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 End-User Computing

Microsoft Services

Windows Server 2008 R2: Windows Server 2008 R2 builds on the award-winning foundation of Windows Server 2008, expanding existing technology and adding new features to enable IT professionals to increase the reliability and flexibility of their server infrastructures. New virtualization tools, Web resources, management enhancements, and exciting Windows 7 integration help save time, reduce costs, and provide a platform for a dynamic and efficiently managed data center. Powerful tools such as Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.5, updated Server Manager and Hyper-V platforms and Windows PowerShell version 2.0 combine to give customers greater control, increased efficiency and the ability to react to front-line business needs faster than ever before.

Active Directory Domain Services: Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), formerly known as Active Directory Directory Services, is the central location for configuration information, authentication requests, and information about all of the objects that are stored within your forest. Using Active Directory, you can efficiently manage users, computers, groups, printers, applications, and other directory-enabled objects from one secure, centralized location.

Active Directory Integrated Group Policies: Group Policies are the main mode of securing and locaking down users and devices in the Windows environment. Now there is even more! Ease of managment with the GPMC Group Policy Management Console allows you to easily creat, copy and link group policies to you Ou's and filter by group and many other options. Plus the ability to back up, plan, and perform modeling, to see what the resultant policy will be based up on all criteria that effect inheritance.

Group Policy Preferences: Allow you manage drive mappings, registry settings, local users and groups, services, files, and folders without the need to learn a scripting language. You can use preference items to reduce scripting and the number of custom system images needed, standardize management, and help secure your networks. By using preference item-level targeting, you can streamline desktop management by reducing the number of Group Policy objects needed.

Distributed File System: Windows Server 2008 R2 file services include Distributed File System (DFS) replication and namespaces to provide customers with better access to data and simplified access to files and shares across a network-wide infrastructure. DFS Replication (DFS-R) efficiently and bi-directionally replicates partial file changes to keep multiple file copies in sync. DFS Namespaces (DFS-N) makes file shares easier to locate and more resilient by enabling users to access their data without regard to which physical file server(s) that the files reside on. With replicated copies and transparent redirection, clients are can be more productive because their data is closer to them and highly available.

Volume Shadow Copy: Shadow Copies of Shared Folders provides point-in-time copies of files that are located on shared resources, such as a file server. With Shadow Copies of Shared Folders, users can view shared files and folders as they existed at points of time in the past. Accessing previous versions of files, or shadow copies, is useful because users can:

  • Recover files that were accidentally deleted. If you accidentally delete a file, you can open a previous version and copy it to a safe location.
  • Recover from accidentally overwriting a file. If you accidentally overwrite a file, you can recover a previous version of the file.
  • Compare versions of a file while working. You can use previous versions when you want to check what has changed between two versions of a file.

Active Directory Driven Logon Scripts: Group policy delivered logon scripts that will allow you to map drives and printers entirely based upon groups. Never leaving Active Directory Users and Computers.

System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM):System Center Configuration Manager 2007 comprehensively assesses, deploys, and updates your servers, clients, and devices—across physical, virtual, distributed, and mobile environments. Optimized for Windows and extensible beyond, it is the best choice for gaining enhanced insight into, and control over, your IT systems.

 More Info: learn more about SCCM 2007 R3

Novell Services
Suse Linux Enterprise Server

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server is a highly reliable, scalable and secure server operating system, built to power both physical and virtual mission-critical workloads. With this foundation, enterprises can deliver business services, enable secure networks and manage heterogeneous IT resources.

More Info: http://www.novell.com/products/server/

Open Enterprise Server

OES File Services
Give users secure access from anywhere.  Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 includes services that make vital data immediately and securely accessible to those who need it—no matter where they are. User data is stored more efficiently, made available more readily, secured more easily and preserved longer. These services invlude: Novell Storage Services, Novell iFolder, Novell NetStorage, Distributed File Services, iSCSI, Dynamic Storage Technology, and Novell Archive and Version Services.

OES Print Services
Novell iPrint allows you to get away from a complex printing environment. iPrint lets mobile employees, business partners, and customers access printers from a variety of remote locations using existing Internet connections, securely across multiple networks and operating systems. Whether users are working in an office building, telecommuting from home, or attending a sales meeting in another country, iPrint ensures that they can print documents quickly, easily, and reliably.

iPrint makes all your printing resources instantly accessible with a Web browser. In few mouse clicks you search your printer, download drivers, and create your printer on the workstation, enabling the user to send documents to the printer from any application on the desktop. Companies can also lower communication costs by reducing the need to fax documents between offices; instead, companies can use their existing Internet connections to print documents to remote printers.

