schools department of education
School District Uses Virtualization to Improve IT and Cut Costs During Budget Crisis
White Paper Volusia County Schools serves residents on east coast of Central Florida. To reduce costs, school district's IT department wanted to cut its server acquisition rate and consolidate... [25 Jul 2009]
Hawaii Safeguards Schools Statewide Using Intrusion Protection Systems From 3Com's TippingPoint Division
White Paper HIDOE's schools rely heavily on its wired and wireless LAN/WAN infrastructure for teaching and administration on notorious Blaster worm struck the Local Area Network (LAN). In 2004, officials at the Hawaii... [12 Jun 2009]
VoIP Education Module Produces Cost Savings and Improves Productivity and Parent Communications for Isolated Eastmont School District
White Paper After parents complained to the district office that telephone busy signals prevented them from contacting schools, the district replaced its jumble of voice systems with the 3Com NBX system, IP phones... [12 Jun 2009]
Oklahoma Department of Education: Closing the Achievement Gap With Wireless Generation Professional Services
White Paper The Oklahoma State Department of Education is committed to improving teaching and learning in its schools and closing the reading achievement gap across the state. The... [30 Apr 2009]
Luton aims for an A in school tech with £50m deal
News Speaking to silicon.com, education transformation and ICT advisor for Luton's Building Schools for the Future programme, David Crick, said: "What we will have from day one is a central datacentre which... [13 Jan 2009]
Educational System Cuts Spam, Millions in Costs, With Hosted E-Mail Filtering Solution
White Paper An internal IT services group, the Office of Education Technology (OET), oversees the schools' Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 e-mail environment, which has more than 750,000 mailboxes.... [02 Jul 2008]
WA Department of Education and Training Rolls Out Statewide Digital Learning to 800 Schools
White Paper This vast geography presents the department with a range of challenges, including building the skills of teachers at schools in remote areas of the... [21 May 2008]
Childnet helps parents get web savvy
Case Study The charity was commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (called the DfEE at the time) to build the resource in 2006, as part of the educational programme... [08 May 2008]
Critics label Microsoft's OOXML a 'marketing tool'
News Don't put Vista in schools, says education agency Mason, who represents the US Department of Energy in US national body the American National Standards Institute, wrote... [21 Apr 2008]
Linux-based laptop latest OLPC rival?
News According to Elonex, the One laptop "fits in line with the goal of the [Department for Children, Schools and Families] to close the gap between those from low-income and disadvantaged... [19 Feb 2008]
Plan to give all school kids broadband access
News A Department for Children, Schools and Family (DCSF) spokesman confirmed to silicon.com the government is aiming to make the provision of home IT as much a part of... [04 Jan 2008]
UK 'a closed shop for open source'
News The public sector is scared of open source, according to Cox, who said rules that restrict the use of open source in schools are building obsolescence into the UK... [13 Sep 2007]
Schools get lessons on biometric tech
News The guidance was developed in conjunction with Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Information Commissioner's Office. Schools have been offered guidance on how to... [25 Jul 2007]
Capgemini wins $40m childrens database deal
News The project is being funded by the newly created Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).silicon.com Public Sector In a policy statement published in May 2007 the DCSF said: "ContactPoint... [17 Jul 2007]
Tech to suffer in Brown's new look Whitehall?
News The DfES has been split by the new prime minister, Gordon Brown, into the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills... [13 Jul 2007]
Keep updated for stories matching schools department of education via RSS
