K-12

CPSI Offers Zone Integration Server Free for Districts

6/27/2008

CPSI Ltd. has announced that it will offer its fully certified, production-level Zone Integration Server (ZIS), SIF-Connect Server, free of charge to districts worldwide. Under the program, districts will have the opportunity to obtain licensing for SIF-Connect Server and pay only for support options. Read More

Tyler Technologies Closes Deal with Fort Worth ISD

6/20/2008

Tyler Technologies reported this week it has signed a contract with Fort Worth Independent School District (ISD) worth more than $4.7 million. Read More

Partnering for Success in K-12 Security

6/17/2008

When Van Dyke Public Schools was looking for a way to control what its 4,000 students were doing online, it approached several software vendors in the space. After reviewing its options, the nine-school system installed NetOp Tech Inc.'s NetOp School about two years ago. Read More

Six Years Later, SIIA Releases The 2nd Edition Of Experts' Guide To The K-12 Market

6/11/2008

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) last week released the second edition of their popular Experts' Guide to the K-12 Market. Targeting an audience that includes senior executives, project managers, sales professionals, public relations practitioners, and policy makers, among others, the guide is intended as a resource to help businesses compete in the education industry. Read More

DynTek Moves Suffolk County District to Virtualized Infrastructure

6/9/2008

Center Moriches School District in New York has revamped its infrastructure and adopted a new technology delivery model, opting to virtualize its servers and deploy a Citrix Application Delivery solution. The overhaul was handled by technology services provider DynTek. Read More

Abaca Brings Spam Filtering to 12 PA Districts

6/9/2008

Twelve school districts in Northeast Pennsylvania will be using the Abaca Technology Email Protection Gateway appliance after testing by BLaST Intermediate Unit (IU) 17. BLaST is an education service agency that delivers services to 19 school districts and 36,000 students. Read More

Texas District Deploys Barix Extreamer for Audio over IP

6/9/2008

Franklin Independent School District (ISD) in Franklin, TX has begun using Barix AG Exstreamer 100 Audio over IP decoding devices for school-wide voice, music, and bell-tone distribution in two schools. The solution provides administrators and teachers with a control system that interfaces with audio and video devices in the schools. Read More

Turning Releases SDK for Classroom Response System

6/6/2008

Ed tech provider Turning Technologies this week rolled out a new software development kit for its ResponseCard classroom response systems (AKA "classroom clickers"). Read More

HotChalk Partnerships Expand Digital Resources For Teachers, Students

6/5/2008

HotChalk, an online education resource for teachers, parents, and students, announced partnerships with McGraw-Hill, National Geographic, and PBS. The partnerships will provide HotChalk with curriculum content and video resources from the companies, augmenting the collaborative learning environment currently used by more than 395,000 teachers worldwide. Read More

Missouri Approves Electronic Transcripts for A+ Schools

6/5/2008

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education this week approved the use of the Connect! platform from ConnectEDU to deliver electronic transcripts to colleges from its A+ designated schools. There are more than 250 A+ designated schools in Missouri. Read More