Faculty should be prepared to answer the following questions when creating a new grant involving technology:
- With which operating systems is this equipment compatible?
- How much memory is required/what is optimally recommended? How much hard disk space is required/what is optimally recommended?
- Which operating systems are recommended for optimal performance of this device?
- What hardware and software conflicts are known for this device?
- How will this device connect to the computer? (which interface will it use? USB? serial? parallel? SCSI? FireWire?)
- Is Technical Support for this device included with its purchase?
- Will this equipment be networked? To what and how will it communicate over the network?
- Who will access the system and from where? How will they access it?
- Who will administer the system (create accounts, deal with viruses, software patches, etc.)?
- Have you planned for a method to backup the system?
- Have you planned for virus protection and system security?
(We may have further questions depending on the responses to these.)