June 2005 — Product Focus
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Administrative & Management Tools
ADM2000 Principalm is a mobile tool for ACE Software’s (www.acesoft.com) ADM2000 Student Information System—a system that gives principals and other administrators instant access to critical student data through any Palm OS-based PDA device. The software provides a flexible, secure way for administrators to keep track of important information such as class schedules, emergency contact information, grades, attendance, and students’ photos in one convenient place. ADM2000 Principalm is included in ACE’s ADM2000 Student Information System, but Principalm connection software (which provides the link to ADM2000) and PDAs cost extra. Prices start at $495 per building, plus an annual $210 per building maintenance fee.
Meeting Maker Millennium
Version 8.5from Meeting
Maker (www.meetingmaker.com) is a convenient calendaring
and scheduling tool
for institutions of all sizes. 
The application includes two
new key features: add-on
modules for connectivity
with Microsoft Outlook and
enhanced LDAP (lightweight
directory access protocol) integration. Its Meeting Maker Connector
for Outlook add-on module empowers the installed base of Outlook
users to collaborate with Meeting Maker users within their organization
when scheduling meetings and managing their calendars. Also, the enhanced LDAP Integration module
provides organizations with central userauthentication
capabilities for simplified
account management and security. Prices start
at $95 per user.
FileWave 
(www.filewave.com), a provider of
Mac OS and Windows system management
software, is offering its flagship product,
FileWave 2.0, to all K-12 schools and universities
at no cost, as long as the educational institutions invest in a
two-year support contract (priced at $900 per year for 100 clients).
The goal of the FileWave software suite is to eliminate unnecessary
software and hardware costs, as well as increase IT productivity,by
allowing schools to disseminate Macintosh and Windows software,
as well as any system updates, quickly and easily across their
multiplatform distributed networks.
NetSimplicity (www.netsimplicity.com/mymrm/index.asp?mtcPromotion=NetSim>2E718A) has released four new
editions of its easy-to-use Meeting Room Manager (MRM) scheduling
software, which provides administrators with tools to automate and
customize their institution’s entire scheduling process. MRM Teamis
for small groups of up to 10 schedulers, MRM Enterprise is for large
corporations and organizations with thousands of users, and
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