Upgradeability

Do you have an older, legacy system currently installed? Psion Teklogix offers a number of attractive, painless upgrade and trade-in programs!

Costs of Maintaining Older Equipment and Technologies

Maintaining older equipment and technologies can cost more over time for several reasons

• Failures tend to increase exponentially after x-amount of time, depending on product and vendor
• Maintenance contracts protect against system failures and usually give rebate on repairs; however, the increased number of repairs will add significantly to costs
• As products and parts get discontinued, repair costs increase an average of 10%
• Some vendors strategically price maintenance to move products
• New IT staff may not understand and/or have experience with older technology
• Applications need to be written and upgraded taking into consideration the technology constraints
• No interoperability may actually increase cost by having to duplicate systems in some areas
• Vendor and/or Value Added Reseller (VAR) independence; there is no guarantee that VARs supporting legacy equipment will have parts to repair

Therefore, maintenance costs savings, as well as lower operational and other recurring expenses, alone may deliver a strong ROI and quick payback.

Benefits of Upgraded Systems

There are many benefits associated with upgrading systems, including productivity improvements, increased usage, and cost reductions. From a productivity improvement perspective, for example, upgrading to current technologies can lead to:

• Better response times
• Better end-user device flexibility
• Intuitive applications that can take advantage of color and touch screens
• Additional product data collected through the use of new technologies such as RFID or 2D imaging

Additionally, new systems can enable the use of shared infrastructure for applications such as:

• Wireless printing
• Wireless VoIP
• Speech recognition and hands-free technologies
• Telemetric applications
• Wireless workstations
• Web access

Finally, the cost benefits associated with upgrading legacy systems to newer technologies are significant, and include:

• Reduced maintenance costs and service contracts
• Automatic year-one savings with warranty on new products
• Increased up-time
• Reduced repair delays
• Reduced cost of acquisition of new hardware
• Updated network management tools
• Support knowledge base

And the good news is that Psion Teklogix can help build an ROI based on existing calculators and models, leveraged from 30+ years of experience!

Common Issues and Concerns when Upgrading

There are a number of common concerns when considering upgrades, such as disruption of operations, coverage, network security, questions regarding upcoming technologies and upgradeability, and internal support issues. Psion Teklogix' best-of-breed technologies, technology consulting services, project management, and legacy product support, however, can quickly alleviate these fears. Other typical issues may include demand for improvements in price and performance, cost of installation, and financing. Again, Psion Teklogix can help to overcome these issues by offering special buy-back and upgrade programs, as well as flexible leasing programs.

The Bottom Line

Upgrading does not have to be complex or scary if well planned! And while technology changes at a more rapid pace than previously, Psion Teklogix' interoperability and best-of-breed approach will lengthen the life of your new system and increase your ROI. We build our hardware and software offering with leading technology and based on industry standards. Our technology partners and certifications enhance our ability to deliver industry-standard mobile computing solutions to our customers with lower end-user implementation costs and thus provide faster returns on investment.