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- School District Saves Hundreds of Support Hours With Operating System Upgrade
- The Perry School District, in central Iowa, has about 1,850 students enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12. The district uses technology very effectively to create a productive learning environment. However, an increase in malicious software downloads and unauthorized system changes impaired computers and caused performance problems. With the help of...
- Tags: Operating System, School District, Microsoft Corp., Malicious Software, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Viruses And Worms, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Security
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- Public School District Reduces Virus-Related Incidents With Network Access Protection
- Central Islip Public Schools in New York has 1500 employees serving 6500 students. With thousands of employees and students using those 2500 workstations, there is plenty of opportunity for non-compliant computers and users to infiltrate the system. The District wanted both network security and Active Directory management in a server,...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Network, Microsoft Windows Server, Virus, School District, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-03-06
- School District Simplifies Remote Application Access With Server Upgrade
- The Manteca Unified School District strives to provide excellent educational opportunities to a diverse student constituency. An enthusiastic adopter of technology to help meet its educational objectives, the district is upgrading its server computer operating system to Windows Server 2008 to take advantage of better remote application access for students,...
- Tags: District, Microsoft Access, Server Upgrade, School District, Manteca Unified School District, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- School District Enhances Educational Experience With Improved Technology Tools
- Jefferson County Public Schools wanted to increase its teachers' use of and comfort with technology for a more dynamic classroom environment. The district opted to standardize on Tablet PCs running the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system, rather than desktop or portable computers running Mac OS X or Windows...
- Tags: District, Teacher, Tool, School District, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Mac OS X, Notebooks, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software
- Case studies 2007-11-01
- School District Consolidates Backup Systems, Reduces IT Workload, and Lowers Costs
- Tracy Unified School District in northern California wanted to streamline the work involved in daily backups and file recoveries. The small IT staff spent an inordinate amount of time backing up e-mail messages and documents every day for the district's 22 schools and could spend days recovering accidentally deleted files...
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Backup System, School District, Backups
- Case studies 2007-11-01
- Arlington Independent School District Deploys Unified Communications to Cost-Effectively Enhance School Safety
- The Arlington Independent School District AISD is the ninth largest school district in Texas, with 74 school campuses and 63,000 students. Arlington Independent School District ISD wanted to ensure effective emergency communication and cost-effectively provide telephone coverage for every classroom. The challenge was to reduce communications operating costs. As a...
- Tags: Phone, School District, Unified Communications, Cisco Systems Inc., Arlington Independent School District, Telecom & Utilities
- Case studies 2007-10-10
- School District Improves Communications, Saves Costs With Unified Messaging
- The more than 1,600 employees at Tracy Unified School District in northern California rely on e-mail, voice mail, instant messaging, and faxes to communicate with each other, vendors, and parents. However, the district wanted a solution that would provide more flexible ways for users to communicate while eliminating high-cost phone...
- Tags: Unified Messaging, Microsoft Exchange Server, School District, VOIP, E-mail Servers, Telephony, Groupware, Telecommunications, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2007-10-06
- Maryland Public School District Gives Lexmark High Marks for Automating Its Electronic Report Card System
- Among the 50 largest public school systems in the United States, this public school system in Maryland provides a challenging and rewarding educational experience. For the 78 elementary schools in this Maryland school district, generating report cards was a challenging process. The longstanding practice of handwriting grades and comments on...
- Tags: Maryland, School District, Lexmark International Inc., Printers, Hardware, Peripherals
- Case studies 2007-09-20
- Dyntek Case Study: Walled Lake Consolidated School District
- The Walled Lake Consolidated School District is located in the greater metropolitan Detroit, Michigan area. The mission of the school, in partnership with parents and community, was to become the best educational system in America so all students demonstrate they are caring, responsible and knowledgeable citizens. Walled Lake selected DynTek...
- Tags: School District, DynTek, Walled Lake Consolidated School District, Business Structures, Network Administration, Finance, Networking
- Case studies 2007-05-29
- Small School District Sees Big Gains in PC Security, Performance, and Availability
- The Perry School District, which serves a community of nearly 10,000 people in central Iowa, faced a common problem in its middle-school and high-school computer labs: the downloading of malicious software ("Malware"), which wreaked havoc on performance and availability. With the help of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Heartland Technology Solutions,...
