Claris Ships Apple Network Administrator Toolkit.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1996--Claris Corporation today announced that the Apple Network Administrator Toolkit, a comprehensive suite of software applications for managing networked Macintosh computers, is shipping in the U.S. The product helps network administrators be more productive and offers educators a powerful tool for managing collaborative learning Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of approaches in education that involve joint intellectual effort by students or students and teachers. Collaborative learning refers to methodologies and environments in which learners engage in a common task in which each in classroom computer labs. The Apple Network Administrator Toolkit consists of three applications -- At Ease for Workgroups 4.0, Apple Network Assistant and Apple User and Group Manager -- that together provide a powerful, complete and easy-to-use solution. With the Toolkit, a school network administrator can now set security access privileges for files and applications, control computing and print resources, distribute applications, and manage groups and user lists all from a central workstation. Educators will also find the Toolkit's interactive screen sharing screen sharing - Audiographic Teleconferencing and remote software capabilities valuable for collaborating with students and managing student Internet usage. Doug Snow, education technology facilitator for Floodbrook Union School in Londonderry, VT, has used the Toolkit on the school's network of more than 100 Macintosh computers. "This product will be on the wish list of anyone who manages a network, whether it's for a school, district or university campus." Ernest LeBlanc manages 185 Macintosh computers at Roy Cloud Elementary School elementary school: see school. in Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. "With the Apple Network Administrator Toolkit, I can rearrange re·ar·range tr.v. re·ar·ranged, re·ar·rang·ing, re·ar·rang·es To change the arrangement of. re applications, clean up desktops, press Copy and add software to every machine on the network ... instantly. We were searching for something to allow us to orchestrate or·ches·trate tr.v. or·ches·trat·ed, or·ches·trat·ing, or·ches·trates 1. To compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra. 2. and manage our school's technology. We got more than we bargained for with the Apple Network Administrator Toolkit." The U.S. estimated retail price of the Apple Network Administrator Toolkit is $599 for a 10-pack; U.S. estimated retail upgrade pricing for previous At Ease users is $499. For more information, call 800/293-6617 in the U.S. or visit the Claris Web site http://www.claris.com. Claris Corporation, a leading worldwide vendor of Macintosh and Windows applications A program that is written to run under Microsoft's Windows operating system. Such applications typically run under all 32-bit versions of Windows, but earlier applications might also run under the 16-bit versions (Windows 3.x) as well. See Windows. for business, education and home, is a subsidiary of Apple Computer Inc., with headquarters in Santa Clara. -0- Note to Editors: (c)1996 Claris Corporation. All rights reserved. CONTACT: Claris Corporation Ines Anderson, 408/987-7154 ines_anderson@claris.com or Scanlon & Associates Catherine Wambach, 505/281-5324 cwambach@aol.com |
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