Very true Yvonne, a good point that a couple of other people have also made to me.
What I'm working towards is trying to keep all IT purchasing and strategic decision-making central, but simply invoicing the relevant cost centres/depts for hardware so that each department is forced to control their demands on IT resources. Hopefully that would grant the best of both worlds.
Alasdair Sowerby
Information Systems Team Leader
The Courtauld Institute of Art
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Tel: 020 7848 1272 www.courtauld.ac.uk
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From: JISC RSC for London Technical Advice Service Contact list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Yvonne Connell
Sent: 15 September 2008 09:00
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Subject: Re: Insurance for laptops
The downside of this model is the loss of control over the hardware purchased. One risks having to support every flavour of laptop and PC on the market, and also that purchasing decisions will be made on the basis of want rather than need.
Yvonne
Yvonne Connell
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From: JISC RSC for London Technical Advice Service Contact list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sowerby, Alasdair
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Thanks all
Have been suggesting that for the last 2 years! The separate cost centre model like that works well in most enterprises, as it forces the users to count the cost of their own hardware.
Sadly no one here will go for it yet. But I live in hope.
Regards
Alasdair Sowerby
Information Systems Team Leader
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN
Tel: 020 7848 1272 www.courtauld.ac.uk
Currently at The Courtauld Gallery:
The Courtauld Cézannes
26 June - 5 October 2008
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From: JISC RSC for London Technical Advice Service Contact list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of martin king
Sent: 12 September 2008 15:28
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Subject: Re: Insurance for laptops
Hi all,
One idea for the future is to devolve end user IT budgets and sourcing of end user equipment to user departments - this is the direction I am trying to point our college - the cost of laptops and desktops is coming down do much anyway
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From: JISC RSC for London Technical Advice Service Contact list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Miles Metcalfe
Sent: 12 September 2008 12:51
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Hi Alasdair
I used to get very annoyed by the budget hit, but now, I build it in to our TCO calculations. If staff understand that loss and damage affects the number and specification of laptops, perhaps they will have a vested interest in keeping it down.
Cheers
Miles
On 11 Sep 2008, at 16:10, Sowerby, Alasdair wrote:
> Hi Debbie
>
> Same here... sadly, I'm never allowed to claim on the insurance for
> lost/stolen/damaged laptops, I'm told the premium increase would not
> make it worth while. As a result, we've had to take the hit on the IT
> budget.
>
> I would love staff to take the responsibility for covering laptops
> themselves... let me know if you find a way to enforce this.
>
> Regards
>
> Alasdair Sowerby
> Information Systems Team Leader
> The Courtauld Institute of Art
> Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN
> Tel: 020 7848 1272 www.courtauld.ac.uk
> Currently at The Courtauld Gallery:
> The Courtauld Cézannes
> 26 June - 5 October 2008
> The Courtauld: 75 years opening minds to art
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JISC RSC for London Technical Advice Service Contact list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> ] On Behalf Of Miles Metcalfe
> Sent: 11 September 2008 15:53
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Insurance for laptops
>
> Hi Debbie
>
> Our institution covers the loss. Although our Finance people tell me
> we have a very good insurance deal (arranged through a consortium, I
> think), we usually take the hit with lost laptops, a the value can be
> below the excess, or simply not worth the effort.
>
> Cheers
>
> Miles
>
> On 11 Sep 2008, at 14:46, Debbie.Haddow wrote:
>
>> Can anyone please advise me on the procedure they adopt for loss/
>> theft of staff laptops? Do you expect the staff to cover the loss on
>> their own insurance? Does your institution cover it?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Debbie Haddow
>> Head of New Technologies
>> Lewisham College
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