Technology procurement built for discovery, research and innovation.
Give research organisations one controlled environment to procure hardware, software, services and subscriptions from authorised technology providers — supporting laboratories, researchers, engineering teams, research computing, innovation programmes and complex digital infrastructure.
Research technology requirements can be highly specialised and fast moving.
Research organisations may need everything from standard workplace technology to high-performance computing, specialist workstations, data infrastructure, laboratory-connected devices and engineering platforms.
Specialist requirements
Research teams may require high-specification compute, graphics, storage, networking and specialist technology configurations.
Project-based buying
Procurement often needs to align with individual research projects, programmes, grants and budgets.
Rapid technology change
Product generations, availability, compute requirements and vendor technologies can evolve quickly.
Multiple research environments
Laboratories, offices, data centres, engineering facilities and research campuses can all require different technology.
Bring research technology sourcing into one controlled platform.
Stock in the Channel can provide a dedicated procurement environment combining authorised technology suppliers, rich product data, dedicated pricing, availability and configurable purchasing controls.
- Present approved suppliers, product ranges and technology categories
- Apply organisation, project or contract-specific pricing
- Surface current availability across connected suppliers
- Configure projects, departments, research groups and cost centres
- Request comparative quotes for complex technology requirements
- Maintain clearer procurement, approval and transaction history
Flexible across different research environments.
Configure the environment around the structure, users, projects, supplier base and technology requirements of individual organisations.
Research Institutes
Specialist organisations combining scientific, digital and operational technology.
Universities
Research departments, faculties, laboratories and central technology teams.
National Laboratories
Complex environments requiring advanced compute, infrastructure and specialist technologies.
Innovation Centres
Technology-led organisations supporting experimentation, engineering and commercial innovation.
Support the technology behind advanced research and discovery.
From high-performance computing and engineering workstations to laboratory technology, software, data infrastructure and cloud.
Laboratory technology
Research workstations, connected devices, displays, peripherals and laboratory IT.
Advanced engineering
High-spec workstations, engineering systems, specialist compute and development technology.
Research compute & data
Compute, storage, networking, data platforms and research infrastructure.
Digital research teams
Productivity, collaboration, software, cloud services and modern workplace technology.
Give researchers flexibility while retaining procurement oversight.
Configure technology purchasing around research programmes, projects, departments, budgets and approved suppliers.
Project-based purchasing
Organise users, budgets and procurement activity around individual research projects.
- Project cost centres
- Research-group access
- Project-specific catalogues
- Dedicated supplier pricing
Complex quote requirements
Request comparative responses for higher-specification and configurable technology.
- Select approved suppliers
- Compare specifications
- Review availability
- Capture alternative configurations
Approval workflows
Apply organisational and financial controls before purchases proceed.
- Budget-holder approvals
- Spend thresholds
- Procurement review
- Transaction history
From research requirement to purchase through one workflow.
Give researchers, technology teams, procurement and finance a clearer journey from requirement to approved technology purchase.
Requirement
A researcher, laboratory or project team identifies a technology requirement.
Find options
Search approved suppliers, products and configurations.
Compare
Review specifications, pricing, availability and alternative solutions.
Approve
Apply project, budget and procurement approval requirements.
Procure & record
Complete the purchase while retaining project and transaction visibility.
Support increasingly data-intensive research.
Modern research can require powerful compute, high-capacity storage, specialist networking, GPUs, high-performance workstations and scalable data infrastructure.
- High-performance workstations
- GPU and accelerated computing
- Server and compute infrastructure
- High-capacity storage
- Networking and connectivity
- Cloud and hybrid research environments
Technology infrastructure supporting increasingly data-intensive research.
Procurement that keeps pace with experimentation and innovation.
Innovation programmes often need to evaluate, test and deploy emerging technology quickly while maintaining purchasing governance.
- Engineering and development workstations
- AI and accelerated computing
- Prototype and specialist technology
- Research software and applications
- Multiple supplier comparison
- Alternative technology sourcing
Keep your existing research systems. Add the technology intelligence.
Stock in the Channel can expose relevant supplier, product, pricing and availability data through APIs for integration into existing procurement, finance, asset and research environments.
Technology-channel scale for advanced research environments.
Stock in the Channel combines technology product data, supplier connectivity, ecommerce capability, comparative quoting, automation and integrations within one ecosystem.
Technology partners
Resellers, VARs and MSPs across the Stock in the Channel ecosystem.
Distributor feeds
Extensive connectivity supporting product, pricing and availability information.
Technology products
Hardware, software, infrastructure, compute, networking and cloud.
Ready to simplify technology procurement across your research organisation?
Speak to Stock in the Channel about creating a controlled procurement environment for your research teams, projects, laboratories, approved suppliers and technology requirements.
