Upper management has announced a change in a company's primary hardware supplier for the next year, the timing of this change coincides with key purchases that line of business department has to…

Upper management has announced a change in a company's primary hardware supplier for the next year, the timing of this change coincides with key purchases that line of business department has to make in support of its Java EE application upgrade/redesign project. You are asked to help outline a strategy to preserve the project timeline and keep hardware training costs contained. Which recommendation will you make?