BCNET has partnered with Long View to offer shared licensing and contract management for higher education members.
BCNET has signed a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with Long View that provides members a pre-negotiated price and service contract for low-cost software licensing and hardware maintenance with market-leading software and hardware vendors.
BCNET members can participate in the MSA and purchase cost-effective licenses and hardware maintenance contracts and leverage Long View's expertise to manage and audit licenses.
Market-Leading Software Vendors
Long View optimizes vendor prices by acting as a broker on behalf of BCNET to negotiate and procure contracts with market-leading vendors like Microsoft, HP, NetApp, IBM, Red Hat, Symantec, VMWare, Adobe, Veeam, Quest, SailPoint and others.
Long View's pre-negotiated contracts will ensure BCNET members receive the lowest price available and provide an efficient streamlined buying process.
Long View has negotiated BCNET contracts with the following market-leading vendors:
Higher education institutions in British Columbia can participate in the MSA by becoming a BCNET Member.
"Last year, UBC signed an agreement with Long View for contract and license management and we have realized significant cost savings without reducing the volume of software purchased. UBC will participate in the BCNET and Long View MSA to ensure we receive the lowest price available for software licensing and hardware maintenance."
Michael Thorson, Director, Infrastructure Information Technology, UBC
