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whitepaper UK School Transforms Computing Department and Introduces New Learning Opportunities for Its Students2006-06-09 Dell
  Albany School in Essex county is a comprehensive school for 11-16 year olds with over 850 students and 100 staff. The school's computing department needed to review its technology infrastructure to assist teachers deliver an advanced learning environment and help its pupils learn the 21st century skills necessary for working life. The specific issues the school wanted to address were the problems of computer downtime, the potential threat of viruses to the computer network and bring a standard technology solution across the school. Albany School chose Dell for all its hardware requirements, with a range of blade servers, Storage Area Network (SAN), desktops, notebooks and handheld devices.

Tags: Blades, SANs		   
whitepaper Mandate Program Keeps DSU Ahead of the Technology Curve0000-00-00 Gateway
  As South DakotaÂ’s Information Technology Excellence Center, Dakota State University emphasizes computer integration throughout its entire curriculum, regardless of a studentÂ’s major. This case study describes the mandate program DSU instituted in 2004, which requires that every full-time freshman and sophomore lease a Gateway M275 Notebook-to-Tablet PC from the school. Download the paper to learn how the initiative has exceeded DSUÂ’s initial objectives and find out what unanticipated benefits the school is realizing through its innovative mandate program.

Tags: Tablets, 		  
whitepaper iBook Laptops Help Students Improve Writing Scores0000-00-00 Apple Computer
  The Peace River North School District encompasses rural, semi-rural and urban areas with a population of 5908 students, served by 20 schools of varying sizes. The district ranges from the one-county schoolhouse to an ultra modern senior secondary school with more than 850 students. Given the diverse school population, the challenge for the district's educators was to assist teachers in motivating their students to improve their writing skills. In February 2002, the Peace River North School District spearheaded the launch of a Wireless Writing Program that initially gave sixth- and seventh-grade students in five classrooms constant access to their own iBook laptops to use throughout the school year.

Tags: Mobile - Wireless Communications		   
whitepaper Apple Computer Case Study: Hampton City Schools0000-00-00 Apple Computer
  One of the oldest cities in Virginia, Hampton is experiencing the challenges faced by many urban school districts. A large number of the city's 23,000 K - 12 students fall into the at-risk category. Access to technology tools at home is limited. With Apple's help, a long-term plan was put together for a phased rollout of the iBook laptop initiative. Some 260 teachers and students at Lindsay Middle School received the first batch of the wireless iBook laptops in the 2001 - 2002 school year.

Tags: Mobile - Wireless Communications		   
whitepaper Apple Computer Case Study: Wilson Elementary School0000-00-00 Apple Computer
  Knowing the background of Wilson's students makes the story all the more remarkable. Of the nearly 700 students in the school, 98 percent are Hispanic, 54 percent are English language learners, and 92 percent qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. In this rural community near Fresno, California many of the students' parents, who are primarily farm workers, have had little formal education. In most families, the annual household income is approximately $12,000. But listen to a presentation from the Wilson students for only a moment, and one thing is immediately apparent: These kids are going places. Their passport' A new laptop initiative, made possible with iBook Wireless Mobile Labs from Apple.

Tags: Mobile - Wireless Communications		   
whitepaper Medical Clinic of North Texas Case Study0000-00-00 Netopia
  The Medical Clinic of North Texas is a dynamic physicians group located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area known as the Metroplex. MCNT offers expert medical care in the areas of family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics. The clinic dispenses 24-hour access cards to its patients to connect them to the Wi-Fi network - replacing tattered magazines with cutting-edge technology. Using Netopia's Wi-Fi Hot Spot solution to envelop its waiting rooms in Wi-Fi, the medical group is redefining customer service in its 24 regional clinics.

Tags: Mobile - Wireless Communications, Wi-Fi (802.11)		   
whitepaper Changing to a Wireless World: Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College0000-00-00 Higher Education Funding Council for England
  Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College (EHWLC) is a large further education college formed from the merger of two colleges in 2002. It operates across four main centres in Southall, Ealing, Acton and Hammersmith, as well as in a range of community and business locations. Mobile and wireless technologies are seen as an important part of the college's long term ILT strategy, which includes a commitment to the development of a Managed Learning Environment (MLE) and its use by all learners and tutors. The college is in the final stage of a three year programme, by the end of which all sites will be fully wireless.

Tags: Mobile - Wireless Communications		   
whitepaper Forerunner of Notebooks on Campus, Longwood University Partners With Dell to Provide a Technology-Forward Learning Experience2005-02-01 Dell
  Established more than 150 years ago in Farmville, Virginia, Longwood has a history of providing a curriculum that expands into the world beyond the classroom. Longwood University needed a vendor that could provide reliable systems, a dependable way to maintain and support its technology from a remote location and computer solutions that would work well within limited spaces. The university partnered with Dell to implement a notebook computer program that provided each student with space-saving, flexible mobile technology in addition to establishing a support program that could address issues conveniently on campus.

Tags: IT HR - Staffing - Training, Mobile - Wireless Communications		   
whitepaper Accountancy Firm Gain a Powerful New Tool for Laptop Security2005-06-08 03:00:01
  Since 1997, Anderson Hubertz, Kirkhof (AHK) has been serving small to medium-sized companies throughout Denmark. With all 80 employees at AHK using corporate laptops, network security is crucial. AHK felt the need for a means of protecting corporate laptops that travels away from the office and then reconnects to the company network. AHK chose the NetOp Desktop Firewall, with it s unique network detected policies, to protect their laptops that are used for business trips, customer visits, and for working from home.   
whitepaper HP Notebooks Are the Perfect Remedy for a Busy Salesforce2005-06-23 03:00:01 Hewlett-Packard
  Established in 1915, Lundbeck is a major international pharmaceutical manufacturing company headquartered in Denmark, with subsidiaries in 57 countries. Lundbeck's salesforce work from home, from their vehicles or from hotel rooms and Lundbeck wanted a way to make them more efficient, more autonomous and to give them more time to spend with the customers. Mobile computing was the answer and since HP is the preferred IT supplier for Lundbeck, the HP Compaq Business Notebook nc6000 was chosen in the face of competition from DELL. A total of 120 notebook PCs have now been delivered with Microsoft Windows XP Pro and other associated devices such as DVD and second batteries.