On February 22nd Darren Shahinian started his travel to Georgia to meet with members of the Georgia Independent College Association (GICA) and introduce himself as the new ScholarBuys Account Manager for that territory. During his trip Darren was able to review renewals or existing agreements and discuss other areas of opportunity for technology.
“I wanted to get schools talking about their technology environments and what is on their roadmap.”
It’s all about Collaboration:
GICA currently has two collaborative technology agreements with Microsoft EES and Adobe ETLA. As a part of GICA, many of the institutions are already active participants in these agreements, while others are showing interest. In addition to these agreements, Darren discussed many other kinds of technologies for the schools including VMware, security/anti-virus software, and backup/disaster recovery solutions. ScholarBuys can assist with all of these different technologies and find the perfect fit for a school’s needs. 
Features and Benefits:
All of these different technologies help improve the quality of a school’s IT network.
“Being able to utilize the cloud for more computing and storage needs will help to free up resources and allow for more efficient use of existing hardware. Often times this can also remove some of the strain on IT budgets in Education in the long term, which frees up money for other projects/benefits to create a greater user experience for faculty/staff and students.”
Guaranteed Service:
Darren discussed with schools how ScholarBuys is well versed in the licensing of these solutions, and can leverage our partnered resources with the manufacturers to assist schools in planning, procurement, and implementation of these technologies.
“ScholarBuys prides ourselves on applying our industry knowledge specific to academic institutions, and have many years’ experience managing these technology agreements. We have always done our best to stay up to date on market trends, licensing changes, and new technologies, and communicate this information back to our customers and therefore allowing them to make the best decisions for their institution.”
The ScholarBuys Advantage:
If we do not know the answer as a team, we immediately leverage our partnership with the solution’s manufacturer to assist in providing the answer. We help save the headache of figuring out any technology questions!
On his trip Darren was able to enjoy the beautiful architecture at the many colleges and drive across Georgia and experience the views, including a less than ideal rainy trip through the Appalachians. At ScholarBuys we enjoy being able to visit the schools we work with to maintain relationships and ensure we are assisting all their technology needs in the best way to fit their budget.
