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Regards, Sean On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Baril <[email protected]> wrote: > You might want to check out this link. Great product! > > http://www.landingzone.net/ > > Best, > > Roy > > > On 4/3/2015 2:58 PM, Beth Muramoto wrote: > > As always, please bear with the lengthy and likely extraneous > explanation: > > > We are noticing a trend among staff requesting laptops with external > monitors for use as their primary computer versus the standard desktop. > They are attending more meetings and instead of taking notes and > transcribing them when they get back to their offices, they want to be able > to type everything then and there. > > We don't have a budget for letting them have both a desktop and a > laptop, but understand the need that the laptop would fulfill. My thoughts > stray to the "good old days" of docking stations. I forgot the Apple laptop > that had that available. So I guess this is really something whose time has > finally come for us. > > However, I know that there are a LOT of things to consider like from a > security standpoint, liability issues, insurance etc. > > I've listed the kinds of questions I'm wrestling with (and if anyone has > other things I need to think about, please do mention them if I haven't > considered them or have forgotten to mention them here) and I want to tap > anyone who might have already gone through this kind of process and what > steps did you take to ensure some of the "dangerous ground" that we'll be > treading. > > I have considered some of the security issues such as logging into the > computer both when turning on the computer as well as when it sleeps, > locking them away in locked drawers or locked offices when leaving the > office or use a cable lock to secure them to the desks, creating an admin > account for me as IT (to control installs etc.), a standard login for the > user (we already do this with the desktops to meet campus security > standards), and considering the potential for someone taking the laptop > home and needing VPN to access online services, > > Here are questions I don't have an answer to and would love to have some > guidance on. > > Have any of you or does campus have liability document that the user has > to sign for situations of loss, destruction or theft? > > Should we insure these laptops for replacement in case of loss, > destruction or theft? > > Is there a way to implement Find My Mac (forgot to mention that they > will be Macbook Pros) on the laptops to track lost laptops and erase data > remotely? If so, would I have to use my personal Apple ID account or can I > create a "departmental" one with an iCloud account that would give me this > ability? > > > This is a really big step and I want to make sure I cover all of the > specific pitfalls and security measures for going this route and I realize > that I'm probably not thinking about how to cover every consequence. > > Any help or suggestions are welcome and as always appreciated. > > Beth > > > > -- > *********************************************** > Beth Muramoto > Computer Resource Specialist > Graduate School of Education > University of California, Berkeley > 1650 Tolman Hall > Berkeley, CA 94720 > Email: mailto:[email protected] > Phone: (510) 643-0203 <%28510%29%20643-0203> > Fax: (510) 643-6239 <%28510%29%20643-6239> > > “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some > blunders and absurdities have crept in – forget them as soon as you can. > Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a > spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” > -Emerson > > This is the essence of forgiveness. You can't change what happened but > you can make sure it doesn't have the power to prevent you from being happy > tomorrow. > > -Paul Boese > > “Kind words do not cost much yet they accomplish much.” > > -Blaise Pascal > > > *********************************************** > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The following was automatically added to this message by the list server: > > To learn more about Micronet, including how to subscribe to or unsubscribe > from its mailing list and how to find out about upcoming meetings, please > visit the Micronet Web site: > http://micronet.berkeley.edu > > Messages you send to this mailing list are public and world-viewable, and the > list's archives can be browsed and searched on the Internet. 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