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Arizona's Fastest-Growing School district Moves to Offer Laptops in the Classroom: Dysart USD is the fastest growing school district in Arizona. This case study examines how the district protects their investment in technology by effectively managing thousands of HP laptops. Learn how Dysart gets up-to-the-minute status of every computer's location, virus protection, software and hardware configuration, and how...; Tags: District, Absolute Software, Laptop Computer, Arizona, Dysart USD, Notebooks, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Security; Case studies 2008-03-01
To host or not to host: Last night I wrote a piece about the use of 802.11n, asking for opinions on whether it was worth it or even a good idea to roll out Draft-N routers (the response was mixed, but the general consensus seemed to be to stick with cheap 802.11g access points for now)....; Tags: District, Backup, SiS, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), E-mail, Web Site Development, Data Centers, Servers, Internet, Online Communications, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-02-27
Schools Improve IT Management, Conserve Resources With New Operating System: Norwalk Public Schools wanted to improve its IT operations and management and simplify application and system deployment. The district is working with partner Digital Back Office to deploy a prerelease version of the Windows Server 2008 operating system. The district is using the new system to enhance security, consolidate its...; Tags: District, IT Administration, Information Technology, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management; Case studies 2008-02-01
Textbook costs have to go: I read a headline in our local paper today noting that a neighboring district was about to spend $40,000 on textbooks, largely to support an updated history curriculum. $40,000!!! This for a district not all that much larger than ours. The most painful part of this figure...; Tags: District, Hardware, Textbook, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-01-18
School district Simplifies Remote Application Access With Server Upgrade: The Manteca Unified School District strives to provide excellent educational opportunities to a diverse student constituency. An enthusiastic adopter of technology to help meet its educational objectives, the district is upgrading its server computer operating system to Windows Server 2008 to take advantage of better remote application access for students,...; Tags: District, Microsoft Access, Server Upgrade, School District, Manteca Unified School District, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software; Case studies 2008-01-01

Take a look at Tokyo, tech capital: Tokyo is arguably the high-tech capital of the world. With cutting-edge technology, efficiency in travel and creative options for living in constrained spaces, the city of 12 million people is also a model for other growing cities. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos took a camera with him on a recent trip...; Tags: News.com, tokyo, japan, tech, capital, city, subway, electronics, store, shops, district, efficiency, public transit, temple, michael kanellos; Videos 2007-11-01
School district Enhances Educational Experience With Improved Technology Tools: Jefferson County Public Schools wanted to increase its teachers' use of and comfort with technology for a more dynamic classroom environment. The district opted to standardize on Tablet PCs running the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system, rather than desktop or portable computers running Mac OS X or Windows...; Tags: District, Teacher, Tool, School District, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Mac OS X, Notebooks, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software; Case studies 2007-11-01
Tokyo's neighborhood for food lovers: If you222re a chef, in the restaurant business or just love food, you'll want to see this. In western Tokyo, the Kappabashi-dori district hosts lines of stores that sell everything from the latest in cooking tools and utensils to plastic fish. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos recently toured the shops to...; Tags: News.com, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, kappabashi, tokyo, japan, michael kanellos, food, district, restaurant, chef, cook, head; Videos 2007-10-12
Email Archival and Retrieval: Every School district Needs It: The Auburn-Washburn School District provides public education to approximately 5,300 Kindergarten through 12th graders in Topeka, KS. It consists of 128 square miles of rural and suburban areas. Descriptive terms like academically challenging, progressive, small classes, high-achievement, modern and excellent are all used to describe the district. ...; Tags: District, Computhink, Auburn-Washburn School District, E-mail, Online Communications; Case studies 2007-06-20
