Take the Business Professional Workstation Quiz!

For years, high-performance workstations were used only by highly specialized engineers, architects and scientists. Today, more business professionals need powerful software and computers to do their work, whether it’s analytics, telemedicine, media production, financial modeling or software development.

Fortunately, as powerful workstations have become a necessity for many more business professionals, they also have become far more affordable and convenient. Powerful technical workstations can help employees do their jobs better and faster, and that fuels organizational agility and competitiveness.

Take the Business Professional Workstation quiz to establish what kind of buyer you are, and we’ll instantly deliver the most helpful content to address your most significant professional workstation challenges.

1. What is your organization's biggest priority when it comes to high-performance, professional workstations?

My biggest priority is to develop AI applications to fuel new products or services My biggest priority is to balance user expectations and desires for the latest technologies with IT budgets My biggest priority is to use analytics, imaging, modeling, visualization or other professional applications to enhance our business agility My biggest priority is ensuring our mechanical engineers and industrial designers are productive when working remotely

2. How would you describe the importance of accelerating business agility through the use of analytics, imaging, modeling or other specialized, resource-intensive applications?

Accelerating business agility is most important to our organization Accelerating business agility is less important than developing AI applications to fuel new products or services Accelerating business agility is less important than balancing user expectations and IT budgets Accelerating business agility is less important than providing our remote workforce with the mobile workstations

3. What is your biggest business driver for using high-performance, professional workstations?

We want to make sure our engineering and design teams have the level of horsepower they need when working remotely We want to accelerate the use of analytics, visualization, IoT or other resource-intensive applications to become more competitive We want to ensure that employees have the best technology we can afford We want to accelerate the development and use of AI applications in our business

4. How would you describe the importance of developing AI applications to fuel new products or services?

Developing AI applications to fuel new products or services is most important to our organization Developing AI applications to fuel new products or services is less important than ensuring the productivity of our engineering and design teams when working remotely Developing AI applications to fuel new products or services is less important than using specialized applications to accelerate business agility Developing AI applications to fuel new products or services is less important than balancing user expectations and IT budgets

5. Which aspect of your high-performance workstation computing needs the most improvement?

We need to analyze more data, build sophisticated models or create visualizations to enable our business to be more competitive We want to understand the costs of a current workstation technology to build a business case Our industrial designers complain that augmented or virtual reality experiences are sometimes sluggish Our stakeholders complain that developing AI applications and training AI models takes too long

6. What is driving your primary need for more powerful workstations and computing power at your organization?

We want to optimize our IT budgets while ensuring workers have the right laptops and workstations to work from anywhere We want to accelerate the development of AI-powered applications and train models faster In the shift to remote work, our employees do not have the powerful workstations and computing power they need to run their applications We want to invest in a long-term remote work solution that can also provide a solid foundation for disaster response

7. When choosing a professional Engineering, which of the following is most important to your organization?

We want to be workstations that are optimized for the unique needs of AI application development We want the lowest total cost of ownership We want workstations that enable us to be productive when working remotely, and also during future disruptions We want to workstations that can be easily customized to meet different application needs

8. How would you describe the importance of balancing user expectations with IT budgets?

Balancing user expectations and IT budgets is most important to our organization Balancing user expectations and IT budgets is less important than accelerating business agility Balancing user expectations and IT budgets is less important than providing remote employees with the tools they need Balancing user expectations and IT budgets is less important than developing AI applications

9. How do you view the importance of mobile workstations and laptops for key workers at your organization?

We view it as important, but employees also need mobile workstations and powerful laptops when working remotely We want to empower our AI development team to work more effectively We would prefer to purchase a single computing device that employees can use both in the office and remotely We are reimaging our office space but still need to provide select employees with powerful mobile workstations and laptops

10. What is the biggest concern if your organization doesn’t upgrade to more mobile workstations and powerful laptops?

We could increase the risk of data breaches and software vulnerabilities because of outdated hardware and software We could lose competitiveness if we can’t analyze data, rapidly iterate designs or perform other resource-intensive work Our existing workstations could delay the introduction of AI applications and services, missing a market opportunity We run the risk of losing employees to other companies that can provide them with a better employee experience