Derby Unified School District Avoids Layoffs and Improves Efficiency with Kaseya
Systems management software enables IT director to streamline management of over 4,500 workstations, reducing user response time and power costs
Tampa, FL, January 27, 2010 — Kansas-based Derby Unified School District has transformed the way it manages and delivers technology to its students, teachers and administrators, thanks to Kaseya’s IT systems management software. The K-12 school district, made up of more than 8,000 users across 16 locations, can now remotely manage its widely distributed assets effectively, providing greater visibility, increasing responsiveness and reducing IT-related costs. Kaseya radically changed the way Derby manages its IT environment and as a result, allowed the school to avoid layoffs in the IT department. This is especially important as fewer IT employees are expected to do more with less than ever before.
IT director Drew Lane also recognized the important role technology plays in attracting more State funding. Cutting edge technology has the potential of bringing new students and families through an enhanced learning experience, thereby increasing the district’s reimbursement. To support the school’s progressive initiatives, Lane needed a strong and reliable IT infrastructure to support growing demands. Derby also faced a unique set of issues across its nine elementary and three secondary level schools within the district, making the management of its network more complex and time consuming. These range from everyday technical problems to computers hidden in classrooms and workstations subjected to viruses from student use.
Kaseya enables educational institutions of any size to take a proactive approach to improved operations and teacher / student satisfaction, which before was only available to large universities. Rather than leverage multiple solutions, which require more time to manage, school IT departments can implement one comprehensive platform. Kaseya’s IT management suite enables technology administrators to automate systems management, IT asset management, performance monitoring, service / help desk, patch and upgrade management and IT management reporting.
“As a cutting-edge school district, we are always looking for ways to leverage technology to improve the lives of our students, teachers and administrative staff,” said Drew Lane, IT director at Derby Public Schools. “Kaseya has modernized our IT department and enables us to attend to issues quicker through remote management, while enabling us to see what systems and workstations we have to better manage our assets and resources. The solution not only allows us to help our IT staff work better, but has provided an unprecedented level of responsiveness to our teachers and students.”
Now, Derby’s IT staff can quickly and easily log into Kaseya’s Web-based console to locate, troubleshoot and fix problems within 24 hours. The school district also implemented daily power shutdown routines on non-essential systems and workstations, leading to daily cost and energy savings. Kaseya eliminates the labor-intensive, manual process of rolling out new updates or programs and is also instrumental in helping Derby stay compliant with federal guidelines.
“Education organizations are facing increasing budget constraints and limited resources, making it difficult to address their IT management needs,” said Pete Coleman, VP public and private sector group at Kaseya. “Kaseya’s flexible IT management framework is ideal for these environments, as it is easily customizable to address each infrastructure’s unique requirements with minimal IT investment.”
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