Our partners offer innovative products and services to improve the educational experience of students and address the challenges facing school districts.

Learn more about the sponsors, and be sure to visit their pods at your next CoSN event.

 

Education Networks of America (ENA) delivers robust and reliable broadband, Wi-Fi/LAN, communication, and cloud services to K–12 schools, higher education institutions, and libraries across the nation. ENA works side-by-side with its customers to ensure they have the connectivity, communication, and collaboration solutions they need to be successful. Founded in 1996, ENA has a strong and successful history of delivering scalable and cost-effective IP-based services to K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and libraries, and our experience includes unmatched levels of success in the E-rate funding program. Today, ENA manages multiple statewide and district-wide education and library networks, including 16 of the largest school systems in the country. We understand the missions of the communities we serve, and all of our solutions are designed to meet their technology needs and allow for maximum flexibility while minimizing the burden on our customers’ administrative and technical resources. For more information, please visitwww.ena.com, call 866-615-1101, or e-mail info@ena.com.

Resources: ENA Customer Success Story: Florida's School District of Clay County (PDF) | ENA TrustCompute—Next Gen Computing and Virtual Data Center Services for Education and Libraries (PDF)

 

Since 1992, FileWave has provided education, enterprise, and government institutions around the world with enterprise level cross-platform systems and mobile device management software to assist IT teams throughout the entire lifecycle process of imaging, deployment, management and maintenance. FileWave’s all-in-one, highly scalable software solves the many challenges of managing a diverse and growing population of users, devices, and content by ensuring IT teams have a comprehensive solution that supports both client (desktop) and mobile devices across Mac, Windows, iOS and Android.

With FileWave, IT teams can efficiently secure and support their organizations from one easy-to-use console, making even the most daunting projects, such as BYOD or large 1:1 initiatives, manageable and highly effective.

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Resources: What is FileWave? | Case Study: Mooresville Graded School District (PDF)

 

 

 

 

 

From early childhood education through high school, there has never been a more exciting or challenging time to be a member of the educational community. Just over the last few years, for example, the Internet and wireless computing capabilities have dramatically changed the learning environment. HP understands and appreciates the needs and challenges of the educational arena. With its longstanding commitment to education and a demonstrated ability to consistently deliver high-quality, affordable, technology products, services and solutions, HP is uniquely qualified to help transform schools and institutions into a 21st Century learning environment.

Pearson is the world’s learning company, with expertise in educational courseware and assessment, and a range of teaching and learning services powered by technology. Our mission is to help people make progress through access to better learning. We believe that learning opens up opportunities, creating fulfilling careers and better lives.

Resources: Explore the opportunities in the future of assessment | Learn strategies to boost student engagement and connections in your school or district | Increase student engagement and improve learning outcomes

 

SchoolDude is the #1 provider of SaaS operations software designed specifically for schools. Visit us to learn more about our IT Help Desk and IT Asset Management applications, how they can be integrated, and how they save time, create instant audits andreports, and justify capital funding requests.

Resources: Technology audit whitepaper (PDF) | Presentation on best practices in mobile device management

 

 

At Crown Castle Fiber, we build, own, and maintain the fiber networks that help you run your organization today, while setting the stage for tomorrow’s most transformative innovations. We take the time to understand your needs and deliver a solution that’s right for you. A solution that lets you share ideas and pursue new opportunities―free from the constraints of speed, capacity, or distance. And we’ll be your partner through it all―no matter what lies ahead. 

 

 

Amazon Web Services offers a broad set of global cloud-based products including compute, storage, databases, analytics, networking, mobile, developer tools, management tools, IoT, and security and enterprise applications. These services help organizations move faster, lower IT costs, and scale. AWS is trusted by the largest enterprises and the hottest start-ups to power a wide variety of workloads including: web and mobile applications, game development, data processing and warehousing, storage, archive, and many others.

