Decisions of the CAM Computing Committee, 14th March 2003.
| Requestor | Request | Room | Bid cost | Rationale | Bid notes | Priority | Funds allocated | Cumulative total | Decision notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry.King | Upgrade 40 licences to Macromedia Director MX | LG | £4,653 | 1. Keep up with the latest. 2. Software works in tandem with not only other Macromedia products but also with other Web developments 3. Students often use either a downloaded 30-day version (which is now Director MX) or a pirated version (which is always the latest). | 10 | £4,653 | £4,653 | Already ordered | |
| Terry.King | Upgrade 40 licences to Macromedia Director MX | M3-3 | £4,653 | Same rationale as for LG above | 10 | £4,653 | £9,306 | Already ordered | |
| Steve.Broadbent | Replace 40 multimedia machines; P4 2.4GHz / 1Gb RAM / 80Gb HDD; includes flat screen monitors, CuBase SX, Cakewalk Sonar, Sibelius and MIDI keyboard | M2-2 | £90,623 | Replace machines moved from LG last year | 9 | £90,623 | £99,929 | ||
| Dean.Ledger | 8 x 200Gb hard drives for video editing machines | LG | £1,872 | The current 80Gb ones are not suitable in size to hold all the video that is currenlty on the machines and the increased use of video in the media courses | 9 | £1,872 | £101,801 | So little disk space, students are deleting each other's files | |
| Brian.Heal | 45 licences for 3ds Max 5.1 | M2-2 | £6,169 | Provide further 3ds Max 5.1 | 8 | £6,169 | £107,970 | EK to check what version ADM will have in September | |
| Gary.Bown | 15 Sony DCR-TRV340 Digital 8 Handycam Cameras (or equvalent model/cost - new models are out March 1st) plus 15 camera bags | CT | £7,920 | The increasing numbers of ET and CT Digital course students requiring digital cameras. There are not enough of these basic cameras in Liongate for the above courses and all the other units/courses requiring digital filming and editing. CT there needs its own cameras. These can then be maintained and distributed as required. By close monitoring we believe the life of these cameras would be extended certainly a lot longer than those in Liongate. Current estimate is that CT will have in excess of 200 students requiring cameras for filming and editing next semester. | 8 | £7,920 | £115,890 | Increased student numbers | |
| Ed.Kopinski | Dell Poweredge 4600 *Tower Chassis *Dual 2.6Ghz processor *One redundant power supply *2Gbyte of Memory (4 x 512) *5 x 36Gb 15,000 RPM Hard drives *Raid 5 controlled by 128MB Ultra 160 PERC 3/Di embedded RAID controller *Internal 40/80 GB DLT drive. *3 years next day on site maintenance agreement *No Installation |
Server | £6,715 | There is the evidence of the eCommerce server in Anglesea being under considerable pressure when a number of users are accessing it at one time, which has happened on a a number of occasions this year. The server needs upgrading. | 8 | £6,715 | £122,605 | ||
| Brian.Heal | Upgrade 45 licences to 3ds Max 5.1 | LG | £6,169 | ADM have version 5 on all their machines. So to maintain compatibility we should have version 5 on all our multimedia PCs. | 8 | £6,169 | £128,774 | ||
| Jim.Briggs | 7 replacement machines for admin staff | Admin (LG, BK & BT) | £6,000 | Replace worst one-third of admin machines. Includes two "fast" machines for timetable purposes. | 8 | £6,000 | £134,774 | ||
| Steve.Broadbent | Replace 38 general purpose machines by 38 multimedia machines; P4 2.4GHz / 1Gb RAM / 80Gb HDD; includes flat screen monitors, CuBase SX, Cakewalk Sonar, Sibelius and MIDI keyboard | M3-4 | £86,092 | Additional multimedia lab | 8 | £86,092 | £220,866 | ||
| Steve.Hand | 45 copies of 3ds Max 5.1 | M3-4 | £6,169 | Due to the number of students anticipated next Semester into the ET/CT courses there will be a case for a further full multimedia lab with video editing facilities. They will need to be able to run Premier and 3D Studio Max | 8 | £6,169 | £227,035 | ||
| Steve.Hand | 40 copies of Adobe Premiere 6.5 | M3-4 | £4,089 | As for 3ds Max 5.1 above | 8 | £4,089 | £231,124 | ||
