Information Technology News

Saving Money through Strategic Sourcing

Saving Money

In the current budgetary climate, faculty and staff should be aware of the opportunities for saving money on academic software and computer equipment that NACS coordinates.
NACS works with representatives from the other UC campuses to leverage the buying power of the multi-campus system to negotiate a variety of discounted software licensing contracts.  Among the [...]

New Software Reseller

UC has for many years coordinated certain discount licenses for the campuses. Acquiring software at a discount under these terms requires purchase through selected resellers.
On October 1, Technology Resource Center (TRC) replaced Software Spectrum as UC’s reseller for the systemwide Microsoft, FileMaker, Adobe, IBM/Lotus, and Symantec agreements. TRC’s special UC website is http://www.gotrc.com/casystemsstore.htm. You can also [...]