Epson has kicked off a new promotion for its education projectors, offering free units to schools that purchase in quantity.
At the Los Angeles Unified School District, which has a highly publicized green initiative involving building design and vehicle fuel conversion, Vickie Frederick, director of network operations, is immersed in two pilot efforts. One involves reducing the power draw of computers, and the other focuses on reducing the number of printers in use, to cut back on both power usage and toner usage.
Calaveras Unified School District (CUSD) in California has completed a $3 million district-wide network upgrade that includes a new IP telephony system along with an upgraded gigabit network infrastructure and a 100 megabit point-to-point wireless WAN across the school sites.
In an effort to boost student learning and opportunities for mobility and collaboration, California's Moorpark Unified School District has rolled out an all-new 802.11n high-speed wireless network across all of its campuses.
NComputing this week announced that its thin clients (also known as "virtual desktops") now qualify for energy rebates in several states.
School districts are saturating their campuses with surveillance cameras, with nearly four in five (79 percent) reporting that they use cameras at their schools--an increase of nine points over the last 12 months, according to a new report. But overall, according to CDW-G, which conducted the survey, schools are not keeping pace with "increasing threats."
Dell this week introduced a new 10.1-inch netbook tailored specifically for K-12 students, the Dell Latitude 2100.
A massive 463 schools in New South Wales in Australia are going wireless. The move is part of Australia's Digital Education Revolution initiative and is being implemented through the New South Wales Department of Education and Training.
HD Communications has introduced a series of low-cost wireless video links that allow for the placement of surveillance cameras in remote locations. The new wireless video links work with any IP outdoor Power over Ethernet (PoE) camera, according to the company.
Meru Networks has introduced a wireless local area network product optimized for delivering high-quality video over 802.11n networks running its System Director software.