Data Centers Merge and Move Ahead

"Electronic communication is the wave of the future in academia," Thomas says. "Now we're struggling to pay for the equipment."

Nearly three years ago, Georgia Tech merged its in-plant printing department with its data center's printing department.

"We had four pieces of high-speed printing equipment for 'sys-out' (computer output printing) in the data center, producing 2 million copies per month. That's far too much equipment for that requirement," says Thomas. So when the graphics department decided to go digital, adding two Danka 9110 printers with scanners to its offset printing complement, the university took a long look at all the printing and copying on campus.