Global IT Maintenance Services
Whenever you purchase equipment from an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), you need to find a service solution. Whether your equipment reaches its end of life, or you need online technical support or proactive maintenance, your company requires a reliable, convenient and cost-effective solution. Worldwide Services delivers expert IT maintenance solutions for 200+ brands across Server, Storage and Network applications.
Many OEM warranties and support agreements can be costly and may not meet your specific needs. In contrast, third-party maintenance services are starting to get more notice from IT professionals and companies that need a budget-friendly option and specific support.
When you choose NetGuard — the maintenance program from Worldwide Services — you’ll receive same- and next-business-day services at a price that allows you to focus on other tasks.
Your Trusted Source for IT Maintenance
Choosing a third-party maintenance provider means working with someone you trust. NetGuard allows you to add and manage your support contract easily using a portal. You can ensure you get the services you need from a company you can rely on. Our team will provide IT, network hardware replacement and field services quickly.
With consistent access to our certified engineers and web resources, you can count on us to quickly and expertly resolve critical network, server and storage issues, so you can get back to work.
What Is Third-Party Maintenance?
If you’ve never worked with an expert third-party maintenance provider, you may wonder what exactly the process involves. 3rd-party maintenance is a type of hardware support service that occurs outside your original equipment manufacturer. For example, if you purchase Microsoft software, you would get maintenance help for your Microsoft software from another company.
You get to choose the contract and services you need through your 3rd-party maintenance company. If your company only wants phone and online technical support, you can lower your maintenance costs by contracting for just those services. However, if you require more comprehensive hardware maintenance, you can invest in proactive maintenance, end-of-life services, multi-vendor support and more.
Keep in mind that many 3rd-party maintenance companies brand themselves as a solution to the costly services of an OEM. Many offer high-quality discounted services on your IT equipment, but you need to do your research. Some providers don’t go as far as their marketing suggests, and you could end up paying more for poor service. In contrast, NetGuard is a reputable third-party maintenance provider that offers personalized solutions to restrictive OEM contracts.
Many third-party maintenance companies can get grouped into two main categories — traditional and secondary. Gartner’s competitive landscape report shows that traditional 3rd-party maintenance providers focus on annual support contracts and have established market presences. Secondary hardware suppliers get most of their revenue from other sources and are typically just starting to enter the market.
Finding a traditional, expert third-party maintenance provider that also continues to learn and grow is key to helping your company.
How Does Third-Party Maintenance Help You?
There is a variety of benefits to choosing a third-party provider for maintaining your IT equipment, including:
- Retaining full control: Third-party maintenance is not the same as data center outsourcing. You won’t have to worry about a company moving any of your protected information offsite, and outsiders won’t take over your IT department. You’ll keep full control over all aspects of your hardware, but our experts will add important knowledge and experience.
- Cost: Lower maintenance costs are why many companies switch to third-party maintenance services to begin with. Clients of Worldwide Services usually see 50 to 80% savings on their recurring network and IT maintenance costs. When you have more room in your budget, you can also increase strategic IT spending on new equipment and solutions.
- Service that meets your goals: Rigid OEM contracts can give you services you may not need, or fail to provide the ones you’re looking for. Working with a third-party maintenance provider means you get total access to IT experts without restrictions. You’ll get more resources and benefit from reduced downtime and maximized value.
- Extended hardware lifespan: Extending the life of your equipment is necessary for your entire company. Once you go past the OEM’s end-of-life support date, you may want to keep using your equipment. While the OEM won’t help, 3rd-party maintenance services can ensure you keep your equipment for as long as you need to without the expense of any downtime.
- Increased return on investment: Every time you work with an expert third-party maintenance provider, you get your money’s worth. Through NetGuard, Worldwide Services will help you maximize your uptime and enhance your performance and efficiency.
Why NetGuard?
With NetGuard, you can add and manage any support contract – from any OEM network equipment provider – using NetGuard’s portal as a single point of reference for all items under all contracts. In addition, NetGuard provides:
- 200+ fully-supported current and legacy OEM product lines
- Global state-of-the-art 24×7 expert-level technical assistance
- Personalized solutions: same and next business day parts and products or 4-hour on-site spare service, and field support mobility
- Multi-OEM vendor solutions rolled into one simple, customized contract
- Private portal access to Worldwide Services web-based proprietary software
- Contract management, ticketing system and knowledgebase technical library access
Our Maintenance Services
NetGuard provides a variety of maintenance services related to storage, your server and your network. We use one portal as a single point of reference for everything in your contract. Depending on the contract you choose, we’ll provide support for more than 200 current and legacy OEM product lines.
Contract management, a ticketing system and a large knowledge base are all accessible through our technical library. With 400+ global service and sparing centers in 100 countries, NetGuard has coverage in all major networks to support your server and network.
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