| Steve.Broadbent | Replace 40 lab machines; P4 2.4GHz / 512Mb RAM / 40Gb disk; includes flat screen monitors | M3-3 | £36,639 | This bid is to replace 78 of the four year old P3/450 based PCs | 7 | £36,639 | £267,763 | Part of rolling replacement plan | |
| Steve.Broadbent | Replace 10 audio-visual editing PCs; P4 2.4GHz / 1Gb RAM / 20+120Gb HDD; includes AVID XPRESS DV v3.5 | M2-4 | £25,027 | Replace machines moved from LG last year | Keep existing monitors | 7 | £25,027 | £292,790 | Part of rolling replacement plan |
| Lynn.Pevy | Site licence for Maths for Engineers WebDisk | Maths Café | £1,410 | For use in the Maths cafe, Maths Centre and by individual lecturers teaching maths to engineering students. It covers many of the major engineering maths topics and provides a link between the maths and the engineering applications partly through modelling videos. It would be of use in at least 8 units. Year 1 & year 2 engineering analysis/maths units in Mechanical , Civil and Eelectrical Engineering. It can also be used by students for independent study. | 7 | £1,410 | £294,200 | ||
| Jim.Briggs | Upgrade 40 licences to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX | M3-3 | £2,115 | Keep up to date | From Dreamweaver 3 | 5 | £2,115 | £296,315 | SB to check that room does not already have MX |
| Jim.Briggs | Upgrade 38 licences to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX | M3-4 | £2,009 | Keep up to date | From Dreamweaver 3 | 5 | £2,009 | £298,324 | SB to check that room does not already have MX |
| Mike.McCabe | 6 tablet PCs & 6 PDAs | Maths | £12,000 | Portable interactive classroom use (I will purchase necessary software) | 4 | £12,000 | £310,324 | ||
| Jonathan.Crellin | 3 Palm Pilots for student project use; including development software | Projects | £1,287 | I’d like to increase the number of projects using handheld devices, in the past I’ve had several students do projects, but ownership of a device is a pre-requisite. | 4 | £1,287 | £311,611 | ||
| Jonathan.Crellin | GPS device | Projects | £142 | I’d like to purchase one handheld GPS device and serial cable so that I could get students to do projects based around the NMEA protocol (used for serial communication between GPS aware devices). Students have not been able to do this project unless they already own one of these devices. | 4 | £142 | £311,754 | ||
| Jim.Briggs | Upgrade 20 licences to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX | AG0-29 | £1,058 | Keep up to date | From Dreamweaver Ultradev | 3 | £1,058 | £312,811 | Possibly also AG0-30 |
| Steve.Broadbent | Replace 38 lab machines; P4 2.4GHz / 512Mb RAM / 40Gb disk; includes flat screen monitors | M3-4 | £34,807 | This bid is to replace 78 of the four year old P3/450 based PCs | 0 | £0 | £312,811 | Not needed - making this a multimedia lab is a higher priority | |
| Mike.McCabe | Perception server | Server | £7,000 | Purchase of Perception software @ £35K - but nowhere to put it | University intentions? Do we already have a server that could be used? | 0 | £0 | £312,811 | Already got one |
| Mike.McCabe | PC projector | M4-1 | £3,000 | Often needed to display teacher machine | refer to Kit.Long? | 0 | £0 | £312,811 | JSB to refer to Kit Long |
| Alex.Bennett | Visual Studio .NET upgrade | All | £0 | VS .NET is now the current version of the Visual Studio software and over the last year (since it's release) it has become increasingly difficult for students to acquire study materials on the previous versions of Visual Studio | Already covered by existing MS Campus and MSDN agreements | 0 | £0 | £312,811 | No charge |
| George.Allan | MS Project for all | All | £0 | all students who wish to can use the package in their projects, here, in their hall of residence, in lodgings, at home, on the net or stand alone if possible. | Already covered by existing MS Campus and MSDN agreements for students on particular courses | 0 | £0 | £312,811 | No charge provided used for teaching only |
| Total bids | £357,619 | 0 | £312,811 | ||||||
| Budget remaining | £175,120 | ||||||||
Last updated by Dr Jim Briggs of the School of Computing at the University of Portsmouth.