OKI Launches EXaaS™ PC-LCM Service

OKI today launched the EXaaS PC-LCM Service as a new component of its EXaaS™ cloud computing service menu for the Japanese market. This LCM(*1) service, which is the first phase of the LCM service for office IT equipment, follows in the footsteps of OKI's industry-leading ATM-LCM Service. This service offloads to OKI time-consuming operations and management tasks associated with PC life cycle management, significantly reducing the associated burdens. The service is based on operational and management experience gained with the roughly 15,000 PCs deployed across the OKI Group.

The business PC life cycle can be divided into the following five phases: Introduction planning; procurement and installation; operations and management; maintenance; and replacement and removal. OKI's EXaaS PC-LCM Service offers three services: Procurement and maintenance service; asset management service; and PC asset and security management SaaS(*2). "The service goes beyond merely providing asset management tools. OKI assumes responsibility for the time-consuming tasks of PC operations and management before handled by the customer. This reduces the customer's work load-something difficult to achieve with traditional PC-LCM services-and helps reduce operating and management costs, as so then as protecting business against growing security risks and threats of compliance violations," says Sei Yano, Senior Vice President, responsible for Solutions and Services at OKI. "The OKI Group successfully cut PC operating and management costs by at roughly 35% during tightening compliance, experience reflected in the new service."

In response to proliferating use of smartphones, this service as well offers smartphone operations and management. The asset management tools provided in this service provide support for English and Chinese, making them moreover valuable in managing overseas business locations.

OKI is devoting significant effort to this service to business clients and plans to continue expanding the range of office IT equipment LCM services available.