Today HP launched new additions to its Digital Learning Suite, a lineup of K-12 education tools ranging from classroom management software to presentation devices to a multi-seat thin client solution.
Rockdale County School District in Georgia has experienced the benefits of server virtualization, which has--so far in the early phases of implementation--saved on hardware costs and helped IT staff consolidate and cut down server "clutter." But what about server virtualization's little cousin, desktop virtualization? Rockdale's tried it ... twice; but for this district it's proved a less than ideal alternative to full-featured PCs.
Cisco's desktop virtualization dreams call on partners for the heavy lifting, even as it introduces devices to compete.
A California school district is turning to virtualized desktops to override its traditional equipment replacement policy.
Virtual computing can take some getting used to. Three districts that have made the leap from conventional desktop PCs offer firsthand advice.
Keller Independent School District of Keller, TX is extending learning beyond the classroom. The district has adopted remote desktop software to give its students remote access to in-school software, files, and information from anywhere they use their school-issued tablet computers or any other device with Internet access.
Center Grove Community School Corp. prides itself in its willingness to invest time and resources into developing first-rate academic programs that emphasize educational innovation. So when the White River Township, IN-based network of five elementary schools, three middle schools and one high school implemented a 1:1 laptop program last year, its technology staff wanted to do better than simply load those computers with software programs and hand them out to students.
Microsoft last week described a different way to use desktop virtualization to maintain legacy applications and still move users to Windows 7.
Citrix Systems has gone into business with Cisco to deliver a packaged setup that promises to help organizations deploy virtualized computing environments more easily. The solution, which combines Cisco's Unified Computing System with Citrix XenDesktop, will, the companies claimed, reduce the cost per desktop by 20 percent by lowering data center infrastructure expense through high user density per server and tight integration of hardware and software.
Campbell Union School District of San Jose, CA has completed the implementation of environmentally friendly, Mac-based thin client terminal stations at one of its middle schools.