 

 

 

CDW•G is a leading provider of technology and solutions to schools, with a mission of delivering engaging, collaborative and interactive learning environments, while securing networks and optimizing data centers. Our team of dedicated account managers and solution architects can help with assessment and pre-configuration to implementation and ongoing support. CDW•G solution areas include: classroom technology, cloud computing, data center optimization, networking, power and cooling, printers, security, software, storage, total mobility management, unified communications, and virtualization. For details, call 800.808.4239 or visit CDWG.com/k12.

 

In the past, learning was constrained by time and place. Today, digital transformation is opening a new world of educational opportunities—to learn in new ways, in new places, with new connections to resources around the globe.

Cisco is leading this digital transformation in education with the Cisco Digital Education Platform, which supports blended learning opportunities, worldwide collaboration, and rich online media experiences. With this completely integrated digital environment, schools have the technology in place to ensure that buildings are connected, educators are empowered, administrators are informed, and students can learn without limits. For more information, visit www.cisco.com/go/education

 

Clever wants to improve education through the use of technology. Clever was created by people who knew first hand that schools, teachers, and students could all benefit from the amazing learning software that was available, but key challenges stood in the way of accessing the technology. We eliminate roadblocks for our users by making it easy to find software, automating the setup of new applications, and giving students one-click access to their personalized resources. We give teachers time to teach, help districts be better informed, and make using applications in the classroom effortless.

Ed-Fi securely and seamlessly connects educational data systems. Empowering educators with a complete view of every student, classroom, and school.

The Ed-Fi Alliance is the group of educators, technologists, and thought leaders shaping the future of education technology through the Ed-Fi Data Standard and the ecosystem of Ed-Fi Technologies.

As a nonprofit organization fully funded by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, this allows Ed-Fi to take a mission-driven, stable and long-term approach, independent from shifting government priorities.   

Bringing together a variety of stakeholders—including educators, superintendents, consultants, and educational technology developers—the Ed-Fi Community regularly contributes feedback that helps the Ed-Fi Data Standard and technology suite grow more usable, practical, and sophisticated. Working closely with Ed-Fi’s staff, these contributors form the heart of the Ed-Fi Alliance Community. Ed-Fi has attracted some of the most experienced, passionate, and mission-driven experts from across the country. We’d love to count you as a member of the growing Ed-Fi Community. Go to www.ed-fi.org to get more info and sign up for our bi-monthly newsletters. 

 

Encore Technology group provides innovative technology solutions for K-12 classrooms, higher education institutions, state and local government agencies, and commercial enterprises. Today, they are one of the largest independent technology solution providers in the southeastern United States, though their prestigious client roster spans the entire nation

 

 

IT Security is in the forefront of the minds of school officials. Data breaches, website defacement, viruses, malware, compliance, even DDoS attacks impact education organizations across the P-20 learning environment.

Fortinet, the global leader in high-performance cybersecurity solutions, positions schools, colleges, and libraries to be able to respond rapidly to a sophisticated IT cyber-threat landscape. Fortinet’s consolidated approach to network security provides unparalleled performance and ease of management, coupled with significant savings. Strengthened by the industry's highest level of threat research, intelligence, and analytics from FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet delivers best-in-class protection to provide the safest and most secure digital learning environments.

Fortinet offers many products and services that are eligible under the E-Rate program, including: Wireless Access Points, Unified Threat Management/Next Generation Firewalls, Network Switches, and Caching solutions. Fortinet’s UTM/NGFWs are CIPA compliant.

Learn why the P-20 arena looks to Fortinet to protect their most valuable assets: students and staff: www.fortinet.com/education

Resources: Meeting CIPA Compliance with Fortinet (PDF) | Security without Compromise: Secure Your Digital Learning Environment at Every Network Entry Point (PDF

 

 

 

Identity Automation is a leading provider of scalable Identity Management software to education. Its solution, RapidIdentity, helps educational organizations quickly build streamlined security foundations, whether deployed on premises or in the cloud. RapidIdentity's architecture uniquely supports fast deployments at any scale, contributing to rapid returns and lower total costs of ownership.

