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for GH Preston’s customers as on-site workers can respond instantly to queries.
Improved service
of potential security issues, with improved foundational posture.
Reduced risk
managing licenses for the IT team allows reallocation of time for other projects.
Reduced hours
collaboration between office and site-based employees thanks to cloud-based infrastructure.
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Insight has helped many organisations migrate and implement technology solutions, so it stepped in rapidly to help GH Preston achieve its goals using a workshop-led approach to create a trusted bond. This reassured GH Preston that Insight understood its challenges and was the right partner to transition to a secure, cloud-based infrastructure. Insight’s expert technical knowledge maximised the value from GH Preston’s limited time, resources, and budget to deliver a scalable, secure solution. Insight Cloud Care gives the business a simpler way to manage its Microsoft licences going forwards.
Why Insight?
Solution and Outcome
First, Insight delivered a workshop designed to show GH Preston the ‘art of the possible’, potential cost savings associated with cloud migration, and the foundational security posture it could benefit from. It also enabled Insight to understand GH Preston’s business objectives and ensure that its IT strategy was fully aligned. Using the findings from the workshop, Insight was then able to build GH Preston a bespoke migration plan. This involved transferring employees accounts, existing emails, and files from the incumbent system onto the new environment. In doing so, it gave GH Preston a new Microsoft 365 tenant with calendar sharing, multi-factor authentication, and Microsoft 365 Groups. Using this technology to enhance GH Preston’s security and collaboration abilities, Insight implemented a solution to support the ongoing management of Microsoft 365 licensing. Having consulted and understood the need for simplicity, Insight suggested its Insight Cloud Care Essentials Service. This would give the small IT team an effective means of better managing its Microsoft license, and the ability to seamlessly scale its operations as GH Preston secures more client contracts. Ongoing Insight Cloud Care support also ensures GH Preston’s IT team can get support at any time, while allowing them to prioritise other business requirements.
Frankie Preston, Business Performance Manager, GH Preston
”We’re a small company that deals with large projects. We need to focus on delivering quality fabrication and engineering. Insight’s expert, future-proof solution enables us to do exactly that.”
“Insight responded to our request rapidly. The Discovery workshop opened our eyes to what we could do with Microsoft 365 and allowed Insight to create a solution that focused on our needs. Our staff are connected, and Cloud Care gives our IT team a simplified way to manage our licenses.”
Challenge
With Insight Cloud Care, GH Preston has simplified how it manages its Microsoft licensing.
Insight delivered a Discovery workshop and built a bespoke migration tailored to GH Preston’s objectives.
Specialist welding and fabrication company, GH Preston wanted to update its IT system to improve collaboration, communication, and strengthen IT security for its teams working in the office and on site. Insight helped the company migrate from its legacy system to Microsoft 365.
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Established in 1945, GH Preston provides specialist welding, steel fabrication, and civil engineering services to clients across the UK. Its projects range from one-off installations to servicing major companies like the National Grid and SGN. Upgrading to a cloud-based, secure IT environment would enable GH Preston to improve the service it offers to its customers.
It is important for GH Preston that its employees can work equally effectively from office locations and engineering sites around the UK. An inability to connect and collaborate would limit the company’s operations and affect the service it offers to its customers. GH Preston’s client base includes large organisations and utility distributors, where security breaches could have serious implications - making security a key part of the challenge. As an organisation with a limited budget and IT resources, any new infrastructure would need to be easy to maintain, provide a strong security posture and be capable of further technical development in the future.
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1. Retail Consumer Experience – UK Shoppers missing the in-store retail experience. 2. Retail Trust: One in five retail workers plan to quit the retail industry.
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In this new digital retail world, back-of-house workers have become more vital than ever. With robust, functional devices that connect them to work applications and processes, and to people throughout the business, back-of-house can now save time and work more efficiently. They are more agile, and are able to be mobile and troubleshoot front-of-house in real time.
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Post lockdown, shoppers are returning to stores expecting high levels of service. They have little patience when their expectations are not met, especially if their queries are not answered quickly and accurately. Microsoft Surface allows Sales Assistants to deliver faster, more engaging customer experiences, while remaining connected to back-of-house operations.
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How Surface technology impacts key users in retail.
A connection-driven device strategy creates a better work environment for staff, smoother IT rollouts, easier management, and a more engaging, enjoyable customer experience.
