SMARTcomputing
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SMARTcomputing is a collaborativ
SMARTcomputing is a collaborative university-wide systems provisioning and management initiative intended to establish a program to better leverage technology resources for hardware and software and to reduce the total cost of ownership for systems procurement, provisioning, and management by standardizing platforms, configuration management, patch management, and software distribution.
Goals Include:
- Promoting a standardized secure computing environment within the Purdue community for 80% of the hardware and software systems
- Maximizing the management of expenditures by streamlining costs and establishing best practices associated with:
- Systems procurement
- Standardizing platforms
- Configuration management
- Patch management
- Software distribution
- Hardware and software inventory
- Asset management
- Imaging and
- Life-cycle replacement
- Leveraging existing centralized security tools to ensure security of our resources and effectively implement proactive and preventive measures
- Insuring the reliability and integrity of University systems and software and the data they store and\or transmit.
- Standardizing collaborative efforts to reduce technical complexity; improve information security, privacy and integrity; improve customer satisfaction through improved service quality; and optimize resources and strategic partnerships.
All persons interested in participating in SMARTcomputing are invited to contact their IT support unit for questions about the program or to purchase SMARTcomputing hardware. All questions may be sent to SMARTcomputing@purdue.edu.
Colleges, Departments and Units Participating in SMARTcomputing
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SMARTcomputing News and Announcements
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Lower prices for Quad Processors(6/22/09)
Dell has lowered the pricing for the Intel Core 2 Quad Processors. The Q9400 has been lowered $50.00 to $111.82 and the Q9650 has been lowered $161.82 to $156.00. These new monitors are on a non-height adjustable stand and also do not allow for speaker bar attachment or have any usb ports. The pricing is substantially lower than the UltraShartps.
Dell lowers prices for Monitors(6/22/09)
Dell has lowered pricing for the 20" Ultrasharp 2009W $145 and is priced -$50 below the standard 19"UltraSharp display. In addition Dell has lowered the pricing on the 2nd monitor selections. The 1708FP is now $159, the 1908FP is $151, the 2009W is $199.
SMARTcomputing Offering Green Monitors (6/22/09)
Two new "green" monitors are now being offered through the SMARTcomputing program. The 22" G2210 and the 24" G2410 offer outstanding energy efficiency without sacrificing display performance.
E6400/E6500 Laptop Processor Changes(5/1/09)
Dell has announced changes in the Intel processors available with the E6400/E6500 laptop models. The new standard processor is the Intel® Core? 2 Duo T9550 (2.66GHz, 6M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB). Two new upgrade processors are the Intel® Core 2 Duo P9600(2.66GHz, 6M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)(+$55.00) and the Intel® Core 2 Duo T9800 (2.93GHz, 6M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB) (+$155.00) While the P9600 processor is the same speed as the standard T9550 the P9600 runs with 25 watts as opposed to 35 watts for the T9550. The T9800 also runs with 35 watts but is a faster processor.
Smart computing Reaches FY2008 Goal (3/11/09)
During the second week of March, SMART computing reached one of it benchmarks for the fiscal year by logging 1778 computer purchases. The programs' computer hardware discounts have resulted in $283,350 in savings for purchases make in FY2008 to date.