Collaboration with Research Computing and ITS ensures that technology purchases comply with college standards, security policies, and proper setup procedures. These procedures are put in place to make sure that individuals and departments get the technology they need, while at the same time getting the support they need going forward.
Go through Unimarket whenever possible to make your purchase.
Please consult with Research Computing when purchasing hardware or software to make sure that we don't already have something available, or can't better support your needs.
For example, new faculty spending start up funds on hardware or software want to check and see if we can already support their needs. Additionally, you may be able to buy in to our infrastructure with our "condominium model" where you own and always use the compute node you purchase, but have access to the entire cluster, which is more than your start up funds will allow you to purchase on your own.