{"id":81,"date":"2009-08-03T18:13:10","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T22:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:40:25","slug":"purchase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/purchase\/","title":{"rendered":"Purchasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are here to assist with all of your technology purchases. We&#8217;ve negotiated with popular hardware and software vendors to get great pricing for the BU community. Whether you&#8217;re buying for your own personal needs or for your department, you can save time and money by taking advantage of our purchasing services.<\/p>\n<p>Save time and money when you choose one of our recommended systems. All recommended systems come with a warranty, and IS&amp;T is authorized to service them. Departments get additional savings when purchasing Adobe or Microsoft software, and students, faculty, and staff and have access to University-wide software licensing.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Negotiated prices<\/strong> &#8211; we have negotiated with several vendors to give you the best prices.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recommended systems<\/strong> &#8211; a variety of systems offered have been approved and tested by IS&amp;T.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal purchases require a BU login for the BU Apple Educational Store.<\/li>\n<li>Approved requisitions are required for some department purchases.<\/li>\n<li>Department purchases require a valid BU number, BU email, and BU shipping address.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>For personal computing needs, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/purchase\/personal\/\">Personal Sales<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<li>Departments must visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/purchase\/departmental\/\">Departmental Sales<\/a> page to purchase computer hardware or software.<\/li>\n<li>Departments\/employees looking to consult with us on <span>investigating, acquiring, &amp; implementing new technology please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/bu.service-now.com\/sp?id=sc_cat_item&amp;sys_id=becae7089322f6d0d2473ad97bba10a3&amp;sysparm_category=a2c2d9d0db38445053c1d77648961911\">new technology engagement request form<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"myhelp_activate\" title=\"Contact us\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> if you have questions or need help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are here to assist with all of your technology purchases. We&#8217;ve negotiated with popular hardware and software vendors to get great pricing for the BU community. Whether you&#8217;re buying for your own personal needs or for your department, you can save time and money by taking advantage of our purchasing services. Save time and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":74764,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161506,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/161506"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}