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Organisations seeking to right-size should look at reports and logs that are available from within the SaaS application but used for different purposes. This is the reverse of how the on-premise software audit industry was built in the early 2000s. They should also look to other data sources that can help in assessing consumption, such as network traffic, authentication services such as single sign-on records and talk to product owners and samples of the user population. This can help to profile ‘full time’ consumption versus occasional use. This type of deep dive analysis still takes up considerable resource that the FinOps team may not have available as they focus on AWS and Azure cloud costs. So, maybeFinOps hasn’t exactly ‘forgotten’ about SaaS, they just may not have the appetite or capacity to plug the SaaS leak. This is where bringing in external software asset management skills from Insight to discover opportunities to right size SaaS licensing can deliver strong returns on investment. When aligned to expertise in using fact-based positions to power commercial discussions, the sums add up.
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1. Why does it happen?
2. Why do we allow this to happen?
3. What can we do about it?
It’s safe to say that there is no silver bullet to solving SaaS leakage. It’s inherent in the system. Not because SaaS providers are dishonest, but it just wasn’t on the agenda when SaaS became a thing, and it hasn’t proved easy to solve. Innovation is at the heart of technology development and reporting on licensing efficiency is not. Building MI that can significantly reduce future consumption and revenues it is not going to reach the top development priority. Some Software Asset Management (SAM) tools will help to a degree, often providing counts of entitlements that have not been accessed in 30 or 90 days. They are often linked to identifying the initial cause of growing SaaS and cloud spend – so called shadow IT of distributed purchasing. Others may focus on tracking activities, prompting a need for detailed data analysis and careful handling of personal information. These tools can help IT governance and can provide quick wins around abandoned licences. To really identify the scale of SaaS leakage and achieve greater savings, you need to dig deeper. That’s not possible or desirable for every SaaS application, but if you look at your top five or top ten SaaS providers and recoup 30% of future spend – that’s going to deliver a sizeable return.
A new application can be a bit like a shiny new toy: all very exciting at first. Perhaps it shows you lots of data or provides a way to work differently, so it gets lots of use in the first few weeks. This could be from specific groups or across an organisation. Then, as you acclimatise to it, you maybe use it once a week, once a month. A natural reluctance to change may hinder an organisation’s adoption of new methods, or maybe the toy doesn’t seem as shiny as the next one. Then it becomes something that you’ve got access to but don’t really use. If you’re using it for five minutesa month, you are consuming a licence, but you are not getting commercial value. Plus, the passage of time sees people and roles change. The licence can remain assigned despite it not being used. The same concept exists for data centre software and is a core driver for cloud wastage that FinOps focuses on.
Generally, it is a lack of capacity to focus on SaaS andlimitations of Management Information (MI). There’s often no visibility of how many dormant users there are or how hard allocated licences are being worked. It is easy to recall physical assets or licences that are linked to a device when a person leaves a company, but with SaaS there is no direct trace. The MI challenge is increased with the use of multiple SaaS applications, which is common. In 2021, organisations used on average 110 SaaS applications[1] and other stats indicate that the average employee uses at least eight SaaS applications[2]. Each has its own logs and reports that might be used to identify redundancy. Compared to traditional installation or headcount-based metrics where a single data source can cover most bases, it is a daunting task and a major governance overhead for any business. The same applies to SaaS applications with non user-based metrics. There may be initial estimates or baselines for required licences, but there’s much less data on utilisation. SaaS applications may only provide alerts when there is a need to increase capacity and acquire more entitlements. This is where you run the risk of SaaS leakage. Money is draining away because there is insufficient governance to plug the holes.
In some cases, unlike with cloud services, the minimum committed tariff rises but cannot easily be lowered. Alternatively, with a capped pricing agreement you might see a ‘you have hit your limit’ message which isn’t great for consumer satisfaction. There are real risks of uncontrolled SaaS costs while wastage exists at the same time. That is where usage levels are a lot lower than what is being billed. Industry observers often state this gap to be around 30% on average. Three questions spring to mind; why does this happen, why do we allow it to happen and what can we do about it?
SaaS is different. It’s a bit like an old-school mobile phone bill from the ‘90s where the supplier billed customers for a committed tariff, which includes a certain level of calls and texts. Excesses are charged on an ‘as-used’ basis, or the usage level is restricted. As a user, you might see a listing of activity in a month, but validating it is time consuming and challenging it is rather pointless. The SaaS provider bills the business in a similar way – knowing what has been consumed because it has gone through the application. The bill arrives based on the number of units available or used. Unfortunately, it is not always easy to validate or avoid additional costs. So, bills get paid on trust and value for money takes a hit.
