K-12

Walling Data Deploys AVG ANti-Virus for Arkansas District

9/15/2008

Arkadelphia Public Schools in Arkansas has switched to AVG Anti-Virus--with the help of value-added technology distributor, Walling Data Systems--to secure the district's network of more than 700 workstations. Read More

Dailymotion Partners with One Laptop per Child To Bring Video to XO Laptop

9/11/2008

Dailymotion has announced a partnership with the non-profit One Laptop per Child (OLPC) that's intended to bring media-rich, educational content to underprivileged children worldwide. Read More

Roper Acquires Horizon Software, Expands K-12 Business with Food-Service Software

9/5/2008

Roper Industries Inc. has announced the purchase of Horizon Software International, adding a series of food service-centered software offerings to its growing portfolio. Read More

Scottsdale Unified Works with GE Security on District Security Assessment

8/28/2008

Scottsdale Unified School District in Arizona has completed the first phase of a district-wide strategic security master planning process designed to boost safety and support student achievement. The district recently received results of the security assessment from GE Security, including recommendations on ways security might be further improved throughout the district's schools. Read More

Certica Expands Data Certification in Texas

8/27/2008

Data certification software provider Certica Solutions is expanding its data certification services in Texas with the aim of helping the school districts manage data in accordance with state and federal education mandates. Read More

Texas District Virtualizes Servers on VMware, Dell

8/26/2008

Tyler Independent School District in Texas said it has recently moved its servers to a virtualized infrastructure, consolidating 114 older servers onto seven new ones. The district is running VMware ESX Server software on Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers. Read More

Is Green the New Gold for Education Marketers?

8/19/2008

Manufacturers are clearly keen to promote green. But green just isn't a purchasing priority for customers in the private sector yet. While sentiment seems to favor environmentally friendly technologies, the case has not yet been made--despite all the recent hype--to the point where large numbers of business customers are shelling out hard cash just to reduce their carbon footprints. But is the education marketplace different? Some recent indicators suggest that the sales opportunities are there for smart education marketers. Read More

Custom Math Curricula Net Carnegie Learning $5 Million in Georgia

8/18/2008

Carnegie Learning recently announced it has reached sales in excess of $5 million for it's newly released Georgia Mathematics 1 and 2 curricula. The customized solutions, designed specifically to meet new high school math requirements being implemented this fall, has been adopted by more than 130 middle and high schools across the state. Read More

Poway USD Implements iPrism Web Filter To Increase Productivity, Cut Costs

8/15/2008

Poway Unified School District (USD) has deployed St. Bernard Software's iPrism 100h Web filter. The new implementation is intended to cut costs, save time, and provide a useful set of reporting and tracking features. Read More

Teltronics, GE Security Partner for School IP Communications and Security

8/15/2008

Teltronics announced recently that it's been selected by GE Security to provide a new IP-based, secure multimedia platform that will serve as the next generation of the company's StarCall system. Dubbed StarCall iPLUS, the new SIP-compliant, IP-based platform is designed to provide a host of new features designed to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Read More