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Welcome to Edge, AAC&U Community!

Edge is a member-owned, mission-focused nonprofit research and education network and technology consortium. Founded by higher education presidents in 2001, Edge is committed to serving the needs and advancing the interests of our members throughout the country.

Edge’s common good mission ensures success by empowering members to pursue digital transformation with affordable, reliable and thought-leading services and support, including:

  • High performance networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Online and digital learning
  • Cloud computing
  • Professional and managed services
  • Powerful purchasing agreements through EdgeMarket Cooperative Pricing System

In addition to the excellent Edge conferences, I find value in numerous Edge membership beneftis for the University, especially the importance of the consortium buying power to a school. FDU’s involvement with Edge’s EdgeMarket allows its members the ability to obtain products that are in high demand at the most cost competitieve pricing available with services ranging from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to cybersecurity solutions, Microsoft licensing, and cloud and internet services.

Neal Sturm
Vice President and CIO
Fairleigh Dickinson University

For us, the Edge TeCHS contract afforded us the ability to have a vehicle that we can build a strategy design, rather than just buying software and hardware. The software is always the easy piece, but this allows us to look holistically at what avenue we can use to combine all these components and successfully build out strategies. With this contract, we’ve been able to develop some of our bigger projects.

Sue Ryan
Strategic Sourcing Manager Information Technology Services
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Edge recently negotiated an agreement with Amazon Web Services and I believe this is a great example of how Edge provides value to its membership. Edge serves as a procurement vehicle and I’m excited about being a part of it. Edge takes care of the RFP process and negotiates contracts on behalf of its members. There is tremendous opportunity for growth in what Edge provides and what other services can be negotiated on behalf of its members. If Edge can take this off our plates this frees us up to spend time on other initiatives that can have more impact on our institutions.

Bradley Morton
Vice President for Information Technology
Passaic County Community College

Welcome to EdgeMarket: Where We Make Technology Procurement Safe, Simple, and Smart

When we started EdgeMarket, our mission was clear: reduce the time, cost, and hassle of purchasing vital technology products, services, and solutions.

The EdgeMarket Cooperative Pricing System is purpose-built to provide participants with an easy way to streamline the procurement of the solutions and services they need at advantageous pricing and terms.

Today, with thousands of options in our growing portfolio, more and more of our participants around the country — your friends and peers — are turning to EdgeMarket to save time and money while simplifying their purchasing processes.

Our EdgeMarket portal is designed to help participants get to what they need, and interested institutions to learn more and join easily. AAC&U members are invited to browse the EdgeMarket portal HERE.

Welcome!

Dan Miller, AVP
EdgeMarket and Solution Strategy

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