So, it’s all about the cloud. The problem with all this focus is that SaaS spending and cost leakage can be forgotten. But when you consider that the global SaaS market is expected to reach USD 186.6 billion in 2022, even a small percentage of leakage adds up to a significant amount. With non-SaaS models, whether deployed on-premise or in the cloud, for perpetual and many subscription models, the spend level is set and often has a trust basis for consumption. A business might buy 1000 licences and renew however many it needs for the next year, and the year after that. There may be incremental licence purchases at defined or market rates, ‘true-ups’ around the time of renewal or less favourable compliance settlements. Likewise, if the demand goes down, the business will have some form of bargaining to right size contracts and costs.
“FinOps is an evolving cloud financial management discipline and cultural practice that enables organisations to get maximum business value by helping engineering, finance, technology and business teams to collaborate on data-driven spending decisions.”
According to the FinOps Foundation,
FinOps relates directly to cloud financing rather than the more generic accounting responsibilities that ‘Financial Operations’ refers to. Its other names include ‘Cloud Financial Management’ or Cloud Cost Optimisation’.
Have you come across SaaS leakage? I can guarantee that you have, even if you haven’t labelled it as such. You may not have noticed it among the noise about cloud, which seems to get most attention because it’s exciting and continues to grow at pace. FinOps – the portmanteau not for Financial Operations but for Finance DevOps – exists to bring accountability to cloud spend. Not without good reason as it’s very easy to spin up consumption of cloud services and can generate huge amounts of cost and inefficiency.
Howard is responsible for the evolution of Insight’s solutions to help clients optimise and govern their existing and future investments in technology and supply chain partnerships. Over the past 20 years, Howard has designed and delivered a range of programmes for intellectual property owners, end-user client organisations and solution providers across many industries and geographies. He has helped to improve commercial positions, achieve efficient operations and maintain third-party relationships with particular focus on software licensing.
Technology Lead, Optimisation and Governance, Insight
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Enjoy flawless visuals and the true vibrancy of color with LG UHD 4K HDR Monitor. Content creators working on HDR content will appreciate its capability to reproduce brightness and contrast for previews and editing. The monitor supports VESA DisplayHDR™ 400 with wide-range brightness and contrast, enabling dramatic visual immersion in the latest HDR games, movies and images. This monitor, with 95% coverage of the DCI-P3 spectrum, is a great solution for content creators, graphic designers or anyone looking for highly accurate colour.
27'' UHD 4K IPS Monitor with VESA DisplayHDR™ 400
HDR Effect to SDR Content LG UHD 4K HDR Monitor can virtually transform standard content into HDR-quality video right on the screen. It helps to improve tone mapping and luminance of SDR content for an HDR-like experience. (The images simulated to enhance feature understanding. It may differ from actual use.)
27" UHD 4K IPS display DCI-P3 95% (Typ.) VESA DisplayHDR™ 400 USB Type-C™ AMD FreeSync™ Height & Pivot & Tilt Adjustable Stand
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The 5K2K UltraWide™ (5120 x 2160) resolution is great for your creative work as it can display various programs such as video editing, virtual instruments and effects at once. With Nano IPS™ Display, it supports a wide colour spectrum, 98% of DCI-P3 color gamut, and offers vibrant color reproduction with the support of HDR10. Thunderbolt™ 4 lets you enjoy viewing your content on an outstanding 5K2K display, transferring data to connected devices, and charging your laptop (at up to 96W) over a single cable with stability, scalability, and security. Also, This LG UltraWide monitor offers USB 3.0, HDMI, and DisplayPort compatible with various devices.
39.7'' Curved UltraWide™ 5K2K Nano IPS Display
Nano IPS Display with DCI-P3 98% (Typ.), HDR10 Thunderbolt™ 4, USB 3.0 5K Daisy Chain Auto Brightness (Ambient light sensor) HW Calibration
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LG Full HD display with IPS technology delivers a clearer and consistent true colour. It provides visual comfort for viewing charts and reports with others, presenting clear images at wide angles of up to 178 degrees. LG 24CN650N supports up to 4K UHD resolution dual displays. With the most flexibility for multi-monitor set-up options, you can get more done in less time. Featuring the pop-up type built-in Full HD webcam with improved security and the integrated speaker, to host various meetings and video conferences.
