Oi Oi.. Whats going on here then ?!?! PfS and BSF ?

[webman]

BSF (below standard functionality)

Excellent!! :P I've been trying to come up with something good for the BSF initialism for ages but that's a good one

[bossman]

Hi All,
I have found that everyone on this forum even people that i don't fully agree with to be fundimentaly good guy's with their schools at heart and without a shadow of a doubt the students wellbeing at the forefront of their thinking.

May I say hand on heart that I hope everyone finds their way through this quagmire called BSF and doesnt come out the other side damaged in any way shape or form because of the profit driven greed of some large companies too blatant to mention on this forum but they know who they are and the people who are driving them and it all in the disguise of
building a better education system.

We have a good educational system it's just that it needs a purpose and not a profit.

[Grommit]

Hi All,
I have found that everyone on this forum even people that i don't fully agree with to be fundimentaly good guy's with their schools at heart and without a shadow of a doubt the students wellbeing at the forefront of their thinking.

May I say hand on heart that I hope everyone finds their way through this quagmire called BSF and doesnt come out the other side damaged in any way shape or form because of the profit driven greed of some large companies too blatant to mention on this forum but they know who they are and the people who are driving them and it all in the disguise of
building a better education system.

We have a good educational system it's just that it needs a purpose and not a profit.

As I have mentioned before.. The In-House ICT at a School puts the School first and is only obligated to the School, Staff and Students

A managed service company has to put it's shareholders first, and school second and is only obligated and responsible to making profit for the shareholders..

Thats what businesses are in existance for.. to make a profit...

[psydii]

Bossman, you've obviously got your systems sewn up.

Could you elaborate...
Total no. machines
Total no. users.
Staff numbers, Student numbers
Wireless (yes/no; Coverage; num wireless enabled devices)
Av Age of client devices
Num Client devices under 3 yrs
% Classrooms with IWBs (or equiv)
Windows or Mac (versions?)
Number of 15+ computer suites
MIS flavour?
MIS all staff, or just admin/smt?
Electronic Registration (Yes/no; am-pm/every lesson; system)
VLE?
Remote Access?
Email - Staff/Student?
Staff (teachers; admin; it support; smt) Training strategy
Total staff in IT support team, and experience therein.

Maybe this question should be in 'How do you do it?'. We could claim a 5 minute response on most problems - but many of our resolution times are far too long due to vendor related issues. (MSI/WU crippling computers from Jul06-May07, Intel Wifi drivers unusable Jun06-Jan07; sims update system wholey unsuitable in a wireless environment Solus-present with no solution in offing)

The KPIs I've seen I'd hesitate to sign up to if it were my teams pay that'd be docked.