General Motors has recently released version 19.1 of their Dealership Infrastructure Guidelines to help improve and better align the IT infrastructure of the franchisee stores.
What Is GM DIG?
Why A&R
A&R Solutions is Canada’s largest and leading automotive IT solutions provider. We provide IT services for dealerships across Canada, coast to coast. We were born in the automotive industry, we know the automotive industry and we know IT.
Why Enterprise
Enterprise grade equipment is less expensive than consumer grade when you consider the total cost of ownership. We have a variety of options to suit your needs and stay within your budget, all while avoiding consumer grade equipment.
Good, Better, Best
To help streamline the buying process for dealership, we have put together equipment options to match each of the three grading categories. In addition, we will audit your dealership’s current IT infrastructure to help you evaluate where your needs are, and what will best fit those needs.
Endpoints
As a Platinum-certified Dell reseller we provide you will industry leading pricing and service. We configure your desktops, laptops, tablets and server to meet the specific needs of the automotive industry.
Desktops
Good
Dell OptiPlex 3060 – Micro
- 1 x Core i3 8100T / 3.1 GHz
- 4 GB RAM
- 500 GB HDD
- UHD Graphics 630
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Win 10 Pro 64-bit
- 3 Years Hardware Service with Onsite Service After Remote Diagnosis
From $675
Better
Dell OptiPlex 3060 – Micro
- 1 x Core i5 8500T / 2.1 GHz
- 8 GB RAM
- 500 GB HDD
- UHD Graphics 630
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi
- 4.1 Bluetooth
- Win 10 Pro 64-bit
- 3 Years Hardware Service with Onsite Service After Remote Diagnosis
From $825
Best
Dell OptiPlex 7060 – SFF
- 1 x Core i7 8700 / 3.2 GHz
- Intel vPro
- 16 GB RAM
- 1 TB HDD
- DVD-Writer
- UHD Graphics 630
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi
- 4.1 Bluetooth
- Win 10 Pro 64-bit
- 3 Years Hardware Service with Onsite Service After Remote Diagnosis
From $1400
Laptops
Good
Dell Latitude 3490
- 1 x Core i3 8130U / 2.2 GHz
- 14″ 1366 x 768 (HD)
- 4 GB RAM
- 500 GB HDD
- UHD Graphics 620
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi
- 4.1 Bluetooth
- Win 10 Pro 64-bit
- 3 Years Hardware Service with Onsite Service After Remote Diagnosis
From $950
Better
Dell Latitude 5590
- 1 x Core i5 8350U / 1.7 GHz
- 15.6″ 1366 x 768 (HD)
- 8 GB RAM
- 500 GB HDD
- UHD Graphics 620
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi
- 4.1 Bluetooth
- Win 10 Pro 64-bit
- 3 Years Hardware Service with Onsite Service After Remote Diagnosis
From $1350
Best
Dell Latitude 5590
- 1 x Core i7 8650U / 1.9 GHz
- 15.6″ 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
- 16 GB RAM
- 512 GB SSD Class 20
- UHD Graphics 620
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi
- 4.1 Bluetooth
- Win 10 Pro 64-bit
- 3 Years Hardware Service with Onsite Service After Remote Diagnosis
From $2000
Network & Wireless
Our networking team are industry experts, not only do they provide design, implementation and support for dealerships, they will work together with your group, DMS or OEMS to ensure it all works correctly. We will setup your network to ensure a fast, secure and reliable solution. Our network implementations are always PCI-compliant, so you won’t have to worry about audits from your bank.
Security
We offered a layered approach to security that is tailored for your dealership, with centralized anti-virus, content filtering, endpoint detection and unified threat management (UTM). Our service layers will protect you from exterior and interior treats alike.