Today Getronics announced the introduction of their Rapid Deployment eXperience 7 (RDX7), its risk free readiness scan for Microsoft’s new Windows 7 Operating System. Getronics is offering an adoption service, where customers can experience working with the latest version of Windows in a 5 week trial for a core group of users at a fixed price.

Coen Olde Olthof, Vice President of Marketing & Portfolio stresses the benefits of reviewing the existing IT infrastructure, acknowledging the current economic situation: “Nowadays it is crucial to focus on optimizing efficiency and productivity. We are confident customers will be convinced by the productivity and management savings they can achieve with Windows 7. When migrated or implemented correctly, tests show that implementation can result in substantial lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).” Evidence from Microsoft’s case study based on Getronics adoption is clearly in support of this, Getronics has been able to implement Windows 7 in 15 minutes per workspace, whereas this generally takes one hour.

Removing cost, time and risk from Windows 7 Adoption

Getronics RDX7 has been designed to be sensitive to not only the technical requirements of Microsoft Windows 7, but also in providing the best possible upgrade experience. From a business perspective Getronics focuses on detailed planning and evaluation processes, giving customers a fast “at a glance” view of Windows 7 readiness, both from a hardware and application compatibility perspective. Once readiness has been assessed the task of delivering true zero touch deployment begins. By focusing on deployment that doesn’t involve human labor, Getronics is able to reduce the most expensive and time consuming aspects normally associated with operating system migration. A typical deployment conducted with Getronics RDX7 will involve no more than 10-15 minutes of manual effort per user.

Microsoft leading TAP partner

Microsoft is committed to optimizing the workspace and to provide business customers a simple and cost-effective solution to implement our services. Getronics proved to be a key service partner to deploy and manage the migration to Windows 7 in end-to-end server, client and mobile infrastructures all over the world. Last year, Getronics was awarded the title ‘Microsoft Global Deployment partner of the year 2008’ and is Microsoft’s leading Windows 7 Technology Adoption Program partner’.