br />
<strong>Lenovo</strong> Group’s acquisition of the former<br />
IBM Personal Computing Division, the<br />
company develops, manufactures and<br />
marketsreliable, high-quality, secure and<br />
easy-to-use technology products and<br />
services worldwide. <strong>Lenovo</strong> has major<br />
research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing,<br />
Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and<br />
Raleigh, North Carolina.<br />
For more information see<br />
www.lenovo.com.<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION<br />
For more information on <strong>Lenovo</strong>, visit<br />
www.lenovo.com or call us at:<br />
Singapore: 800 6011 389<br />
(ext: 315 9004, 315 9006-8)<br />
Malaysia: 1 800 88 0247<br />
(ext: 315 9005 & 315 9010, 315 9039)<br />
Indonesia: 001 803 60 6292<br />
(ext: 315 9012)<br />
Thailand: 1 800 060 129<br />
(ext: 315 9002, 315 9016, 315 9018)<br />
Philippines: 1 800 1 601 0035<br />
(ext: 315 9014-5)<br />
Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City):<br />
848 824 3504<br />
Vietnam (Hanoi): 844 736 7625<br />
Being service-driven to lower total<br />
cost of ownership.<br />
With the opinion that IT hardware has<br />
long become a commodity, Wong said<br />
that organisations should not be just<br />
looking at the lowest priced hardware or<br />
solutions as necessarily the best choice.<br />
Vendors today offer very competitive<br />
pricing for their products.<br />
Rather, he believes in looking at the<br />
bigger picture – vendors that offer<br />
services around their hardware at a<br />
reasonable price for a lower total cost of<br />
ownership.<br />
Based on his experience managing a<br />
large organisation IT infrastructure, Wong<br />
points out that the cost of services such<br />
as repairs and maintenance can and will<br />
drive up the total cost of ownership over a<br />
period of time.<br />
“Organisations can’t view their vendors<br />
as just mere hardware providers<br />
anymore. They have to select a vendor<br />
that is highly service-driven, offering a<br />
high quality level of service and timely<br />
delivery at a reasonable price. <strong>Lenovo</strong> is<br />
able to meet this requirement and<br />
beyond,” said Wong.<br />
The 500 units of <strong>ThinkPad</strong> T400 are<br />
covered by on-site warranty. <strong>Lenovo</strong><br />
provides comprehensive on-site service<br />
to Deloitte offices within Malaysia.<br />
Meeting session at Deloitte with <strong>Lenovo</strong> notebooks.<br />
Furthermore, <strong>Lenovo</strong> guarantees that a<br />
their technician will be able to go to any<br />
address in Malaysia to rectify any repairs<br />
or maintenance issue that may arise.<br />
This level of service enables Wong’s IT<br />
team is able to focus on more important<br />
IT tasks that are core to Deloitte’s<br />
business – further lowering the total cost<br />
of ownership without having to dedicate<br />
additional management resources.<br />
Additionally, the low failure rate of the<br />
extremely robust T400 reduces the<br />
down-time associated with repairs.<br />
Looking Ahead<br />
Moving forward, Wong is evaluating the<br />
possibility of moving onto the Windows 7<br />
platform in 2010. While this is another<br />
major technology refresh exercise for<br />
Deloitte, Wong knows that <strong>Lenovo</strong> will be<br />
able to once again deliver the goods.<br />
“Not only does <strong>Lenovo</strong> have products that<br />
customers can depend on, it also<br />
understands what the customers’<br />
requirements and needs are. Couple<br />
these with the excellent support and<br />
service and innovative technology leadership,<br />
<strong>Lenovo</strong> is the perfect business and<br />
technology partner for any customer<br />
today,” said Wong.<br />
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