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# Hardware — procured, rolled out, transparently priced

Laptops, servers, firewalls, switches: procurement, rollout and lifecycle from one hand — device and labour as two invoice lines, purchase or rental across the term.

## The short version

- **What:** Procurement, setup and lifecycle of your devices — laptops, servers, firewalls, switches. Delivered ready to work, replaced with lead time.
- **Why:** Hardware is not rocket science — blended pricing is: you should see what the device costs and what the work on it costs.
- **For whom:** Managed-operations customers who do not want to select, order, set up and dispose of devices themselves.
- **Billing:** Device and labour as two lines. Purchase or rental across the term — never a condition for operations.

A good fit if:

- New devices currently arrive as a box — set up eventually
- Nobody knows which devices need replacing when
- You want to smooth investments instead of paying a wave every four years

## What does hardware mean with us — in one sentence?

You say who needs a device — we handle the rest: selection from a proven standard portfolio, ordering, setup [via our operations platform](/en/services/managed-workplace), delivery ready to work, and at end of life the replacement with lead time including certified data erasure.

## Why transparency matters here

Hardware is where blended pricing likes to live: the "free" laptop that gets paid through a raised flat fee — invisibly, and usually dearer. With us the same rule as everywhere applies: **device and labour are two lines.** You see the device price, you see our work on it, and you can compare both. Boringly honest — on purpose.

## Purchase or rental?

| | Purchase | Rental across the term |
|---|---|---|
| **Costs** | One-off investment, then operations only | Fixed monthly rate per device, plannable |
| **Balance sheet** | Fixed assets, depreciation | Running expense, no investment wave |
| **Renewal** | In your hands — with our lead-time plan | Included in the cycle, replacement inclusive |
| **Fits when** | Liquidity is there and devices should run long | Growth, plannable budgets, no appetite for old devices |

Neither answer is always right — the recommendation stands in the offer, calculated for your situation. Mixed works too: servers bought, laptops rented.

## What we take on

- **Standard portfolio instead of catalogue roulette:** few proven models per purpose — that makes setup, spares and support fast
- **Rollout without box piles:** devices arrive set up — accounts, software, protection all on; half the trick of [employee onboarding](/en/services/managed-workplace)
- **Lifecycle with lead time:** the [inventory](/en/services/managed-workplace) knows what is how old — replacement gets planned, not dictated by failure
- **Take-back at the end:** certified data erasure, reuse or disposal — documented

## FAQ

**Do we have to buy hardware from you?**
No. Operations work with any capable device, wherever it comes from. What we reserve: saying honestly when a brought device costs more in support than it saved at purchase.

**What happens on a defect?**
In managed operations we see many failures coming (monitoring flags dying drives early). On a real defect: warranty handling by us, replacement from the standard portfolio, data back from [backup](/en/services/backup) or cloud — the workplace keeps running while the device is repaired.

## Related topics

- [Managed Workplace — where the devices are operated](/en/services/managed-workplace)
- [Network & site — firewalls and switches as rental](/en/services/netzwerk-standort)
- [Add-ons at a glance](/en/services/add-ons)