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Ministry of Education Gains Cost-Effective Control of IT Threats

The Ministry of Education is responsible for the provision of education to over 2,600 state and state-integrated schools throughout New Zealand. Many schools were running with inadequate or no anti-virus software, leaving them with little protection against virus infiltration. As a result, many school computers were infected with viruses and...

Tags: Education, School, Antivirus, Information Technology, Computer Associates International Inc., Threat Management, Virus, Ministry Of Education, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Security

Case studies 2007-11-05

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So about this SIF thing

Difficulties in implementationLong before I retired from being a computer coordinator for our district, SIF was in the news.The reality for my district was changing Student Information Management software three times in 10 years (and a fourth since '06 when I retired). In each case, the transfer of data from...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, SIF

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-24

And now the Singapore Ministry of Education has "gonegoogle"

Singapore, long considered a model for education and consistently scoring at the top of international rankings, particularly in math and science, announced yesterday that is adopting Google Apps for Education for its 30,000 staff. by Christopher Dawson

Tags: Education, Singapore, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Amazon gets bullied, pulls purchased e-books from Kindles

Amazon gets bullied, pulls purchased e-books from KindlesDTPALet's hope somebody decides to sue their butts off under a state's Deceptive Trade Practices Act -- claiming that an item sold has qualities, characteristics, source, certification, approval or etc., which in fact it does not have (e.g., claiming non-kosher products are kosher)....

Tags: E-books, Amazon.com Inc., e-book

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

Don't be like China

China has been receiving enormous amounts of negative press lately for its so-called "Green Dam" content filtering and increasingly stringent requirements for Google to limit access to pornography via its searches. According to the Times article, At a news conference on Thursday, a Foreign Ministry...

Tags: Pornography, Content Filtering, Government, Content Management, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Austrian Ministry of Education - Volume Activation in a Diverse Environment

The Austrian Ministry of Education MoE is a large educational institution committed to steering Austria's schools to new levels of achievement. A key strategy for the MoE is ensuring that Austrian students always have access to the most current software available. To this end, the MoE sought to deploy Windows...

Tags: Education, Environment, Microsoft Corp., Austrian Ministry Of Education, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Case studies 2009-04-14

Happy birthday to me: a $20 laptop?

Happy birthday to me: a $20 laptop?Yes! India can do it.I think, India can do it, because of it size and manpower. They have done it for Mobile phone.India has the second largest cell phone users in the world and call charges are cheapest in the world and main thing...

Tags: Notebooks, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

Bahrain Ministry of Education Powers Nationwide e-Learning Initiative With 3Com Switched and Wireless Networks, Bahrain

Bahrain's Ministry of Education MoE skillfully oversees 200 schools nationwide serving 116,000 students. Carrying this tradition of academic achievement into the 21st century, the MoE launched a cutting-edge e-learning initiative designed to prepare its students for future success by providing them with an advanced computer-based curriculum. By 2011, all 200...

Tags: Education, Network, 3Com Corp., Bahrain, Wireless Network, Wireless, E-learning, Training And Certification, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-01-01

Luxembourg Ministry of National Education Extends Learning With Flexible Education Portal

The Luxembourg Ministry of Education had a clear vision for its virtual learning environment: to provide the country's students with easy access to reliable, validated educational tools and content that could assist them with their studies. With home Personal Computer PC penetration topping 90% in Luxembourg, the ministry considered the...

Tags: Education, Luxembourg, Ministry, Oracle Corp., Portals, Desktops, Networking, Internet, Hardware

Case studies 2009-01-01

NCP Network Communications Products Engineering Case Study: Land Brandenburg

The ministry for education, youth and sport of the federal state Brandenburg MBJS deployed a Virtual Private Network VPN to connect schools, boards of education, and the MBJS in August 2003. NCP's task comprised: realisation of charges, service-mail operations, reconciliations, etc. via a common, secure network and VPN operation by...

Tags: Education, Network, NCP Network Communications Products Engineering, NCP, VPNs, Networking, Network Security, Telecommunications, Security

Case studies 2009-01-01

Educational Authorities Find Scalable, Flexible E-Learning Solution With EduWave Live

Software company ITG has developed EduWave Live, a K-12 e-learning solution that uses collaborative Microsoft products and is particularly appropriate for national educational reform initiatives. Few e-learning solutions are designed for nationwide K-12 deployment in countries with a central educational authority such as a Ministry of Education. An exception, EduWave...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., E-learning, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-12-01

Ministry of Education Delivers Critical Learning Resources With New Operating System

The Ministry of Education, Research, and Youth seeks to provide all Romanian students with quality learning experiences. Aging or lack of IT systems, however, hindered secure access to modern educational software and content for students and teachers - especially those who live in rural areas. The Ministry sought to deliver...

Tags: Education, Operating System, Student, Microsoft Corp., Teacher, E-learning, Training And Certification, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Management

Case studies 2008-06-01

Romanian Schools Get New IT Operating Environment in Just One Day

The Ministry of Education, Research and Youth seeks to provide all Romanian students with quality learning experiences. However, in rural areas, existing IT systems - or a lack of them - hindered secure access to modern educational software and content for students and teachers. Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner...

Tags: School, Information Technology, Environment, Microsoft Corp., Productivity, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management

Case studies 2008-06-01

DioHanDic 1.0 (Mobile)

DioHanDic 1.0 for Palm OS is a Hanja* dictionary of 4,888 characters and 116,000 words used in Korea. Hanja characters are categorized into different levels standardized by the Ministry of Education and Korea Hanja Proficiency Test Institute. In addition, a friendly user interface which best fits the features of Palm...

Tags: Mobile, Operating System, Palm Inc., Palm OS, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-05-29

Ballmer egged in Hungary

Ballmer egged in HungaryM$ thugs got exposed in HungaryHere we see a concern citizen that fights against M$ plundering his country using a non violent protest.Of course Ballmer had nothing to say about acusations because they are real and he can't accept any meaningfull debabe about M$ dirty deeds.RE: Ballmer...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Steve Ballmer, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-19

University of Massachusetts enters online degree deal with China

The University of Massachusetts announced today that it would be the first foreign university to offer courses and degrees via the Internet in China. Plans call for UMassOnline to offer credit and non-credit courses, certificate programs, and degree programs from all five UMass campuses -- through online...

Tags: China, University Of Massachusetts, Internet, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Do 1:1 solutions really need to be portable?

News.com is carrying a story on efforts in one Brazilian city to forgo emerging trends towards OLPC-style laptops for kids and bring computing directly to kids' desks. While the Brazilian government is being courted by both OLPC and Intel to place their respective low-cost laptops into classrooms around the...

Tags: Desk, Classroom, Tablets, Productivity, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-03-13

EyeGuarder 1 (Windows)

EyeGuarder is a software which has been proved to be effective for protecting the eye sight, especially for children. It will remind you of protecting your eyes or protect your eyes compulsively. The method using software to protect one's eyes is developed in Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Cure Institute...

Tags: Eye, Evan Nieh, EyeGuarder, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2008-02-20

Microsoft denies dual-boot Linux/Windows XO laptops are on its agenda

Microsoft denies dual-boot Linux/Windows XO laptops are on its agendaMessage has been deleted.Message has been deleted.Interesting to say who is alienating whomWith respect to Intel it is interesting to see who was alienating whom. According to the founding CTO of OLPC, Mary Lou Jepsen, it would appear the motives...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, dual boot, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, dual-boot Linux/Windows XO-laptop, Linux/Windows XO-laptop

Discussion threads 2008-01-10