OARnet Contract #00095211 for Affordable Virtualization Solutions
Archived Event
VMware OARnet Day
Presented by Carahsoft
OARnet delivers technology-based solutions that reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve customer service. As a division of the Ohio Board of Regents Ohio Technology Consortium, OARnet serves Ohio's education, healthcare, public broadcasting, and government communities.
Virtualization Benefits
Virtualization allows IT departments to create a virtual environment at the workstation, server, or data center level. With this virtualization technology, you can reduce the number of physical servers or computers, while still maintaining performance levels. Benefits include:
- Reduced costs for physical IT hardware (servers, desktops, etc.)
- Lower operational and maintenance costs when upgrading your IT environment
- "Green" IT savings through lower power, cooling, and space costs
- Financial incentives offered from American Electric Power, Dayton Light and Power, and Duke Power for virtualized data centers due to lower energy consumption
Product Details
All VMware perpetual software licenses, products, and corresponding support and subscription found at https://www.vmware.com/products/.
Including: vSphere Data Center & Cloud Infrastructure, vCenter Infrastructure & Operations Management, Fusion, Workstation, Horizon, ThinApp, and vFabric.
Both 1 year Production SnS & 3 year Production SnS options are available.
Carahsoft certifies that all dealers participating in the performance of this contract have agreed that their performance will be in accordance with all terms and conditions of OARnet's Carahsoft-Partner contract.
Ohio DAS Co-Op Members
Ohio's education, health care, public broadcasting, and government communities voluntarily join the OARnet consortium. These organizations chose to participate in OARnet's shared services programs because of the benefits and value-added services they receive. They include:
- Higher education
- K-12 education
- Broadcast Education Media Commission stations & services
- Healthcare
- State government
- Local government
- Research
Members of the State of Ohio Cooperative Purchasing (CO-OP) program may participate in purchasing VMware from OARnet. You may find more information regarding the CO-OP, as well as application instructions, at the following link: https://das.ohio.gov/Divisions/GeneralServices/ProcurementServices/CooperativePurchasing.aspx
