Texas County chooses Dell

Recycling Today, June, 2004

The Travis County Commissioners Court has chosen Dell to provide asset recovery services (ARS) for the county's current and future computer system purchases. As part of the agreement, Dell immediately removed 850 outdated systems sitting in storage for recycling or redeployment.

"We were purchasing computer hardware from numerous vendors and were spending a lot of time coordinating auctions for our outdated computers," Cyd Grimes, CPM, Travis County purchasing agent, says. "This was difficult to manage, providing little return on investment and causing us concern about where our old computers were ending up."

Grimes adds, "We are standardizing on Dell hardware and asset recovery services because of the quality of the computer systems and commitment from Dell to recycle them."

The Travis County government includes 54 elected officials and about 4,000 employees that run the Sheriff's department, the criminal and civil court systems, emergency services, health, human services and veterans affairs, transportation and planning and budgeting. The government, which spends from $500,000 to $1 million yearly on computer hardware, will purchase its systems with ARS.

"Our commitment to help customers manage the lifecycle of their IT assets enhances the overall value of their purchase and provides them with excellent value," Gary Cotshott, Dell Services vice president and general manager, says.

Dell has also announced that the U.S. EPA has selected the company to handle its IT lifecycle management.

The EPA signed a blanket purchase agreement with Dell specifying that the agency can purchase or lease up to 10,000 desktops, notebooks and servers during the next three years. As the EPA replaces its old systems, Dell will provide the agency with asset recovery services to either recycle or redeploy those systems, to help protect the confidential data on them and to dispose of the hardware in a manner designed to safeguard the environment.

More information about Dell ARS programs can be found at www.dell.com/assetrecovery.>

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