IT devices and procurement

This page will contain information about personal IT devices and getting IT equipment, but not replace aalto.fi information.

Standard computers

Aalto provides Aalto-managed computers (Linux, Windows, MacOS). You can choose what you’d like. While Linux is standard for many of the things we do, it’s useful if our team has first-hand experience with a diversity of operating systems.

You should get at least one Aalto-managed computer, since it ensures data security. It’s also useful to see what types of issues our users would have, which is important to support them optimally.

You can find Aalto policies that say one person should have one device, but that clearly doesn’t make sense for us. If you need extra devices for testing, ask. We can find plenty of older devices, including standalone (not Aalto managed) devices that you can use for testing. You can find current models at itorders.aalto.fi.

Other computers

vdi.aalto.fi is a virtual desktop that lets you test basic things out on other operating systems, access storage systems, and more.

There are various Linux shell servers that let you do access storage systems and other systems within the network.

Other procurement

In general, you shouldn’t buy devices yourself. You should at least ask the right channels if they can buy it for you, and if not, then they can tell you it’s OK to buy and get it reimbursed. This is because there are various procurement contracts, and we need to make sure things are done properly.

You can find other standard equipment at itorders.aalto.fi, and if you need something that isn’t there, check the rest of dustin.fi and it can usually be ordered.