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Changing the Game with the New Latitudes

Lannette Dunkson, Dell, ( lannette_dunkeson@dell.com )

Announcements:

• Desktops will not change until September, which is different from their usual June-July release. Waiting for new Intel chipset so presentation was on Latitudes only.
• Addressed the Optiplex 270 issue concerning defective capacitor problems found on motherboard from a particular supplier. Capacitor will budge, leak and break open. If you have several systems purchased at the same time and some are experiencing this problem contact Lannette.

Next Generation Latitudes:

• Display with wide aspect design
• Smaller and lighter on all models
• Dual core processor available
• Biometrics built-in
• Extended battery with express charge and battery health meter
• Integrated Wi-Fi & Mobile Broadband
• Complete Care
• Computrace theft recovery (must get 3 year complete care option)
• Quickset features
• Wi-Fi Catcher – detects signal w/o opening or powering on system, can shut off
• Dx20 will have additional security options
• Fingerprint, TPM 1.2, Smart Card
• Approximate timeline
• D820 & D620 will be announced and begin shipping the end of this month
• D520 = May release
• D420 = merge of D410 & X1 with August release

Altiris Management for Dell Clients

George Peck, Altiris, (gdpeck@altiris.com)

• Dell/Altiris Partnership
• Client Systems Management
• Inventory, deployment, software delivery
• Application management, patch management, recovery solution
• Altiris Management Suite for Dell server
• Deployment, monitor, patch management solution
• Support for Windows, Linux, Unix, Pocket PC, Palm, Mac & Network devices
• Lifecycle management
• Procurement
• Staging
• Production
• Retirement