Designed for teachers and how they want to teach, itslearning is a cloud-based learning platform used by millions of teachers, students, administration staff and parents around the world. It can be found at all levels of education, from primary schools to universities, helping teachers make education more inspiring and valuable for today’s students. At itslearning, we pride ourselves on understanding the needs of education. More than 20% of our employees have worked as teachers, and we can often be found in the classroom, learning from teachers. We provide a full range of strategic services, from simple training sessions to full-scale implementation projects. Established in 1999, itslearning is headquartered in Bergen, Norway, and has offices in multiple locations around the world.

 

Since 2002, Jamf has made it easy for schools and businesses to use and manage Apple devices in their organizations. With Jamf Pro, IT departments and EdTech staff have the industry’s single best tool to inventory, image, configure, secure and distribute software and apps on every Mac, iPad, iPhone or Apple TV under their control. Teachers and students work with products they prefer and that enhance the learning experience in the classroom. IT and EdTech get their weekends back. Find out why more than 10,000 schools and businesses rely on Jamf to manage over 7,000,000 Apple devices across the globe at jamf.com.

Juniper Networks delivers innovation across routing, switching, and security. From the district’s network core down to teacher and student devices, Juniper Networks' innovations in software, silicon, and systems transform the experience and economics of networking. Our solutions for education provide the network foundation that creates a learning environment that is more engaging for students, helping advance student learning and improve student achievement. We help schools and school districts build the very best education networks so that they are ready to integrate their technology-powered learning initiatives, conduct critical online assessments, and perform important day-to-day administrative functions. As a trusted partner to education, Juniper Networks provides a full routing portfolio for WAN and Internet connections, campus and data center networking, best-in-class wireless LAN solution, network security, and integrated management.

Resources: Transforming School District Network Infographic (PDF) | Next-Gen Networks for Full Coverage Digital Curriculum Models (PDF)

 

Kajeet, the only wireless service provider dedicated to kids and education, is bridging the digital divide in schools. The Kajeet SmartSpot^TM is a portable Wi-Fi hotspot with school-managed off- campus Internet connectivity. Giving teachers or administrators the ability to set access hours and filter out non- educational content, the Kajeet Sentinel^® platform connects students to essential academic resources on the Internet anytime, anywhere. The SmartSpot is compatible with all devices students use today and is 100% compliant with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). For more information, please visit us at http://kajeet.net.

Resources: Closing the Homework Gap: A Guide to Increasing Student Success with Home Connectivity (e-Book) | Best Practices Guide for Education Broadband Deployments

Lightspeed Systems Inc., founded in 1999, develops comprehensive network security and management solutions for the education market. We are committed to helping schools of all sizes operate their networks effectively and efficiently, so educators can provide safe online teaching and learning environments. Our innovative, comprehensive solutions for network security, internet filtering, monitoring, management, and optimization have emerged from Lightspeed's IT expertise and constant customer interaction.Our software is used in more than 2,000 school districts in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia to protect more than 6 million students. For the past several years, Lightspeed Systems has been recognized on the Inc. 5,000 list as one of the fastest-growing private companies.

 

 

McGraw-Hill Education is the digital learning experiences company intent on changing the world of education. Drawing on its rich heritage of educational expertise, the company offers highly personalized learning experiences that improve learning outcomes around the world. The company has offices across North America, India, China, Europe, the Middle East and South America, and makes its learning solutions available in more than 60 languages. For more information, please visit mheducation.com or find us on Facebook or Twitter.

