If only West Virginia staff had asked that question....
It appears that WV are the proud owners of 1064 Cisco 3945 routers, fully-loaded with optional extras, each with a price tag of $22,600 (that's $24 million in total). Many of these are in use in rural libraries - where they provide connectivity to a single PC. (That's assuming that the routers are even in use - about 300 are still boxed, gathering dust in warehouses, nearly 2 years on).
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I really don't understand how this sort of purchase can happen. The purchased products are so ludicrously overkill that they cannot possibly confused with the most appropriate products.
What sort of governance must exist in an organisation which purchases stuff, without even waiting for advice from their own internal experts?
It appears that WV are the proud owners of 1064 Cisco 3945 routers, fully-loaded with optional extras, each with a price tag of $22,600 (that's $24 million in total). Many of these are in use in rural libraries - where they provide connectivity to a single PC. (That's assuming that the routers are even in use - about 300 are still boxed, gathering dust in warehouses, nearly 2 years on).
More info...
Link
I really don't understand how this sort of purchase can happen. The purchased products are so ludicrously overkill that they cannot possibly confused with the most appropriate products.
What sort of governance must exist in an organisation which purchases stuff, without even waiting for advice from their own internal experts?