23.8'' Full HD All-in-One Thin Client
True colour at wide angles
23.8" Full HD (1920x1080) IPS Display Built-in Full HD Webcam & Speakers Quad-core Processor Fanless Design
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With advanced Quad-core Processor (Intel® Celeron J4105) and a powerful system memory option (4GB DDR4), CL600N helps you complete your work faster and easier than ever. Supports up to 3 displays: two 4K displays and one QHD display. With the most flexibility for multi-monitor set-up options, you can get more done in less time.
Box Type Thin Client
1) DisplayPort 2) USB Type-C 3) USB 3.0 4) Gigabit Ethernet 5) SFP Ready 6) USB 2.0 7) Headphone & Mic Combo
Quad-core Processor 4GB DDR4 Memory Up to 3 Display Support USB Type-C™ Fanless Design
CL600N-6N
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Flawless graphics with 144Hz Refresh Rate Seamless visuals with AMD FreeSync Premium technology 1ms Response time reduces ghosting User-Customised and Pre-Calibrated ViewMode & Game Mode for every scenario Dual Integrated Speakers for Stereo Sound
ViewSonic VX2458-P-MHD 24” 144Hz 1ms Entertainment Monitor Provides a 144Hz refresh rate and 1m GtG response time to causal gamers and binge watchers.
VX2458-P-MHD
Superior Colour Rendering Options Flicker-Free & Blue Light Filter Technology Low Energy Consumption Flexible connectivity: HDMI and VGA Input VESA Mountable
VA2223-H 22” 1080p Home and Office Monitor A cost-effective 22” Full HD monitor with HDMI and VGA input that is ideal for business or home usage.
VA2223-H
SuperClear® IPS panel for vivid picture quality and wider viewing angles Frameless bezel and stylish stand 75Hz Refresh Rate delivers fluid visuals Flexible connectivity with VGA and two HDMI ports User-customised and pre-calibrated ViewMode for every scenario
VX2476-SMH 24" IPS Monitor with Frameless Bezel Whether for office use or for enjoying entertainment at home, the ViewSonic® VX2476-SMH is designed to take your viewing experience to another level.
VX2476-SMH
Full HD 1080p for Superior Pixel Performance Planet-Friendly Mercury-Free LED Backlighting Eco-mode Conserves More Energy Flicker-Free Viewing for Improved Eye Comfort Blue Light Filter for More Comfortable Viewing
ViewSonic VA2261-2 22" 1080p Home and Office Monitor An eye-care and environmentally friendly 22" widescreen monitor that features Flicker-Free and Blue Light technology, eliminating eye strain over extended viewing periods.
VA2261-2
Flexible connectivity: HDMI and VGA Input SuperClear® IPS Technology for rich colours at wide angles 75Hz and Adaptive sync to eliminate screen tearing & reduce stuttering Eye-Care technology for comfortable viewing VESA wall mountable
ViewSonic VA2718-sh A 27” Full HD IPS monitor with HDMI and VGA input for business or home usage.
VA2718-SH
HDMI, DisplayPort, and VGA inputs for flexible connectivity Advanced Ergonomics - swivel, pivot, tilt, and height adjust HDMI, DisplayPort, and VGA inputs and USB ports Dual integrated speakers Flicker-Free & Blue Light Filter eyecare technologies
ViewSonic VG2239smh-2 22" (21.5" viewable) Full HD LED multimedia 22" monitor with future-proof connectivity and full ergonomic functionality ideal for use in the office or at home.
VG2239SMH-2
A wide range of visual solutions work in any space to improve productivity and streamline communications.
Office Monitors
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Our trusted portfolio of accessories is developed to meet the rigorous technical performance needs of IT professionals, maximising reliability and compatibility in your technology solutions.
Networking and Server Management
Designed & built for IT ProS
Mobile computer equipment rack with assembly instructions & easy-to-follow online video; compact flat pack shipping/ packaging design to avoid damage and facilitate problem- free installations.
12U 19" Open Frame Server Rack
Adjustable mounting depth 56cm to 101cm Includes casters, levelling feet and base bracket 104.8 x 60.4 x 63.8cm (LxWxH) Industry standards: EIA/ECA-310-E 2 year warranty
cable management hooks for organisation
4POSTRACK12U
Convert and extend different networks over a Gigabit fiber cable connection using the SFP of your choice.
10/100/1000 Mbps compatible RJ45 port supports auto negotiation Link Fault Pass (LFP) supported Auto MDIX Supports IEEE 802.1q Tag VLAN pass through 2 year warranty
cost-effective way to extend network
Gigabit Ethernet Fiber Media Converter with Open SFP Slot
MCM1110SFP
Deliver power and data to four Power over Ethernet devices using this wall-mountable PoE+ midspan hub.
