russdev Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Well ok we are showing off slightly but also dont want to be seen as not being fully disclosed etc ect The school I work has now become on of few schools in county to become 'RM Partnership School" which in real terms dosnt mean much but we have MoU with rm on certain things and we get a nice stickyfoot and we get to use RM Logo's . But as get accused of working for rm all time dont want that to come and bite me on the foot so now all your all know as it stands will still tell them off if causing trouble..... Russ
GrumbleDook Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 The fact that you have changed your surname to 'Machines' so you can have the same initials sort of gives it away ... ;-) Go for it mate.
webman Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Russel Machines Partnership School, has a certain ring to it
CyberNerd Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 we have MoU with rm on certain things What things, exactly?
russdev Posted December 7, 2006 Author Posted December 7, 2006 lol we have to agree to defend rm and take up arms for them.... No we allow our place to be used by rm for local events if they wish, agree that slt member and key staff meet with rm every 6 months (we do anyway), notify them if head, network manager or head of ict changes nothing bad stuff we do anyway. Everything we do anyway just down on paper.. Russ
webman Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Do you get a discount on RM Connect licenses then?
CyberNerd Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 strange - normal customer service, that you'd expect from most companies - but RM feel the need to ratify it with a bit of paper. I expect it's to remind their staff what customer relations is.
GrumbleDook Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Russ is more than just a normal customer though ... you only had to see his session on the KS3 testing to realise that it pays to have someone with insider knowledge ...
russdev Posted December 7, 2006 Author Posted December 7, 2006 lol don't get discount no but we get certain benefits we get small (very small amount) to do special projects, they sponsor an award for pupils, publicity for the school few other bits.. Point is like the meeting with slt we cant say no to rm (we wouldn't anyway always willing to meet with suppliers). It is more about we promote our involvement with rm in return for them promoting us so we both get something out of it. Russ
john Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Hmmm I like the idea of that, but not with RM (yuck!) must think about this, work in partnership with a Harware Vendor could be good for all of us
russdev Posted December 7, 2006 Author Posted December 7, 2006 rm not that bad we quite like them.... Russ
webman Posted December 8, 2006 Posted December 8, 2006 RM haven't been able to beat the prices that we get for our hardware.
CyberNerd Posted December 8, 2006 Posted December 8, 2006 Can't say I've ever seen any decent deals wrt RM. Russdevs' MoU sounds like a BSF forerunner, a sweetner and a way for RM to get their 'foot in the door' in UK Partnerships eyes in lieu of BSF.
GrumbleDook Posted December 8, 2006 Posted December 8, 2006 Try thinking of it in the same way that there are Microsoft Academies or the old Apple Distinguished Schools system.
russdev Posted December 8, 2006 Author Posted December 8, 2006 lol Can say mou is nothing like bsf and wouldn't have much say into it as lea will go with who they like with bsf and nothing i or the school says will make difference. As for hardware prices we looked at this apart from dell who where offering silly season prices at the moment rm beat everyone else... But once we took support, the fact we have so non-rm pc's that have had a higher fail rate than rm pcs so once taken total cost over the 3 years rm came out as the best. Also rm pcs come pre-built and takes me 10 mins to setup, non rm workstations take me about an 1/2 hour at least Times that by 33 starts to add man hours involved yes compared to dell we might be pay slightly more but our total cost including my time which is scarce and expensive means more cost effective to go with RM. Remember never about total base cost... Russ
GrumbleDook Posted December 8, 2006 Posted December 8, 2006 Forget about the phrase about 'lies, damn lies and statistics' ... it should be 'tech support excuse servers, political promises and TCO statements' ... TCO ... it can be made to say nearly anything you want, but the best way of looking at it is "will it save me time even though it costs a little more? A reasonable amount more or a heck of a lot more?" In Russ's case anything that saves him time, to spend on EduGeek or with his better half, is going to be worth it ;-)
CyberNerd Posted December 8, 2006 Posted December 8, 2006 Can say mou is nothing like bsf and wouldn't have much say into it as lea will go with who they like with bsf and nothing i or the school says will make difference. Actually, the LEA don't decide - They can opt to do an in-house bid, but the decisions are made by Partnerships UK PLC who won the contract to oversee BSF procurement.
russdev Posted December 8, 2006 Author Posted December 8, 2006 arr well true but lea have lot of say if lea disagree with a choice then not going to happen... Russ
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