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Of course , when it comes to such infrastructure , understanding IT vendor management strategies is key , and UTAS has climacteric partnerships with the likes of Huawei , Dell EMC , HPE , Aruba , Microsoft , VMware , Technology One , ServiceNOW , Presence of IT , Echo360 , D2L , InSync , Panasonic , Data # 3 , Parallo and Park Lane IT .
“ Huawei gave us that opportunity to build the second biggest supercomputer in the sector ,” Murray explains . “ They have provided us with best in class technology .
“ Parallo helped us in our virtual infrastructure area and Park Lane IT has allowed us to automate our database infrastructure . The software we put in place through Oracle and the technical support service we get from Park Lane IT has helped us to position that data layer in a more automated fashion so that it ’ s more agile and responsive to the business .”
Dell is also critical to the education centre , providing all Windows based desktop and laptop infrastructure and enterprise service and integrating its catalogue Amazon-style into all UTAS ’ procurement . It is also a platinum sponsor of UTAS ’ key innovation event , UHack .
Aruba has partnered to improve the wi-fi , which Murray jokes “ has come from woeful to no one talking about it anymore , which means it ’ s excellent .”
Data # 3 is also on-board and has enabled UTAS to provide
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