CORPORATE ACCOUNTS
Direct Connection


If you’re looking for a corporate computer vendor who discusses business somewhere between the 11th and 12th holes on a golf course, or over sparkling wine at a swanky restaurant, Gateway 2000 might not be for you.

But if you want a corporate accounts team that has the data you want, when you want it, and gets out of their chairs to get things done, Gateway 2000 is the perfect choice. Gateway 2000 is moving up the Fortune 500 rankings thanks to a business model that directly connects Gateway with its customers. If your corporation needs something, you call the source. No phoning third parties and waiting for them to call the manufacturer and get back to you. Just dial your account executive. If you need help with your order, chances are your Gateway account executive will walk right down to manufacturing or even back to shipping to check things out.

Our corporate accounts team includes dedicated sales associates and members of Gateway’s accounting team. But sometimes clients need to meet with their computer supplier. Gateway has that covered too. Each account is also served by a regional account manager who works with the internal team to take care of business for each customer.

That’s what it really comes down to at Gateway: Get the job done for the client. No ifs, ands or buts. If that means literally running over to accounting to get something straightened out, we’re on our way down the hall without a second thought.

Built To Fit Your Needs
We know taking care of business means tailoring services and products to fit your company’s unique needs. Our build-to-order approach lets you custom configure systems to meet those needs. Gateway has no inventory of assembled PCs, so we don’t need to clear out the old stuff before building new. GATEWAYTM PCs are assembled only after someone orders them. Since we start with an empty case anyway, it’s no problem to build your computers the way you and your account executive configured them.

Need special hardware or software included in your large volume order? Gateway’s Custom Integration Service can incorporate a wide range of hardware or software into your Gateway PCs, even products we don’t normally sell. We’ll help you find the hardware and software solutions, build them into your PCs at our factory, test the systems and ship them out, ready to go. That saves you the time and money of having a third party modify your systems after they leave Gateway.

Being a friend in the business to corporate customers also means sharing information. We strive to develop close, long-term relationships with our vendors so we can maintain high-quality components while anticipating industry changes and new technology. We pass that information along to our customers so they can make informed decisions about present and future technological needs and carefully plan product and technology transitions.

Lowering Cost Of Ownership
Our relationships with customers and vendors also help Gateway reduce the total cost of ownership of a system. First, we emphasize quality. Gateway’s North Sioux City manufacturing, customer hardware support and remanufacturing operations are ISO 9002 certified. The Gartner Group has recognized Gateway as a Tier 1/Tier 2 vendor of personal computers.

Second, our alliances with vendors like Western Digital, ATI, Sony, Intel and Microsoft help us build in reliability, decreasing the cost of ownership over the lifespan of the system. If something does go wrong, our dedicated corporate technical support teams have detailed information about each system to help get you back up and running. Our all-out approach to serving and developing relationships with customers has given Gateway a proven record with many of America’s Fortune 1000 companies.

Building A Stable Business
Besides putting you in direct contact with your computer company, our business model takes the money we save on golf games and ornate dining and uses it to keep our prices low and value high. Our direct relationships with clients have fueled rapid growth in the revenue generated by Gateway’s corporate accounts group. Today, business, education and government accounts comprise more than a third of our total business. Whether a customer purchases one PC for the home or 500 for a business, customer satisfaction is always the main goal. And we’ll go to amazing lengths to get the job done. Call Gateway today and our corporate accounts team will help you find an efficient way to get technology working for your employees.

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