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Lower total costs

with Lenovo ThinkSmart Core + Controller with the ThinkSmart Core with Intel vPro® platform for remote manageability

vs LogitechBASE Zoom Room (no AV) with Tap + Intel NUC over a five-year period

Costs for solutions without Intel vPro®

Move the sliders to estimate how much time your organization spends on each type of issue.

IT costs

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10
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300

Meeting downtime costs

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Lower total costs

with Lenovo ThinkSmart Core + Controller with the ThinkSmart Core with Intel vPro® platform for remote manageability

vs LogitechBASE Zoom Room (no AV) with Tap + Intel NUC over a five-year period

Results summary

Lenovo ThinkSmart Core + Controller with the ThinkSmart Core with Intel vPro® platform for remote manageability

LogitechBASE Zoom Room (no AV) with Tap + Intel NUC

Five-year costs for 50 rooms

Hardware costs

$290,000

($2,900.00 per room)

$322,799

($3,227.99 per room)

IT costs

$7,140

($71.40 per room)

$17,340

($173.40 per room)

Attendee productivity costs

$1,108,800

($11,088.00 per room)

$1,666,500

($16,665.00 per room)

Total costs

$1,405,940

($14,059.40 per room)

$2,006,639

($20,066.39 per room)

Assumptions

Assumptions

General

Value

Years in analysis

5

This calculator estimates costs over five years and includes replacement costs for the LogitechBASE Zoom Room hardware at the end of its shorter lifecycle.

Units per room

1

Each room has either one Lenovo ThinkSmart Core + Controller or one LogitechBASE Zoom Room (no AV) with Tap + Intel NUC

Number of sites

1

Each room has either one Lenovo ThinkSmart Core + Controller or one LogitechBASE Zoom Room (no AV) with Tap + Intel NUC

Staff hours worked per year

1,920

Room count is for one site for purposes of calculating Lenovo ThinkSmart Manager costs and IT support costs.

Days rooms available per year

250

50 weeks * 5 days a week

IT configuration and troubleshooting time

Value
IT time to deploy and configure devices lacking Intel vPro® platform for remote manageability (minutes)

120

Based on Lenovo customer experience.

IT time saved on deployment, configuration,and troubleshooting tasks with the Lenovo ThinkSmart Core + Controller with the ThinkSmart Core with Intel vPro® platform for remote manageability (%)

50%

Based on Lenovo customer experience.

IT cost per minute for deployment

$0.51

Based on average US salary of $45,631 for IT Field Technician, plus estimate 30% for benefits. Source: https://www.salary.com/research/salary/listing/it-field-technician-salary, accessed 09/07/2022.

End user productivity

Value
Attendee productivity advantage with the Lenovo ThinkSmart Core + Controller with the ThinkSmart Core with Intel vPro® platform for remote manageability (%)

10%
With Intel vPro® and ThinkSmart Manager Premium, IT can fix more problems remotely, getting meetings with hardware or software problems back on track quickly. As a result, when problems occur, attendees lose less productive meeting time.

Problem-prevention advantage with the Lenovo ThinkSmart Core + Controller with the ThinkSmart Core with Intel vPro® platform for remote manageability (%)

10%
With Intel vPro® and ThinkSmart Manager Premium, IT can reduce the number of problems that occur during meetings. Attendees are more productive when their meetings aren’t interrupted by hardware and software problems.

Employee cost per minute for lost productivity due to hardware and software errors affecting meetings

$0.66

Based on Bureau Labor Statistics Mean wage all occupations ($58,260) plus 30% for benefits. Source: May 2021 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates United States, https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000, accessed 09/07/2022.

Hardware, software, and support

LogitechBASE Zoom Room (no AV) with Tap + Intel NUC

Average device lifespan (years)

3.75

Source: Lenovo customer data.

List price

$2,322

Source: Lenovo pricing.

LogitechBASE Zoom Room (no AV) with Tap

$174

LogitechBASE Zoom Room includes a 2-year warranty. A warranty extension costs $99 per year. Source: https://www.cdw.com/product/one-yearextended-warranty-for-logitech-base-room-with-tap/6083515, accessed 09/07/2022. That cost prorated for remaining 1.75 years of the LogitechBASE lifecycle is $174.

Lenovo ThinkSmart Core + Controller with the ThinkSmart Core with Intel vPro® platform for remote manageability

Average device lifespan (years)

5

Source: Lenovo customer data.

List price

$2,900

Source: Lenovo pricing.

Lenovo ThinkSmart Core + Controller only: Support - Lenovo ThinkSmart 5Y Premier Support extension from included 3Y Premier Support

$174

LogitechBASE Zoom Room includes a 2-year warranty. A warranty extension costs $99 per year. Source: https://www.cdw.com/product/one-yearextended-warranty-for-logitech-base-room-with-tap/6083515, accessed 09/07/2022. That cost prorated for remaining 1.75 years of the LogitechBASE lifecycle is $174.

Lenovo ThinkSmart Manager Premium support extended from included 1 year to 5 years — priced per device

$516

Lenovo ThinkSmart Core + Controller purchase price includes 1-year ThinkSmart Manager Premium support. Extension available per device or per site. Per device is $516 per four additional years and is cost-effective below 156 units per site.

Lenovo ThinkSmart Manager Premium support extended from included 1 year to 5 years — priced per site.

$80,000

The per-site extension costs $80,000 for four years and is cost-effective for 156 or more rooms per site. Its cost per room is that cost divided by room count.