- Tags: Performance, PC, Malware, Microsoft Corp., School District, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Security
- Case studies 2007-05-01
- An IT Infrastructure Based on Dell Platforms Keeps the Kenton County School District at the Head of the Class
- The Kenton County School District in Kentucky is an award-winning district at the forefront of educational IT. To comply with federal regulations and improve administrative and teacher access to student records, the district needed to revamp its data warehouse strategy. Kenton County School District standardized on dual-core Intel Xeon processor...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Data Warehouse, Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, School District, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Servers, Processors, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- Case studies 2006-12-01
- School District's Wireless Initiative Helps Raise Computer Literacy
- The Broward County Public School District is the sixth largest school district in the United States. They wanted to increase the integration of technology into the curriculum and make PCs and Internet access available to all students and deploy a secure, cost-effective wireless communications system district wide. The Broward County...
- Tags: School District, Cisco Systems Inc., Computer, Broward County Public School District, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- Case studies 2006-06-01
- School District Offers Distance Learning and Improves Efficiency
- The sixth largest school district in the United States, the Broward County School District's primary goal was to enhance educational learning opportunities by supplementing voice conferencing with Web collaboration. Another goal was to extend the use of voice conferencing to parent-teacher conferences and staff meetings, including in-service training. The Broward...
- Tags: Distance Learning, Web-based Collaboration, School District, Voice, Cisco Systems Inc., Telecommunications
- Case studies 2006-05-01
- IT's no wonder that the US Education
- IT's no wonder that the US Educationisn't comparing well on a global scale.My Stepdaughter goes on summer vacation on MAY 4 2006MAY 4th!!!!how do you expect your kids to learn anything if they are getting long vacations from schooling?It's no wonder the USA has such a terrible reputation for the...
- Tags: Jaqui, mandatory tagging sucks, off-topic, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-04-27
- Of course it's different
- Of course it's differentBush and religion are both very evil things that children need to be warned about. And don't forget.....he's a college graduate so he must be much smarter than the rest of us. Why are you complaining about someone who's just trying to make sure your kids...
- Tags: teacher, jdclyde, teachers, liberals, nuts, busted, First Amendment, geography, lecture, off-topic, jd-quick (formerly clyde)
- Discussion threads 2006-03-07
- HIPAA
- Ok all, good question for you.Say that you have a kid in special ed. You and your wife are not fully satisfied with the way your kid is progressing in school, so you get together with a ton of people from the school, the school district, and of course...
- Tags: HIPAA, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, school district
- Discussion threads 2005-03-12
- Talking Shop: School technology coordinator gets lesson in ethics
- Explains a difficult scenario that a school technology coordinator was put into when he signed on with a corrupt school districtOur "What would you do?" column is a forum for sharing your knowledge and experience in dealing with the softer though some may say harder side of computer support: ethics....
- Tags: Network technology, Toni Bowers, e-mail, technology coordinator, school district, ethics
- Technical articles 2002-11-04
- School District Improves Education by Linking Teachers, Students, Parents Online
- The fourth-largest public school district in the United States needed a consistent way to deliver information to more than 1 million students, parents, teachers, and administrators. Miami-Dade County Public Schools built a Web-based portal to give all these constituents a single point of access for relevant information, services, and applications....
- Tags: District, Education, Teacher, School District, Portals, Internet
- Case studies
- School District Improves Communications, Education, and Safety
- Located along a remote stretch of Northern California's scenic Mendocino Coast, the Fort Bragg Unified School District FBUSD faces daunting economic challenges, including declining Average Daily Attendance ADA and high unemployment in the community, both of which affect funding. The district wanted to be sure that its network could provide...
- Tags: Education, Network, School District, Cisco Systems Inc., Networking
- Case studies 2006-07-01
- School District Improves Communications and Security
- Elmore County Schools needed a technology firm that would provide more than products and services; they wanted to work with a firm with which they could build a lasting relationship, and one that understands the struggles faced in the education sector and that would partner with them in their endeavors....
- Tags: Security, School District, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Case studies 2008-01-29
