Devon IT Announces "Chalk 2.0," a Low-Cost IT Solutions Package for Schools and School Systems.New Diskless PC Solution for $139 Per Desktop Helps School Systems and Their IT Employees Overcome Two of Their Largest Obstacles: IT Costs and Manageability KING OF PRUSSIA King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa. -- Devon Devon (dĕv`ən), county (1991 pop. 1,008,300), 2,591 sq mi (6,711 sq km), SW England. The county town is Exeter. Devon is bounded on the N by the Bristol Channel, on the S by the English Channel, and on the W by Cornwall. IT, the fastest growing provider of thin client terminals and innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. of the SafeBook[TM] thin client notebook, today launched "Chalk 2.0," a low-cost IT solutions package for schools and school systems. Chalk 2.0 solves many of the problems IT professionals in the education vertical face, including cost and manageability of IT services, by implementing server-based applications and secure thin client devices. "School systems and their IT employees face the constant burdens of both paying for expensive IT solutions and upgrades and managing hundreds or thousands of desktop PCs with little staff," says Joe Makoid, President, Devon IT. "Chalk 2.0 solves these major problems by implementing centralized control 1. In air defense, the control mode whereby a higher echelon makes direct target assignments to fire units. 2. In joint air operations, placing within one commander the responsibility and authority for planning, directing, and coordinating a military operation or group/category of of IT and reducing support needs, all while lowering up-front and total ownership costs. Students, teachers and administrators can have full PC desktop access and share information seamlessly and for a fraction of the cost of standard desktop PCs. We are proud to bring this solution to the education community, and look forward to helping even more school systems advance their IT systems with Chalk 2.0." "Switching to Devon IT's Chalk 2.0 thin client system means that, instead of having thirty machines to deal with, I only have one," explained Todd O'Bryan, duPont Manual High School. "In addition to the increased ease of administration, thin clients were remarkably cost effective. Even including the cost of a server to support all thirty clients very comfortably, the cost per seat was about $215, less than half what it would have been had we bought the cheapest desktop machine on our state bid list for $433. Given how little money schools have and how important technology is, anyone who has not seriously considered thin clients for their schools is not being diligent dil·i·gent adj. Marked by persevering, painstaking effort. See Synonyms at busy. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d in how they spend the little money they have." "Education technology professionals constantly face usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. , manageability, and budgetary challenges," says Rob Sauerwalt from IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . "Devon IT's Chalk 2.0 solution uses a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. IT approach to lower costs and improve manageability. The solution enables schools to affordably provide the technology their teachers need to educate, and more importantly, the tools students need to learn." Devon IT offers free evaluations for school systems. IT professionals can also bring their servers to test Chalk 2.0 at Devon IT's Server-Desktop Solution Center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania For Kings of Prussia, see List of rulers of Prussia King of Prussia is an unincorporated community in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 18,511. . For more information about Chalk 2.0, or to schedule an appointment to test the solution, email info@devonit.com, call 610-757-4110 or 888-524-9382, or visit www.devonit.com. About Devon IT Devon IT is an information technology company that focuses on offering thin client terminals and ultra-secure remote access solutions that provide enterprise customers with greater security, enhanced manageability, improved reliability, and lower costs. Devon IT is a founding member of Blade.org and develops products which support IBM's Hosted Client Infrastructure and Blade Computing computing - computer ecosystem. More information is available at www.devonit.com. All company, brand, or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. |
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