"They Knew it would be Hellish": The Los Angeles Unified School District LAUSD has a problem with its Business Tools for Schools BTS ERP implementation: the new payroll system isn't working correctly and paychecks are wrong. This has led to an uproar, with the teacher's union advocating that teachers boycott student meetings and filing a lawsuit...; Tags: Deloitte Consulting, District, Payroll, Operational Accounting, Finance, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2007-06-11
DC Wi-Fi plan runs risk of missing poor neighborhoods: In classic DC style, the District of Columbia is seeking bids from Wi-Fi vendors under a scheme where support for low-income residents is the major evaluation factor. Ironically, though, the plan leaves entire neighborhoods at risk for getting no Wi-Fi, the Washington Post reports. Ironically, it is the District's desire...; Tags: D.C. Deputy Chief Technology Officer Peter Roy, District; Blog posts 2006-03-09
Analysis of district Heating Network Monitoring by Neural Networks Classification: The paper proposes an alternative approach to the problem of district heating monitoring parameters selection, based on conditions, taken, for instance, from a specific real district heating network supplemented with tests data and expert knowledge. According to the provisions of Kyoto Protocol, it is necessary to take actions against climate...; Tags: District, Network, Neural Network, Monitoring, Analysis, Network Monitoring, Networking; White papers 2005-12-21
Lake district Landscapes Screensaver (zip): Lake District Landscapes Screensaver is a slideshow-style screensaver featuring many beautiful photographs of the spectacular English Lake district. It includes 30 photographs with high resolution.; Tags: District, Screensaver, Photograph, Lake District Landscapes Screensaver; Software downloads 2005-10-24
School district Adopts New File Backup System, Expects to Save $100,000: The San Francisco Unified School District needed a reliable method for backing up important files. The district had used tape backups, which relied on schools to manually change tapes and check data. But even when files were recorded properly, tapes often failed. To back up users' files reliably and inexpensively,...; Tags: District, Microsoft Corp., Backup System, File, School District, Backups; Case studies 2005-09-09
New Financial Forecasting Tool Helps districts Plan for the Future: Two MSBO members, one a retired chief financial officer and a cur-rent business manager, created a new tool to help districts with financial forecasting. Ron and Carole Nyenhuis developed Dynamic Budget Projections exclusively for Michigan school districts. This easy-to-use program is a financial model that provides multi-year budget projections in...; Tags: District, Financial, Financial Accounting, Finance; White papers 2004-11-01
Palm Case Study: Southern Prairie Area Education Agency #15: In the last year, special education staff members in Iowa's Southern Prairie Area Education Agency #15 have discovered that palmOne handhelds help them to work more efficiently as they travel from school to school. The agency provides services to 24 public and 5 non-public school districts in southeast Iowa, many...; Tags: District, Education, Agency, Palm Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Case studies
Hays Consolidated Independent School district Tackles Rapid Growth With a Converged Network Solution: The Hays Consolidated Independent School District in Texas serves 9,703 students and employs more than 1,300 faculty and staff in an area along the Austin-San Antonio corridor. This district's phenomenal growth rate - where student population is predicted to possibly double by 2010 - necessitated a network solution that will...; Tags: District, Converged Network, Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Networking; Case studies
HP ProCurve Networking Case Study: Anaheim Union High School district: AUHSD is a progressive school district located in Southern California's Orange County. The district's infrastructure was not able to expand to accommodate the anticipated communication traffic across its network and could not provide the desired connectivity to classrooms in all schools. In addition, staff resources were limited, requiring a solution...; Tags: District, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, HP ProCurve, AUHSD, Utility Computing, Networking; Case studies
Customer Case Study: Frisco Independent School district: Located 30 miles north of Dallas, Texas, the Frisco Independent School District is one of the fastest growing school districts in the state. The district identified the need to establish a point-to-point wireless solution for its network operations. The district identified the need to establish a point-to-point wireless solution for...; Tags: District, AvNet Inc., Wireless Solution, Wi-Fi, Wireless; Case studies
Environmental Systems Research Institute Case Study: Washington, D.C.: The District of Columbia has grown and changed over the years, but city planners have ensured that changes reflect the original design and focus on the "big picture." Similarly, when the District government decided that it was time to invest in Geographic Information System GIS technology, it decided to implement...; Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., District, GIS, Government, Software; Case studies