Public Sector

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What Is Colocation, and When Does a Public Agency Need It?
TIPS , IT Procurement , Public Sector , Cloud Hosting & Managed Services
A public agency reaches this question from one of two directions. Either the server room is a problem, because it is full, or because it is a converted office with a domestic air conditioner and a building manager who wa...
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Data Center Hosting and Colocation for Public Agencies
TIPS , IT Procurement , Public Sector , IT Infrastructure Management
Every workload an agency runs sits in one of four places. It is on a machine in a building you control, in a rack you rent, on a server somebody else owns and leases to you, or in public cloud. Most agencies are in three...
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How to Buy Data Center Hosting and Colocation Through TIPS
TIPS , IT Procurement , Public Sector , IT Infrastructure Management
A hosting or colocation purchase differs from most technology buying in one respect that catches people out: the thing being bought is a place, and the equipment has to physically get there. Everything awkward about the ...
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How Much Does TIPS 260302 Data Center Hosting Cost?
TIPS , IT Procurement , Public Sector , Cloud Hosting & Managed Services
Infrastructure is one of the few technology purchases where a published number is genuinely useful before a conversation. A rack unit is a rack unit, and a server with a stated processor count and disk size is a known qu...
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What Is Discount Off Catalog Pricing?
TIPS , IT Procurement , Public Sector , Cooperative Purchasing
A buyer comparing two quotes for the same laptop will often find that one names a price and the other names a percentage. The second is discount off catalog pricing, and it is how most technology products are sold on coo...
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TIPS Technology Solutions: A Guide for Public Buyers
TIPS , IT Procurement , Public Sector , IT Infrastructure Management
Most technology contracts make you choose. One covers products and another covers the people who install them, so a project that needs both becomes two purchases, two approval paths and two suppliers who can each explain...
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How to Buy Technology Hardware Through a TIPS Contract
TIPS , IT Procurement , Public Sector , Cooperative Purchasing
Buying equipment looks like the simplest kind of technology purchase and produces more disappointment than any other. The reason is that the difficult parts are not in the price, and a requirement written around the pric...
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How Much Does TIPS 250106 Technology Solutions Cost?
TIPS , IT Procurement , Public Sector , IT Consulting
This contract prices two different things in two different ways, and a budget that treats them the same will be wrong in one direction or the other. Services carry published hourly ceilings. Products carry a discount off...
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