Memphis ISD Searches…and Finds Antivirus Protection Plus Complete Network Management
School / District: Memphis ISD
State: Texas
District Size: 560 students
Solution: Total Traffic Control
Focus: Antivirus
Memphis Independent School District in the small town of Memphis, TX prides itself on being able to provide top-notch, big-city technology services to its students. After all, as David Calabrese, Technology Director, sees it, the technology allows its users to see, learn from, and enjoy the rest of the world outside of their small town. David helps the district’s computers take students on virtual museum tours and faraway field trips “by having solutions in place, like Lightspeed Total Traffic Control, that keep our computers and network running properly so we don’t have to worry about things like viruses and inappropriate web sites.”
My Big Campus Delivers on the Rye Neck Mission: Safe and Effective Online Learning Environments
School / District: Rye Neck Union FSD
State: New York
District Size: 1,500 students
Solution: Total Traffic Control, Web Access Manager, My Big Campus
Focus: Web 2.0
The technology department at Rye Neck Union Free School District in New York has a mission: to create safe and effective online learning environments. But having computers available is just the first step: Rye Neck needed a safe way to utilize that technology to engage and motivate students using their favored medium—the Internet and social networking. My Big Campus gives Rye Neck the safe environment for collaboration it needed.
Panama Buena Vista Saves $60,000 in One Year with Lightspeed Power Manager
School / District: Panama Buena Vista
State: California
District Size: 16,000 students
Solution: Total Traffic Control, Power Manager
Focus: Power management, Web filtering, Spam filtering
In the Panama Buena Vista school district in southern California, technology is central to both instruction and student services. The K-8 district uses desktop and laptop computers to deliver curriculum and instruction, to provide student services, and to perform business tasks. Recognizing the benefits technology can bring to education, the district has equipped teachers with laptops and whiteboards; created mobile labs with carts of laptops that are brought into classrooms for students; and centralized student information management for administrators.
Brainerd ISD Finds a Balance Between Education and Security with Lightspeed Systems
School / District: Brainerd ISD
State: Minnesota
District Size: 7,000 students
Solution: Total Traffic Control, Educational Video Library
Focus: Filtering, YouTube, Antivirus, Reporting
Brainerd ISD in Minnesota is trying to accomplish a lot over its school network. Managing more than 3,000 computers (2,000 PCs and Macs and 1,200 thin clients), two separate networks (a private one, and one for guests), two Internet connections, and eleven buildings could overwhelm the small IT team and push to the sideline bigger-picture issues—like providing safe access to valuable educational resources online. But Brainerd has found a single solution that simplifies solving the day-to-day network management issues and helps make the network a more valuable educational tool.
IU 13 Provides Flexible, Customizable Filtering to the Districts It Services
School / District: IU 13
State: Pennsylvania
District Size: 35,000 students
Solution: Total Traffic Control, Educational Video Library
Focus: Filtering, Proxies, Web 2.0
Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit (IU 13) is a regional educational service agency that
partners with the 22 school districts in Lancaster and Lebanon counties to provide costeffective
school-based services. Among the services IU 13 provides to its districts is a WAN.
This service provides connectivity between school districts to encourage collaborative projects,
including distance learning and resource sharing, network design and management. It also
provides web filtering, to protect students from harmful materials on the Internet.
Franco-Nord Manages Its Limited-Bandwidth Network while Saving Time and Money
School / District: Franco Nord SD
State: Ontario, Canada
District Size: 3,200 students
Solution: Total Traffic Control, Power Manager
Focus: Bandwidth, Power management
The Franco-Nord School District in Northern Ontario provides its users with Internet access over
a network that includes more than 1,500 computers. Like many districts, the IT department
has many different challenges, sometimes contradictory: providing users with access to
the Web, but managing traffic and maintaining access over limited bandwidth; opening up
valuable educational resources, but keeping students safe from inappropriate content; regularly
monitoring the network and users, and doing it all with limited time and resources.
Sierra Sands Keeps Students Safe–on the Web and on YouTube–with Lightspeed
School / District: Sierra Sands SD
State: California
District Size: 5,400 students
Solution: Web Access Manager, Educational Video Library
Focus: Filtering, Reporting, YouTube
As technology becomes an increasingly important part of students’ lives, the role of technology in schools will continue to grow as well. The Sierra Sands School District in southern California recognizes this, and its forward-thinking technology department knows that its job is about more than keeping the computers working—it’s about making the network a valuable tool for education.
Lincoln County Secures and Monitors Its Mac- Based Network with Total Traffic Control
School / District: Lincoln County SD #2
State: Wyoming
District Size: 2,500 students
Solution: Total Traffic Control
Focus: Mac security, Reporting
Lincoln County School District in rural Wyoming is intent on building students’ 21-st century skills by embracing modern technologies. With Smart Boards in nearly every classroom, a network that includes more than 1,000 Macintosh computers, and a focus on incorporating interactive learning, Lincoln County needed a network management solution that could be as comprehensive as the technology it utilizes; and as forward-thinking as its educational philosophies.
Carroll County Finds a Better Web Filter, and Gets a Whole Lot More
School / District: Carroll County
State: Georgia
District Size: 15,000 students
Solution: Total Traffic Control
Focus: Mobile/Desktop filtering, Support, Training
In order to ensure student safety, staff productivity, and CIPA compliance, schools need an
Internet filter to block inappropriate content. But over-blocking limits the educational power of
the Internet, while under-blocking opens up security risks. Facing the need for a more flexible
and more powerful content filter for their 4,500 workstations across 26 locations, Carroll County
Schools began a comprehensive search for a new solution.
Kenosha Beats the Spam and Spyware Battle with Total Traffic Control
School / District: Kenosha USD
State: Wisconsin
District Size: 23,000 students
Solution: Total Traffic Control
Focus: Spam management, Email archival, Mobile Filtering
For the students and staff in the Kenosha Unified School District in Wisconsin, the district-wide network provides access to the Internet, Student Information Systems, business systems, and more. With a large district comprised of 43 elementary, middle, high, and charter schools, the administrators of this network face the challenges of heavy traffic, many different users, and high email volume.
Willows Tackles Tight School Budgets with a Single Solution
School / District: Willows USD
State: California
District Size: 1,700 studebts
Solution: Total Traffic Control
Focus: Filtering
In the small town of Willows, north of Sacramento, the challenges of managing a school network are multiplied by the limited resources: only two people manage the network that serves the approximately 1,700 students spread across four physical campuses and seven school sites.
Wisconsin District Virtualizes Successfully with NComputing and Lightspeed
School / District: Menomonee Falls SD
State: Wisconsin
District Size: 4,000 students
Solution: Total Traffic Control
Focus: nComputing, Virtualization
A primary challenge in today’s schools is increasing computer access for students while living within the constraints of a tight, and sometimes dwindling, technology budget. One solution to this challenge is virtualization, which allows multiple students to access a single computer.