The steep discounts that Purdue University recently received on <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco/">Cisco</a>'s <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/77383">Nexus 7000 switches</a> are 'unusual' and based on factors that go beyond the purchase alone, Cisco says.
When CIOs join a new organisation, or their current company changes direction, they have an opportunity to establish themselves as strategic leaders. It doesn't matter if their companies aren't large or if they work in industries that adopt new technologies slowly.
At Purdue University recently, the IT staff built a supercomputer. A world-class supercomputer. Out of PCs. Using just local IT talent. (OK, a team from Indiana University also helped). And it was done in less than a day.