May 22, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Thomas Trappler. A new systemwide agreement for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is now available, in addition to a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) for both GCP and G-Suite for Education. Here’s what you need to know. What is GCP?…
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January 23, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Yvonne Tevis. In April 2018, the University of California and Cisco signed a three-year strategic partnership agreement, formally recognizing an informal relationship of twenty-years’ standing, and committing to innovative programs for mutual benefit. The partnership is an offshoot of…
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January 23, 2019 All Articles 0
Did you miss the December 12 webinar on the Cisco Products Portfolio and UC’s contract with Cisco? The recording is available and captioned. You don’t have to commit to the full 90 minutes! Check the agenda for the products…
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December 5, 2018 All Articles 0
By Thomas Trappler. At the California Higher Education Collaborative (CHEC) conference on October 1, 2018, David Willson, manager, Strategic Technology Acquisition at UC Berkeley, and I accepted a Focus on Efficiency award on behalf of the whole UC IT strategic sourcing community. The award recognizes UC for creating a partnership between the UC procurement and IT communities that has successfully improved the effectiveness, efficiency, and outcomes of IT strategic…
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November 28, 2018 All Articles 0
Learn from Cisco professionals about the new UC contract with EPlus for Cisco procurement and about UC’s formal strategic relationship with Cisco. You may think of routing and switching as the core Cisco technologies. Well, over the past few years…
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November 14, 2018 All Articles 0
By Thomas Trappler. In March 2018, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a report detailing its investigation of China’s trade practices related to intellectual property. To address issues surfaced in the report, the USTR subsequently announced additional tariffs…
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July 25, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Michael Wegmann. UC Procurement Services is excited to announce the availability of UC wide agreements reflecting deeply discounted prices for IT infrastructure. Products in five categories– routers and switches, wireless, firewalls, servers, and storage – are now available either…
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April 18, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
The University of California IT Strategic Sourcing has won the 2018 EPIC (Excellence in Purchasing Indirect Category) Award for Team Innovation. Presented at the ProcureCon Indirect East Conference held Feb. 20-22 in Florida, the EPIC Awards recognize and celebrate innovative,…
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March 28, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
It may be the largest effort of its kind in higher education and possibly any industry: The University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) have joined forces around a singular procurement system that will benefit both entities and…
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August 1, 2017 All Articles, Announcements/Events 2
By Suzanne Stinson, Manager, UCLA Software Central; and Gabe Youtsey, Chief Innovation Officer, Agriculture and Natural Resources. You can’t say no one listens! Last November we put out an appeal to UC IT to identify IT products and services…
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