Devices

Empowering the Digital Revolution

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Why Chess Devices?

Gartner predict that by 2020, 30% of business devices will be purchased through an opex finance model. The rise of the digital workplace is forcing a renewed interest in modernising business devices that are thinner, lighter, more secure and with new levels of performance and connectivity.

If It Appreciates, Buy It — If It Depreciates, Lease It

J Paul Getty’s famous advice is as compelling for laptops and mobiles as is it for cars and photocopiers. A rapidly evolving digital workplace is placing unprecedented demands on IT infrastructure, and it’s the agility of a flexible, leasing model which is overcoming the challenges and barriers faced when procuring IT equipment.

Why Lease?

There are growing reasons to adopt a leasing model. With the option to refresh, return or retain devices at the end of the lease, it’s rapidly becoming the purchasing model of choice. Sourcing the right technology today, at the lowest price, ensures you and your people remain adaptable and agile for the changes coming tomorrow.

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A Guide on Updating Your Device Refresh Strategy

Factors to consider when embarking on a hardware refresh programme.

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Industry Leading Mobiles, Tablets and Laptops

The traditional trade-off between cost and functionality is no longer the key factor in procuring business critical equipment for your people. Leasing makes it easier to provide the tech your business needs for the next two years, rather than the equipment dictated by your budget at a single point in time.

Choose Your Device

Phones: Choose from the best selling devices, including the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and Galaxy S10 ranges.

Tablets: Combining portability and functionality, the new generation of tablets available run Windows 10 and are successfully challenging the popularity of more traditional laptops.

Laptops: Take advantage of HP’s monthly promotions, or opt for one of Microsoft’s popular Surface devices. Care Packs, offering extended service agreements, are available to help protect business continuity, and selected peripherals are also included in the range of lease items.

3 yrs

Average lifespan of a business laptop

40%

Use a mobile device for work

42%

Workload decreased through cloud

How It Works — Refresh, Retain, Return

Refresh

After two years you’ll be able to upgrade to a new device. There’s no renewal fee, no end of lease fee, and you’ll have a choice of the latest models and devices. Your original device will be erased securely (see below).

Want to upgrade before the lease is up? No problem, simply give us a call. Termination fees may apply, and these can be rolled into your next lease agreement.)

Retain

At the end of the lease term, you may want to opt to keep your device, at a fair market value.

Return

You’ll be contacted in good time, to ensure any data is securely migrated off the existing device. Your device will then be securely erased in accordance with WEEE regulations, and a certificate issued. There’s no end of lease fee to pay.

Terms & Conditions Apply.

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Start Your Digital Revolution

Download our guide to find out how you can get the tech you need at a price you can afford.

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Core Benefits

Financial Freedom

Do more with less
Planned, regular monthly fee
No upfront costs, or major capital outlay; removing capex liability — pay out of monthly cashflow and leave your reserves untouched

Device and Network Freedom

Choose from a range of popular devices
Upgrade effortlessly after 24 (36 month lease agreements also available)
Option to upgrade after just six months (fees apply)

Great Price and Excellent Delivery Times.

"We have worked with Chess for a few years now, from the first instance of helping us change from our very old phone system to the new IP system we have now, the engineers from Chess were very experienced and help full throughout the installation. We have also just started to upgrade to new Windows 10 laptops which have been sourced from and delivered by Chess, great price and excellent delivery times"

Mark Edmands, Network And Infrastructure Analyst

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Resources

Devices Knowledge

Managed Security Services: What you need to know

This blog looks at the current challenges businesses are facing and how Managed security services can ensure your data is protected while also reducing your IT spending.

Outage - LHC Data Centre London - 27 August - Resolved

The issues affecting some of our services, caused by a suspected fire at the Telstra LHC Data Centre in London are now resolved.

Accessibility Compliance

With the virtual world an extension of the physical, accessibility has often been treated with the same consideration – as an afterthought. It's time for change.

Outage - 18 August 2020

We have been made aware of a fire alarm being triggered by a UPS failure which caused the power to go completely down at one of the Harbour Exchange data centres in London, affecting some services.

Staying Secure Online

Our Information Security Officer, Joseph Ball regularly writes articles on different aspects of security. Joe's articles have proven to be really popular with our own people and he's often asked if they can be shared with colleagues outside of Chess. With this in mind, I thought it may be something you are interested in.

Capturing Requirements in a Virtual Workshop

Until March this year, the assumption was that we could meet in person with a client or project partner several times to move through the requirements definition process. As it turns out, the process of developing a new digital approach which utilises a combination of existing and emerging tools has evolved like a project in itself. These are our tips.

Critical Thinking and Confirmation Bias

I'm not a supporter of #DeleteFacebook because it's like saying if you don't want to get electrocuted, get rid of electricity. It's stupid. No, demand better standards for your electricity, so you don't get electrocuted…" – Christopher Wylie, Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower

Chess Wins Two Cybersecurity Awards

The Chess team have proven the invaluable work they do and have been recognised for their outstanding performance and commitment to securing organisations, by picking up two awards in the Sophos Partner Awards 2020 - Public Sector Partner of the year and Education Partner of the year.

Managing Remote Teams using Power Platform

Combining the capabilities of Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and Teams, our Development team created the Location app which is now used by the whole company.

Help to Keep Your Children Safe Online

With so many young people in home-school currently, we thought some tips about keeping your children safe whilst online might be useful. It’s a huge topic but we’ve summarised 5 areas you may want to consider.

Introduction to Simplicity: Leasing & Chess Partner

Watch now the recording of the webinar ‘Introduction to Simplicity: Leasing and Chess Partner’ to learn how you can improve cash flow, customer retention and also increase sales.

Five Significant Savings with Synchronised Security

With Sophos' decision to retire on-premise legacy security platforms and focus on next-generation products, I thought today we would have a quick look at the key advantages of synchronised security and how it can save you money.