Connect, power, and operate up to four Gigabit PoE powered devices Delivers full power to each port — up to 30.8 watts (802.3at) or 15.4 watts (802.3af) Automatically detects the powered device Support for 10/100/1000 Mbps networks and devices 2 year warranty
Plug-and-play setup & operation
4-Port Gigabit Midspan - PoE+ Injector
POEINJ4G
Connect to, configure and remotely manage an RS-232 serial device over an IP network.
1 Port RS232 PoE Serial Device Server Integrated 10/100Mbps RJ45 LAN port Data transfer rates of up to 115.2 Kbps per port Supports Auto Crossover (MDI/MDI-X) Supports UDP, IP, TCP, ICMP, HTTP, DHCP and ARP-Ping protocols 2 year warranty
Remote Administration
1 Port RS232 PoE Serial Device Server
NETRS2321POE
Expand your network connectivity with this rugged unmanaged 10/100Mbps switch.
5-Port Industrial Ethernet Switch - DIN Rail Mountable
Wide-range 12-48V DC terminal block input IEEE 802.3az Energy-Efficient Ethernet Supports 10BaseT/100BaseTX and Full-Duplex/ Half-Duplex Auto-negotiation Store-and-forward switching mechanism 2 year warranty
fast, reliable network connectivity
IES5102
Share keyboard, mouse, and DisplayPort display between four HD multimedia systems.
4 Port USB DisplayPort KVM Switch with Audio
OS independent - No driver or software required Native DisplayPort resolution of 2560x1600 @60Hz Supports DDC2B for monitor detection Fully compatible with Mini-DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI adapters 3 year warranty
SV431DPUA
Driver Free Install
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Power your organisation’s data sphere and keep your data secure.
SkyHawk Video Hard Drives
SkyHawk™ drives are smart, safe, and secure for NVR applications
Seagate® SkyHawk™ AI 20 TB is a video-optimised drive designed for NVRs, with artificial intelligence (AI) for edge applications. Designed for AI video analytics, SkyHawk AI supports up to 64 HD cameras and 32 additional AI streams while offering capacities up to 20TB. It delivers zero dropped frames with ImagePerfect™ AI and has enterprise-class workload rates at 550TB/yr for high reliability.
Seagate® SkyHawk™ AI 20TB
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ImagePerfect™ AI firmware delivers zero dropped frames while supporting heavier workloads. Rescue Data Recovery Services. SkyHawk AI comes with extra peace of mind for any mechanical, accidental, or natural disaster. With a 95% success rate of in-house recovery, Seagate has your back with a 3-year included Rescue Services plan.SkyHawk Health Management actively helps protect your video storage by focusing on prevention, intervention and recovery options. Included RAID RapidRebuild™ provides 3× faster volume rebuilds. Class-Leading Reliability and Dependability SkyHawk AI drives are rated for 2M hours MTBF and a 550 TB/year workload rate for more than 3× that of standard surveillance hard drives. Backed by a 5-year limited warranty. Unlimited multi-bay support helps you meet your growing storage demands.
FireCuda 530 Heatsink
Explosive Speed. Absolute Domination. Delivering pure performance, absolute power and unrivalled endurance.
Blistering performance and unrivalled endurance. Seagate® FireCuda® 530 Heatsink redefines speed - up to 7,300 MB/s catalyses PCIe® Gen4 power. With transfer rates 2× faster than PCIe Gen3, FireCuda 530 Heatsink is built for sustained abuse and dependable performance.
Seagate® FireCuda® 530 Heatsink
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Latest Tech. Built with a Seagate-validated E18 controller and the latest 3D TLC SSD NAND to provide the most advanced speed and durability. Endurance Unleashed. Up to 5,100 TB TBW means you can write and delete 70% of the drive capacity, every day, for five years. Rescue Services. Three years of Rescue Data Recovery Services 2 , offering an industry-leading 95% success rate against unexpected data loss.
Designed with the highest rack-space efficiency and protected with Seagate Secure™ Exos X20 offers extreme market-leading capacity, earning customer confidence by delivering trusted peace of mind.
Seagate Exos™ X20 Hard Drive 20TB
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Market-leading 20 TB HDD offering the highest capacity available for more petabytes per rack. Highly reliable performance with enhanced caching, making it the logical choice for cloud data centre and massive scale-out data centre applications. Hyperscale SATA model tuned for large data transfers and low latency. Proven enterprise-class reliability backed by 5-year limited warranty and 2.5M-hr MTBF rating.
