Summary

The Technology Selection and Purchase process enhances our overall technology capabilities, responsiveness to business needs, and stewardship across USNH. This article provides a link to a Word document explaining the benefits of technology purchases.

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Why Use the Technology Selection and Purchase Process?

The Technology Selection and Purchase process improves our collective technology capabilities, responsiveness to business needs, and stewardship USNH-wide.

	Visibility With a view into products already owned by the University System of New Hampshire, as well as other requests in the pipeline, the technology selection and procurement process creates transparency and efficiency.
	Cost Savings Through volume purchasing discounts and leveraging of existing contracts we can reduce duplication of technologies and the overall support burden for technology.
	Time Savings Implementing an existing technology reduces the time required to get up-and-running, as well as the workload departments take on when they introduce (and then need to support) unique products. When a unique business need arises, Enterprise Technology & Services (ET&S) partners with the department and USNH Procurement to document requirements and identify the right solution.
	Risk Management Every application which hosts data represents a security risk. Existing technologies have been vetted and have appropriate data management strategies in place; new technologies need to undergo the same review in order to limit exposure to security breaches.
	Regulatory and Policy Compliance We can guide you through adherence to critical regulations and policies such as PCI compliance, HIPAA, FERPA, ADA, data security, and procurement policies.
	Vendor Management Maintaining positive relationships with vendors and holding them to high standards is an important aspect of managing technology. ET&S has documented practices and policies for vendor management which are crucial to getting the most out of technology and ensuring vendors adhere to best practices.
	Integrations ET&S will help identify your data needs and develop strategies to interface with existing systems of record. Access to data is approved by designated data stewards.