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| Attention Business EditorsAbsolute Software Highlights Customer Successes in EducationAbsolute Software's Computrace, an essential tool for IT administration
§ and mobile security in education, is now bundled on select computers
§ aimed at the education market
§ VANCOUVER, April 24 /CNW/ - Absolute(R) Software Corporation ("Absolute"
or the "Company") (TSX: ABT), the leading provider of firmware-based,
patented, Computer Theft Recovery, Data Protection and Secure Asset
Tracking (TM) solutions today highlighted educational institutions using
Computrace for comprehensive notebook computer management including: theft
recovery, annual IT inventorying and budgeting, remote data delete and
critical theft and tampering deterrence. Due to the importance of this
solution for educational customers, Fujitsu recently announced a bundle of
Computrace with Fujitsu notebooks designed for the education market.
§ "As publicly-funded institutions, a key objective for school districts
using notebook and tablet computers is demonstrating accountability for the
funds they spend buying and maintaining computer populations," said John
Livingston, Chairman and CEO of Absolute Software. "Computrace is uniquely
able to assist school district IT personnel in many of their most
time-consuming and inefficient processes. Seven of America's top 15 school
districts currently use Computrace to inventory computers, prevent theft and
tampering and recover those computers that are lost or stolen. And, because
Computrace is delivered as a service, it requires no additional expenditure on
IT infrastructure like servers and IT staff. No other solution offers such
comprehensive cost management and protection for school districts that are
investing heavily in laptop computers for better results in the classroom."
§ As a recommended management tool for new school computers, computer
manufacturers are taking steps to make Computrace more accessible to their
education customers. Fujitsu's new education program includes a three-year
Computrace subscription across a number of computer models. The bundle allows
the manufacturer to pre-enable Computrace before it arrives on site at schools
- so computers can be tracked right out of the box, saving time and money for
school IT administrators. Other PC OEMs have also included the solution as a
recommended product in their education segment sales and marketing materials.
§ Embedded in the BIOS of computers from the world's leading computer
manufacturers, Computrace is an affordable and effective computer security and
IT asset management solution.(1) Computrace protects both PCs and Macs,
providing reliable visibility into every computer in the district - leading to
enhanced security, simplified inventorying and regulatory compliance. Should a
computer go missing, the Absolute Theft Recovery Team uses information sent
via Computrace to track the computer and engage local law enforcement to
physically recover it and return it to the district's staff.
§ By implementing Computrace across its entire 10,000+ notebook and desktop
population, Kent School District in Washington State has reduced its annual
inventory process from a ten person, three-month project to running a
five-minute report. "We used to have ten people with barcode scanners
attempting to find 10,000 computers. At best, we were achieving 70-75%
accuracy in this process - and at great effort. With Computrace, we always
know where our computers are. What was once a three-month process is now
accomplished by running a five-minute report that is more than 99% accurate.
That is accountability," Thuan Nguyen, Director of Information Technology,
Kent School District.
§ Surrey School District, the largest school district in British Columbia,
Canada, uses Computrace AbsoluteTrack across various platforms, including
6,000 PCs, 6,000 Apple desktop computers, and 800 notebook computers, to
verify software license compliance, perform lifecycle management and execute
and annual inventory. "AbsoluteTrack has been a great investment for our
School District and saves us money in many ways: it helps keep us onside with
software compliance regulations, thus preventing us from having to pay fines,
and it has enabled us to automate processes that were labor-intensive and
inefficient. I would strongly recommend AbsoluteTrack to any School District,"
said Dan Turner, Director of Information Technology, Surrey School District.
§ Dysart Unified School District, the fastest growing district in Arizona,
uses ComputraceComplete to manage and track over 3,000 computers, including
the district's fleet of notebooks. The district's Director of Information
Technology Evan Allred says, "We were impressed with our first experience
working with Absolute's recovery service. They literally looked after
everything from the moment we let them know it was missing to the point where
we could go pick it up at the Surprise (Arizona) Police Department. In the
past, we wouldn't have had a chance of recovering that laptop, but the sheer
speed with which it was found in this case should be a major deterrent for
would-be thieves."
§ For more information on Absolute Software and its range of Computer Theft
Recovery, Data Protection and Secure Asset Tracking(TM) solutions, please
contact your district's computer manufacturer, visit www.absolute.com or
www.lojackforlaptops.com/. |
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