Education Channel Partner News

11/18/2008

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Business Intelligence Growing in Popularity in Higher Ed
Well placed technology tools for information management have traditionally been a way for IT to cut costs while improving services. Business intelligence (BI) software is a good example, with more colleges and universities beginning to see better data sorting, analysis, and reporting tools as a ticket to smoother, less costly operations.

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Scantron, ETS Partner To Deliver Assessment Solutions
Scantron has entered into a multi-year licensing and distribution agreement with Educational Testing Service (ETS). Under the agreement, Scantron will distribute ETS' Item Banks along with its Scantron Achievement Series product.
St. Lucie Schools, Becker College Deploy Secure WiFi Networks, VoIP Infrastructure
Presidio Networked Solutions has recently announced wireless network deployments for St. Lucie County Public Schools in Florida and Becker College in Massachusetts. The implementations are aimed at replacing aging infrastructure, increasing network access for students and faculty, and enhancing security.
Tamalpais Union HSD Implements Multi-Campus WiFi Network
Tamalpais Union High School District in Marin County, California, has recently partnered with Aruba Networks to deploy the company's wireless network technology district-wide.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Establishes New K-12 Division
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has announced the establishment of a new division aimed at serving the K-12 education market.
Sun To Cut More Than 15 Percent of Global Workforce
Sun Microsystems, a leader in Java and open source technologies, put market "speculation to rest" Friday. CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced that the company is realigning itself to "adapt to the new economic reality."
Cisco Creates Global Resale Agent Program
Cisco has recently announced a new channel program intended to help foster global partner collaboration in order to serve multinational customers.
Oregon School Districts Move to EMC for Remote Data Backup
Clackamas Education Service District (ESD), a state-funded agency providing centralized educational programs and services, has introduced remote data backup services from EMC to 10 school districts in Clackamas County, OR.
Blackboard Managed Hosting Rolls Out Virtual Operating Environment
Blackboard is implementing Scalent Systems' Virtual Operating Environment for its Blackboard Managed Hosting service. Built on technologies from Scalent, Red Hat, NetApp, and Dell, the revamped environment is designed to provide greater flexibility for data center management and improved security and recovery capabilities.
Jenks District Adopts Mizuni Data Systems
Jenks Public Schools in Oklahoma is implementing a Web-based data gathering system throughout the district to help with reporting on student performance on state tests, as well as district pre- and post-tests. The system will be used to help monitor student performance and report the information to teacher to help them focus on students' weak spots.
Spectrum K12 Becomes Oracle ISV
Spectrum K12 School Solutions, a provider of student achievement management software, has recently become an Oracle Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partner.
Punahou School in Hawaii Turns to Virtualization for Data Center Energy Reduction
Punahou School, a private K-12 school in Hawaii, is launching a new effort to reduce its overall campus energy consumption by half within the next eight years. As part of the effort, the school is partnering with IBM to overhaul its data center with new servers and virtualization software from VMware.

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