Tag Archive: Procurement
UC IT Blog
August 15, 2023
All ArticlesProcurement, Thomas Trappler, Tom Trappler, UC Tech Awards, UCLA, UCOP, Zoom
This year, the IT Sourcing Committee & IT Strategic Sourcing Center of Excellence won UC Tech Yvonne Tevis UC-wide Collaboration golden award, presented at the UC Tech Awards ceremony at the UC Tech 2023 Conference. Learn more about their project…
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UC IT Blog
March 16, 2022
All ArticlesCommunication, contract, Procurement, telecommunications, Thomas Trappler, Tom Trappler, UCOP, Zoom
By Thomas Trappler. UC Procurement is pleased to announce a new UC wide agreement with Zoom that expands on the previous agreement for meeting products (audio, web, video, etc.), and adds the cloud VoIP product and Zoom phone. This outcome…
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UC IT Blog
March 2, 2022
All Articlesbenefit, IT Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Systemwide, systemwide IT agreements, Tom Trappler, UC Systemwide Procurement IT
By Yvonne Tevis. Efforts led by UC Systemwide Procurement’s IT strategic sourcing team achieved almost $70 M in “benefit” for UC in fiscal year 2021 by negotiating contracts with suppliers. That is $25 M more than in the previous year!…
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UC IT Blog
November 18, 2020
All Articlesagreement, Azure, cloud infrastructure, discount, Microsoft, platform services, policy, Procurement, Thomas Trappler
By Thomas Trappler. Since 2014, the UC wide agreement with Microsoft (2018.000231) has made Microsoft’s Azure products available for use under terms and conditions aligned with UC’s needs, policy, and the law. Effective July 1, 2020, as a result…
Read more about UC Gets Discount for Microsoft Azure
UC IT Blog
June 24, 2020
All ArticlesBala Balakumar, Procurement, UC Libraries, UC Library, UC Office of the President, UCOP
By Bala Balakumar. The University of California recently negotiated a systemwide agreement for an integrated library system (SLIS) for all UC campus libraries. The deal is projected to provide a total financial benefit of $815,795 over three years. Previously, each UC library had independently licensed integrated…
Read more about UC Gets a Systemwide Integrated Library System
UC IT Blog
April 1, 2020
All ArticlesCOVID-19, Procurement, remote work, Tom Trappler, UC Office of the President, UC Procurement Services, UCOP, work from home, Yvonne Tevis, Zoom
By Yvonne Tevis. To slow the spread of COVID-19, UC staff are working from home and classes are going online. Demand for remote work tools has skyrocketed. “I should have bought stock in Zoom” is a common refrain. Fortunately, the…
Read more about Zoom Site Licenses Help UC Meet Online Demand
UC IT Blog
December 11, 2019
All Articles, Feature Articlescloud infrastructure, Procurement, Systemwide, Thomas Trappler, UC Procurement Services, UCOP
By Thomas Trappler. Since 2013, the UC wide agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Agreement# UCOP-19) has made AWS products available for use under terms and conditions aligned with UC’s needs, policy, and the law. Effective October 1, 2019,…
Read more about UC Gets Discount for Amazon Web Services
UC IT Blog
July 24, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesMeagan Torres, Michael Wegmann, Procurement, strategic sourcing, Systemwide, Thomas Trappler, UCOP, Yvonne Tevis
By Yvonne Tevis. About one year ago, UC struck amazing deals with IT infrastructure companies – deals that likely will save the university up to $16M a year for five years. It’s true, UC Procurement rocks negotiation. But UC also…
Read more about Backstage: How UC Got the IT Infrastructure Deals
UC IT Blog
June 12, 2019
All Articles, Feature Articlesinnovation, Procurement, Roshni Pratap, Systemwide
By Roshni Pratap. A new systemwide agreement is in place for Gradescope, effective April 2, 2019. What is Gradescope? Gradescope is a market leader in the digital grading space designed to make grading more consistent, fair, and efficient. Gradescope…
Read more about UC Gets Systemwide Agreement for Gradescope Online Grading System
UC IT Blog
June 12, 2019
All ArticlesBen Price, Events, Procurement, Tom Trappler, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB, UCTech, UCTech 2019
By Ben Price and Tom Trappler. The UCTech Conference is coming up fast and aiming for 700 attendees – the biggest UC IT conference ever. Our sponsors are a major reason UC can host such a fun gathering of…
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