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Featured Articles » With Desktop Virtualization, 90 Percent of Computing Costs Go 'Back to School' » Avaya Collaborative Cloud Adopted by More Colleges, Universities » Polycom Offers Distance Learning Solutions » NSBA Survey Names Top Ten Tech-Savvy U.S. School Districts   Sponsored By: NEI WEBINAR: Unleash the power of Intel's Latest Xeon Processors for Extreme Performance on Dell Platforms Tuesday, May 15, 2012 12:00 PM EDT / 9:00 AM PDT Join NEI, Dell OEM Solutions and Intel Corporation on May 15 at 12 PM (EDT) for a webcast that provides an inside view of next-generation platform technologies. Intel will discuss the new Xeon processor E5-2600 family and the value of using the industry's highest performance compute device to create flexible and efficient solutions. Dell's OEM Solutions Sales Engineer, Scott Trapp will introduce the company's 12th Generation PowerEdge platforms built to accelerate performance and expandability, increase productivity and simplify support. NEI's VP of marketing, Jeff Hudgins outlines how to get these new solutions to market quickly while considering deployment challenges like custom integration, branding, imaging, regulatory, trade compliance and logistics. Register Today   Top Stories » Patten University Introduces Online Courses to Meet Student Demand for Affordable Online Summer Classes » CampusCruiser Launches Automated Academic Intervention Solution » Capella University Introduces 11 New Online Education Courses » Israel Colleges Use Testuff's Test Management Suite in Software Testing Course   From The Expert Corner May 03, 2012 With Desktop Virtualization, 90 Percent of Computing Costs Go 'Back to School' By Cheryl Kaften, TMCnet Contributor Woodland Joint Unified School District, a Northern California school district has reduced the price of powering student computing by 90 percent by replacing 300 of its aging PCs with zero-client computing from Menlo Park, Calif.-based Pano Logic (News - Alert) , a leader in desktop virtualization (VDI). Woodland is just one of a growing number of U.S. schools that are seeing a significant reduction in its total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) of computing by adopting a virtual desktop computing system. The suburban school district of just over 10,000 students, located about 15 miles northwest of Sacramento, has reaped the reduction in energy consumption since last spring, when IT staff replaced PCs with Pano Logic in five K-12 computer labs. The savings have been dramatic, with zero-client computing seats costing just $5 per year to power—compared to $50 per year for each PC. In addition to the energy savings, the district has saved time and personnel resources by fully centralizing computing; and has eliminating endpoint device support and maintenance... Read More   From The Blogs Got a Bad Grade? Bring it up with the Computer May 1, 2012 By: Carrie Schmelkin You’ve certainly heard of the lazy student. You know that kid who pays his pal to write half his English essay, lifts his older sister’s college essay because, hey, she went to a different school, or types a bunch of key phrases into Google about “Romeo and Juliet” and comes up with a killer thesis statement? But the lazy teacher? Perhaps this is a new concept to you (unless you are a teacher and can think of that one less than stellar colleague... Read More    Featured Videos No phones in class teachers    Featured Resources » 5 Questions about Proactive Chat » Ante-Up: Live Chat a 'Must-Have' for Retailers » Unleash the power of Intel's Latest Xeon Processors for Extreme Performance on Dell Platforms   TMCnet's Blogs » Pirated Music, From Napster to Kazaa and Now VPNs » Skype Responds to IP Address Privacy Vulnerability   Featured Channels » Cloud Storage » Hosted PBX » Fax Over IP » IVR Service Provider   education.tmcnet.com is Your Source for the Latest Education Technology News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Education Technology Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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