According to Gartner Group research, hardware and software purchase prices account for only about 20 percent of today's IT budgets, with more than 70 percent being spent on service and support.

Today the gap between acquisition and total ownership costs is particularly wide in the client-computing arena, where administration and management expenditures can boost 3-year TCO for a US$2,000 PC to more than US$20,000. And the growing complexity of desktop IT keeps TCO climbing higher.

PCPC can help you tighten control over procurement and asset tracking, speed and simplify deployment and automate software and update distribution and security management. Desktop Solutions include procurement and financing, asset management, onsite support, break/fix services and asset disposition.