IronWolf NAS Hard Drives
Engineered to deliver 24×7 performance, reliability, and dependability in multi-bay, multi-user RAID storage solutions
IronWolf Pro is designed to deliver reliable and dependable performance in 24x7 intensive workload environments. It is engineered to perform in commercial and enterprise multi-bay, multiuser, multi-application NAS storage solutions. Always on, always accessible, all-CMR portfolio engineered to deliver 24×7 performance, reliability, and dependability in multi-bay, multi-user commercial and enterprise RAID storage solutions.
Seagate IronWolf Pro Hard Drive 18TB
ST18000NT001
Optimised for NAS with AgileArray™. Built Tough: rated for up to 550 TB/year workload rate. Class-Leading Reliability and Dependability: rated for up to 2.5M hours MTBF. Rotational Vibration (RV) sensors. IronWolf Health Management (IHM) 1 Actively protect your data with prevention, intervention, and recovery recommendations to ensure peak system health. 3-year Rescue Data Recovery Services.
Great innovation is often born from great challenge. So when modern USB-C laptops eliminated many of the ports and slots crucial to the creative process, we went straight to the drawing board. The result is 2big Dock Thunderbolt 4 — a solution that gives back everything you need for a streamlined workflow. Ideal for creative professionals who need reliable photo backup and seamless video editing.
LaCie 2big Dock
Fast Performance: Speeds of up to 550 MB/s Hot-Swappable Drives: Easily remove and replace drives while 2big is still operating. Interface: USB 3.2 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gb/s) USB-C. Works With USB-C host: USB4, USB 3.0, Thunderbolt™ 4, Thunderbolt™ 3. Works with iPad: Connect your LaCie drive with USB-C. 5-year Rescue Data Recovery Services.
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LaCie Mobile Drive is the nexus of portability and capacity. Encased in a sleek Neil Poulton design, each drive is constructed using post-consumer recycled materials.
LaCie Mobile Drive
Works with PC, Mac, and iPad USB-C out of the box. Enjoy long-term peace of mind with the included three-year limited warranty and three-yr Rescue Data Recovery Services. 5TB of capacity for collecting photos, playlists, docs and more.
STLP5000400
Superior Reliability Enterprise-class drives with a 550 TB/year workload rating and 2.5M-hr MTBF to meet the most demanding storage requirements.
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Enables easy connection to your desktop environment via a single USB 3.0 cable
2-Power USB 3.0 SuperSpeed™ Universal Docking Station
DOC0101A
Dual 1080p HD video 2 x SuperSpeed™ USB 3.0 USB Ports, 4 x USB 2.0 ports BC1.2 charging port for smartphone and tablet Headphone and microphone jacks supporting stereo audio DisplayLink® technology
Transform your laptop’s connectivity and compatibility. Upgraded laptops no longer mean a new dock.
2-Power USB-C & USB 3.0 Dual HD Video Docking Station
Supports dual external displays via DVI and HDMI 6 x USB ports (2 x SuperSpeed USB 3.0 + 4 x USB 2.0) Up to 2048 x 1152 resolution High speed BC 1.2 charging port Headphone and mic jacks (supports 2.1 channel audio)
DOC0110A
Extend your display across three full HD screens via an integrated USB-C cable. The compact design is perfect for home and office.
2-Power-USB-C Triple Display Mini Dock
DOC0118A
2x USB 3.0 Type-A Ports 2x USB 2.0 Type-A Ports 100W PD Charging 1 x HDMI Ports Audio/Speaker Port
The 2-POWER™ USB-C Triple Display Docking Station adds triple-screen functionality to your workstation. The compact design is perfect for home and office, reducing cable and peripheral clutter on your desk.
2-Power-USB-C Triple 4K Docking Station
4 x USB 3.0 Type-A Ports 100W PD Charging 2 x HDMI Ports Audio/Speaker Port
DOC0117A
The 2-POWER™ USB-C & USB-A Triple 4K Docking Station adds triple-screen functionality to your workstation with 4K resolution across all three displays.
2-Power-USB-C & USB-A Hybrid Triple 4K Docking Station
DOC0113A
5 x USB 3.0 Type A-Ports 1x USB 3.0 Type-C Port 3 x HDMI Ports Compatible with Windows and Mac OS 96W PD charging
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