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Ensuring a consistent software build throughout an organization is one of the most expensive and time-consuming tasks facing any IT organization. Challenges include not only managing multiple client images for a range of hardware platforms and functional groups, but also meeting licensing and compliance requirements. ImageDirect can help.

Extending its unique build-to-order model, Dell has fully integrated ImageDirect into its production systems so that the images you create can be seamlessly applied to your systems during the manufacturing process. Additionally, by allowing you to focus on the management of a single image that works across multiple platforms and departments and by substantially automating much of this work, ImageDirect can streamline image management and enable more robust client images. The key benefits of ImageDirect are:

• Save time. Streamline the development of your custom corporate images so you can be "factory ready" that much sooner. Plus, once your systems arrive from the factory, they’re ready to deploy with your image already loaded.
• Simplifies Hardware Transitions. No need to rework images due to new hardware platform releases and transitions.
• Free IT resources. Allow your IT resources to spend less time on image management and more time on more value-added IT activities.
• Lower total cost of ownership (TCO). By simplifying image management and speeding deployment, ImageDirect can help lower your TCO.