Resources: CDE Guide to Choosing Digital Content and Curriculum (PDF) | The ABCs of Student Data Privacy for Administrators white paper (PDF)

Education is more than students sitting in a classroom. The expansion in Internet connectivity and the use of mobile devices has transformed learning and schools. The right technology is essential to support today’s challenging learning environment. Microsoft’s solutions for teaching and e-learning with Windows 8, Office 365, Lync, and SharePoint are fueling innovation and the future of learning

PowerSchool provides student information systems, learning management and classroom collaboration, assessment, analytics, behavior, and special education case management. As well as student registration, school choice, and finance/HR/ERP.

 

SAFARI Montage provides K–12 school districts with a fully integrated Digital Learning Platform, including a Learning Object Repository, Video Streaming Library, and IPTV & Live Media Streaming, designed to handle video efficiently.

 

Schoology is the education technology company putting collaboration at the heart of the learning experience with an easy-to-use LMS that connects the people, content, and systems that fuel education. Millions of students, faculty, and administrators from over 60,000 K-12 schools and universities worldwide use Schoology to shape learning experiences and improve student outcomes. Find us online, follow us on Twitter, or join us on Facebook.

 

 

 

We have always pursued world changing progress. We believe that the application of cognitive capabilities to education solutions can greatly improve learner outcomes, teacher impact and ultimately society and the human condition. Our business at IBM Watson Education to make teachers and learners the best that they can be. We set out to not just transform learning experiences, but to transform the education industry. We build solutions for students, teachers, professors and all education stakeholders. We work with our partners from concept to solution to ensure that the promise of the cognitive revolution becomes reality by using the broadest array of Watson services ever deployed. These services allow us to deliver a personalized learning experience that was previously impossible - by analyzing quantitative and qualitative data in real-time, by interacting with teachers and students using natural language, and by delivering the solutions that stakeholders need so that the promise of personalized education becomes reality.

Resources: A Coppell Teacher sharing her experiences using Watson Education in classroom, Watson Education – How to infuse technologies in new ways to transform individuals learning, Watson Education Video

Ruckus Networks (http://ruckusnetworks.com), an ARRIS company, is redefining connectivity around the globe. With our partners, we build secure wired and wireless access networks for organizations that place a premium on connectivity experiences for end-users as well as simplicity and lower-cost-per-connection for IT. 

 Ciena is a network strategy and technology company with a unique ability to translate best-in-class technology into value through a high-touch consultative business model helping research and education networks keep up with the changing demands of a connected world. We believe in driving an industry ecosystem and offering the greatest degree of flexibility in how our customers consume technology to deliver the most rewarding experiences and outcomes. We develop and apply technologies across packet and optical networking and distributed software automation that drive openness, virtualization and collaboration for customers worldwide to meet surging bandwidth demands and facilitate greater collaboration.

 

ContentKeeper helps secure schools nationwide. Our Multi-layered Gateway Security Platform delivers a powerful combination of innovative security technologies, enabling educational institutions to protect their networks, users and data from emerging cyber threats. ContentKeeper is committed to developing the world's most innovative, high-speed web filtering and security solutions to protect students and IT assets today and in the future.

 

Promethean is a global education technology leader that partners with schools and teachers to create dynamic learning environments that motivate students to learn. We believe that education technology solutions must enhance four critical capabilities for schools, teachers and students—engagement, personalization, collaboration, and feedback. We accomplish these through award-winning products and services that comprise the new Promethean ActivClassroom. Students engage with interactive, multimedia lessons through ClassFlow, our comprehensive instructional delivery system. ClassFlow provides teachers with real-time feedback on each student’s progress in the moment of learning while supporting administrators in making data-driven decision on curriculum, usage and student progress against standards. At the front of the classroom, Promethean’s multi-user digital displays facilitate collaboration and active, engaging learning experiences. Our holistic consulting and professional development services build customized programs to effectively implement our education technology solutions and support higher levels of student achievement. Each year Promethean’s interactive technology touches the lives of more than 2 million teachers and 20 million students around the world. Promethean World Plc is based in Blackburn in Lancashire, England, with U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information visit www.PrometheanWorld.com.

 

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