 uwng rfp process uwng rfp process 1997-08-17 an rfp 1997-06-06 purchas major internet-technolog vendor onlin-notic ontario quebec procur system in summari file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata campus-network rfp199706 html rfp state univers waterloo seek form long-term strateg relationship major vendor switch rout network-server product establish evolut next-gener internet campu network interoper onet uni net canari ca net-ii region nation network the technolog enabl next-gener campu network centr integr fast ethernet gigabit ethernet switch ip rout ip multicast ip bandwidth reserv qualiti-of-servic extend includ server network servic address-assign control network-access devic user authent internet intranet firewal secur web-base commerc comput-telephoni integr desktop classroom videoconferenc distanc educ submiss receiv three vendor resel integr the submiss review ist cnag the resel integr elimin vendor entiti form strateg vendor relationship the three vendor invit technic present ist cnag vendor a present excel transmiss-layer product impress ethernet switch-architectur technolog unfortun architechur layer-two support network-layer rout with network-layer architectur product network-server product vendor a meet full rang requir rfp vendor b repeatedli emphas focu atm transmiss-system it state intend pursu integr ip rout ethernet switch intend place substanti emphasi gigabit ethernet vendor b meet full rang requir rfp cisco respond product plan marketplac presenc met full rang requir rfp the rfp award cisco in 1997-08-06 announc ucist cnag jai black associ provost ist state the factor influenc decis first strateg allianc singl vendor uw time accept vendor b propos impli deal vendor second well requir atm-base commun futur case todai migrat goal compel third ist spare capac todai maintain rwwatt uwaterloo 