Security/Privacy

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

Channel One Network And i-SAFE Partner for Online Safety Awareness

6/3/2008

Teen news and content provider Channel One has partnered with electronic safety firm i-SAFE in an effort to enhance and increase electronic safety awareness among teens. The organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding, committing to work together to provide video programming and curriculum-based tools to students through the Channel One News broadcast and the i-SAFE and Channel One Web sites. Read More

Geeks On Call Partners with Ident-A-Kid

5/30/2008

IT solutions provider Geeks On Call announced Wednesday that it has partnered with child safety provider Ident-A-Kid through the Geeks On Call Endorsed Vendor Program and Ident-A-Kid's Corporate Partner Program. Read More

Kaspersky Lab Selected As CDW Sapphire Partner, Offers Cutting-Edge Technology

5/28/2008

Internet threat management solutions provider Kaspersky Lab has announced it's been selected by CDW for its Sapphire Partner Program. The program was designed by CDW to provide customers greater access to emerging trends in the IT marketplace. Read More

Georgia State Pilots Incident Response System

5/27/2008

Georgia State University in Atlanta is piloting a new incident response system from Risk Mitigation Systems. FIRSTResponder provides planning and two-way voice, text, and e-mail communications response. Read More

Van Dyke Public Schools Deploys NetOp Software for Master Control in Classroom

5/27/2008

After two years of working with NetOp School, the Van Dyke Public School System in Michigan has gone public with details about its installation of the software, which lets teachers control and interact with classroom computers. Read More

Xceedium Looks To Expand Market Presence with New Partner Program

5/21/2008

Security and compliance solution provider Xceedium, announced Tuesday the launch of a new partner program, dubbed the "Xceedium Xcelerate Partner Program." Giving partners access to a range of resources, the company is looking to the new program to expand its presence in the marketplace. Read More

Security Market: K-12 Schools Rate Themselves 'Vulnerable'

5/21/2008

A large percentage of schools consider themselves open for physical and data breaches. In a new study conducted by Quality Education Data and released this week by CDW Government (CDW-G), 39 percent of K-12 IT and security personnel rate their institutions as only "moderately safe" to "very vulnerable." Read More

GVI Rolls Out Surveillance to Sarasota County

5/20/2008

Sarasota County School District in Florida is expanding its video surveillance program, bringing the total number of installed cameras to more than 2,500, according to GVI Security Solutions, Samsung's security technology master distributor. Read More

Tel-Aviv U and Check Point Establish InfoSec Research Institute

5/1/2008

Tel-Aviv University (TAU) and security company Check Point Software Technologies have announced a partnership to establish an information security research institute. The institute, under the auspices of the School of Computer Science at TAU, will be managed by a joint board, with representatives and financing from both the vendor and the university. The set-up investment is estimated at about $1 million. Read More