Heating Oil Partners using IBM’s Think Express

Heating Oil Partners using IBM’s Think Express

Heating Oil Partners, a leading heating and air conditioning supplier in the Northeast, is using IBM’s new Think Express program to deploy ThinkPad and ThinkCentre personal computers to help keep its customer support network running efficiently this winter season, IBM and Computer Tech announced today.

The IBM Think Express program, part of the broad IBM Express Portfolio, combines a selection of ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktops with aggressive pricing and good availability to meet limited budgets and quick delivery requirements. These models are configured to help customers in an on demand world by offering technology and features such as ThinkVantage Technologies, which help reduce IT costs and improve end-user and IT productivity.

To help expand its business and fuel efficiency, Heating Oil Partners relies on its reseller partner, Computer Tech, to provide IBM Express models of ThinkPad R51 and T42 notebooks and ThinkCentre A50 and A51p desktops in their more than 25 branches in the Northeast. The IBM Express program is vital to Heating Oil Partners’ business because of the speedy turnaround on customer requests, product reliability and IBM 3-year warranty support. Computer Tech, which has served as Heating Oil Partners’ value-added reseller for nearly a decade, recommends the most appropriate models and technologies and coordinates shipments to all Heating Oil Partners locations on time and often under budget.

“The ability to order a new IBM PC, have it shipped next-day and be up and running in a three-day window is a huge advantage, especially as we approach our busiest season,” said Rob Griffin, Manager of Technology, Heating Oil Partners. “We need advanced technology tools to help our employees do their job. We can provide our sales force with a durable ThinkPad notebook knowing it can take the abuse of the oil industry.”

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