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Dear Open University,

Under the freedom of Information Act – I was hoping to obtain the following information:
Name(s) of person telephone number and email address of person responsible for managing CCTV and the Data. Who is responsible for purchasing CCTV and Data Storage of CCTV.
I also seek answers to the following questions:
How many cameras do you manage today? Is that growing?
How do you store and manage your video today? (Network Video Recorders? Enterprise Storage?)
Has your company ever lost video, or experienced poor-quality playback of video files?
How critical is video to your company? What is the impact of not being able to access video or record video?
When was the last time you refreshed your surveillance storage hardware?
Do you have an upgrade/refresh date? If so when?
What is your budget for the refresh?
Regards

Yours faithfully,

Jay Rouf

Freedom-of-Information, Open University

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Yours sincerely

 

Steve

 

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Steven Bond | FOI/DP Analyst - Equality and Information Rights

Academic Policy & Governance

The Open University, Level 5 (215), Charles Pinfold Building, Walton Hall,
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Freedom-of-Information, Open University

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Dear Jay

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. Please see below for
answers on a question by question basis:

 

·             Name(s) of person telephone number and email address of
person responsible for managing CCTV and the Data.

University Security Manager 01908 653666 [1][email address]

·             Who is responsible for purchasing CCTV and Data Storage of
CCTV?

As above

 

·         How many cameras do you manage today?

353

·         Is that growing?

Unlikely to grow owing to plans for estate reduction

·         How do you store and manage your video today? (Network Video
Recorders? Enterprise Storage?)

Network recorders

·         Has your company ever lost video, or experienced poor-quality
playback of video files?

No

·         How critical is video to your company? What is the impact of not
being able to access video or record video?

The Open University doesn’t hold this information,  to answer it would
require a staff member to express a subjective opinion rather than release
information held by a public authority.

·         When was the last time you refreshed your surveillance storage
hardware?                                       

Last year and ongoing

·         Do you have an upgrade/refresh date? If so when?
                                                                      

Ongoing as part of maintenance contract

·         Do you have an upgrade/refresh date? If so when?
                                                                                      

No upgrades planned at present time. Faulty units replaced as and when
occurs

·         What is your budget for the refresh?

No refresh planned but maintenance costs including PPM approx. £50k.

 

 

I hope that you find this information useful and if you have any further
questions please contact this office.

 

Kind regards

 

Steve

 

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Steven Bond | FOI/DP Analyst - Equality and Information Rights

Academic Policy & Governance

The Open University, Level 5 (215), Charles Pinfold Building, Walton Hall,
Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA

Tel: +44 (0) 1908 654732

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[5]Academic Policy & Governance

Providing expert, professional services

 

 

 

 

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