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Technical Information

All things Dell

by MACC’s Technical Support Team

Did you know MACC is now a Premier Dell reseller?  That’s right, we can now be your partner in all things Dell… and beyond!

As a Dell partner, we are able to secure better pricing and, in turn, pass the savings on to your company.  Savings are always welcome!  In fact, we have consistently seen over 10-15% in savings on hardware for our customers as a result of becoming a Dell partner!

This partnership also gives us insight into new technologies and the ability to prove them in house.  As a result, we are able to offer better solutions to our customers (as well as use them ourselves).

An example of a promising new technology is the Dell Threat Defense endpoint protection.  We have been hearing for quite some time that the traditional endpoint protection just isn’t enough anymore.  Traditional endpoint protection is always one step behind in protecting a workstation from viruses.  It relies on a signature database that is populated as viruses are discovered.  This is a reactive approach.

New technologies are now taking a proactive approach.  By using artificial intelligence to predict and interpret the intention of a virus, they can prevent it without having to rely on a previous discovery.  This has proven effective against zero-day threats and is starting to look like the future of antivirus.  Dell Threat Defense has seen success as high as 99 percent in protection against viruses and malware versus the traditional antivirus protection averaging around a 50 percent success rate.  As an added bonus, modern threat protection consumes much fewer resources than traditional protection.  This allows the workstation to run more efficiently and produces a better experience for the end users (after all, faster is always better in this scenario, right?).

As you can tell, we are incredibly excited about this new technology as viruses and their effects continue to become a larger concern for companies of all sizes.

It’s also worth noting that we are still able to provide and support non-Dell products, too!  There are many other manufacturers who make good products and we all find ourselves partial to certain manufacturers for certain products.  We get it!  And we still offer a variety of options through our other channel partners.

So, next time you are in the market for new equipment, we would love a chance to show you what we can do!  Your MACC Tech Support Team can help through all phases of the implementation process!  Whether it’s consulting, planning, purchasing, installing, supporting, or a combination of all, we’re here to help you get the job done right!

Feel  free to reach out to us any time at 402-533-5300 or via email at macctechs@maccnet.com.