GenevaLogic Launches Protect-On2.Affordable Security Software Safeguards Classroom Computer Settings, Prevents Damage PORTLAND, Ore., & LANGENTHAL, Switzerland Langenthal is a municipality in the district of Aarwangen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The city has 14,231 inhabitants as of 31 October 2004. -- Today GenevaLogic launched Protect-On2, the newest version of its student computer security software. With Protect-On2, teachers can save and restore the original configuration of classroom computers, avoiding viruses, frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. or unwanted downloads with a quick restart To resume computer operation after a planned or unplanned termination. See boot, warm boot and checkpoint/restart. . Founded in 1996, GenevaLogic is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. whose Vision([R]) classroom management([TM]) software is used in more than 50,000 classrooms worldwide. "We want teachers to be able to take full advantage of the power of computers to support instruction," said Kirk Greiner, chief executive officer, GenevaLogic. "Protect-On2 is easy to install and manage, providing teachers with the confidence that classroom computers will be ready for students to use 100 percent of the time." Using Protect-On2, teachers can roll back virus damage and unwanted changes that students may have made to classroom computers. With a simple restart, computers are back to normal with no damage, downloads or games. Protect-On2 allows teachers to remotely reboot To reload the operating system, which restarts the computer. See boot. (operating system) reboot - (From boot) A boot with the implication that the computer has not been down for long, or that the boot is a bounce intended to clear some state of wedgitude. See warm boot. , change settings or wake the student computers and schedule unprotected time for system changes, such as virus protection updates. The computer security software saves teachers valuable time that in the past was spent changing security settings on individual computers. "Before we added ProtectOn to the computers in our labs, I was re-imaging hard drives at least once a month," said Shannon Thurston, director of technology, Fast Forward Charter High School, Logan, Utah Logan is a city in Cache County, Utah, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 42,670, a substantial increase over the 1990 figure of 32,771. The estimated population in 2006 had increased to 47,660. . "Now with ProtectOn, our labs practically take care of themselves. We haven't had any downtime, and I haven't had to deal with any viruses, malware (MALicious softWARE) Software designed to destroy, aggravate and otherwise make life unhappy. See crimeware, virus, worm, logic bomb, macro virus and Trojan. or malicious users. All I do is restart the computer, and everything goes back to the way it was." While Protect-On2 is available as a stand-alone product, it can also be easily integrated with Vision classroom management software. Easy one-button integration with the Vision toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the makes it simple to open the security console and manage security settings. Teachers can also use the Vision dashboard to keep track of which computers have active security and are protected in the classroom. The Protect-On2 console can be opened from the Vision dashboard to change settings. Protect-On2 runs on Windows 2000 or higher. The most affordable fully featured computer protection available, Protect-On2 is available for $11 per student computer, including the teacher remote console A terminal or workstation in a remote location that is used to monitor and control a local computer. . For more information or to download a trial version of Protect-On2, visit www.GenevaLogic.com/Protect-On2 or call or call 866-725-7833. About GenevaLogic GenevaLogic (www.GenevaLogic.com) has one passion: enabling educators to manage, control and optimize the use of technology to support teaching and learning. Founded in 1996, with headquarters in Langenthal, Switzerland, and Portland, Ore., the privately held company is an international leader in active teaching systems whose Vision classroom management software is used in more than 50,000 classrooms worldwide. The company's education software solutions - Vision, App-Control, Surf-Lock, Pointer([TM]), Plan-It([TM]), Protect-On([TM]), Print-Limit([TM]) and Print-Limit Pro([TM]) - allow schools, universities and training centers to get more learning value from their technology investments. For more information, visit www.GenevaLogic.com. [c]2007 GenevaLogic. Vision, Surf-Lock, Protect-On, Pointer, Plan-It, Print-Limit and Classroom Management are trademarks of GenevaLogic Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks used in this document are the property of their respective companies. |
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