ZEN Configuration Management (ZCM)

ZENworks® Configuration Management lowers your cost of ownership by using a unique policy-based approach to automate software setup, updates, healing and migration for desktop computers. With a complete range of flexible installation and deployment options—including a convenient virtual appliance deployment option—ZENworks Configuration Management is ready to deliver advanced configuration management capabilities, including remote management, personality migration, standard operating environment (SOE) deployment and maintenance, hardware and software inventory, asset management, optimized application delivery for both desktop and server-based applications and much more.

More Info: http://www.novell.com/products/zenworks/configurationmanagement/

Citrix

XenApp 6
Citrix® XenApp™ is an on-demand application delivery solution that enables any Windows® application to be virtualized, centralized, and managed in the datacenter and instantly delivered as a service to users anywhere on any device. In use by over 100 million users worldwide, XenApp delivers on the promise of proven application compatibility.

Compared to traditional application deployment technology, virtual application delivery with XenApp enables organizations to improve application management by:

  • Centralizing applications in the datacenter to reduce costs
  • Controlling and encrypting access to data and applications to improve security
  • Delivering applications instantly to users anywhere

More Info: http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=2300358

XenServer
Citrix® XenServer® is a complete, managed server virtualization platform built on the powerful Xen® hypervisor. Xen technology is widely acknowledged as the fastest and most secure virtualization software in the industry. XenServer is designed for efficient management of Windows® and Linux® virtual servers and delivers cost-effective server consolidation and business continuity.

More Info: http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=2300351

XenDesktop
Citrix® XenDesktop™ is a desktop virtualization and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution that delivers a complete Windows® desktop experience as an on-demand service to any user, anywhere. Whether users are task workers, knowledge workers, or mobile workers, XenDesktop quickly and securely delivers individual applications or complete desktops while providing a high-definition user experience.

More Info: http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=2300341

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 Network Infrastructure

Cisco Systems Inc.

Wherever you want your network to take your business, Integrity Network Solutions (a Cisco® Certified Partner) can help you get there. You can rest assured you’ll be partnering with a value-based solutions provider that meets the exacting standards of the world’s leading networking company.

We pride ourselve's on keeping pace with innovations in networking. Integrity maintain's a staff that has earned multiple Cisco career certifications and that partake in ongoing specialized training. This represents a serious investment in networking knowledge that we can bring to your technology and business strategy.

Furthermore, we understand the strategic role the network plays in your business strategy. We utilize proven methods for deployment. The Cisco Lifecycle Services approach helps us define the activities needed in order to successfully deploy and operate Cisco solutions, to optimize technology performance throughout your network lifecycle, and to reduce your deployment risk.

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 Messaging and Collaboration

Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2010

Integrity Network Solutions offers the latest version of hosted Exchange – Exchange 2010.  Users of older versions of Exchange as well as POP email users will benefit from the enhanced features of Exchange 2010. Some of the reasons why it outperforms the previous:

  • Full browser support for a variety of browsers including Internet Explorer and Safari
  • Larger mailbox options –  25GB of storage for Standard Plans and unlimited for Advanced and BPS Plans
  • Enhanced features of OWA 2010 with conversation style messaging

Because your business relies on email as one of the most important means of communication, you want to choose a provider that can offer the most secure infrastructure available.  

 

 

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 Security and Compliance

Lightspeed Systems

Total Traffic Control is the complete solution for managing your school network’s usage, health, and security. With this comprehensive solution you can monitor user activity, ensure Acceptable Use Policies are being followed (on email, the Web, or the desktop— both on the network and off), reduce dangerous and costly security threats, ensure school resources are utilized safely and effectively, and easily view and share critical information with custom reports.

Total Traffic Control brings together our component solutions into a single, comprehensive cost-effective, time-saving solution:

  • Web Access Manager - Ensure safe web browsing with customizable filtering and features for safe Web 2.0 access.
  • Email Manager - Archive and report on communications, while blocking spam.
  • Security Manager - Block viruses, spyware, and malware with desktop and gateway security.
  • Network Traffic Manager - Control traffic with bandwidth management.
  • Power Manager - Manage energy use with automated power management. (optional add-on)

 

Unitrends

At Unitrends, we understand that schools face numerous challenges—including the protection of student data, course materials, tests and transcripts. Ensuring the rapid recovery of data and operations in the event of a system failure or natural disaster is vital. Often, IT resources are limited, and updating legacy systems to newer technologies poses a significant challenge beyond the day-to-day challenge of simply keeping up with data growth, retention and compliance policies.

Unitrends helps on both fronts, allowing educational organizations to deploy scalable and reliable disk-based solutions that rapidly and securely back up and protect not just their electronic data files, but all of the computer systems they use in their crucial day-to-day operations.

Districts and schools are faced with a convergence of challenges:

  •     Growing data needs
  •     Slow and unreliable recovery from tape
  •     Limited IT budgets and staffing
  •     Aging equipment
  •     Funding that is contingent on regulatory compliance
  •     Supporting multiple OSs - Windows, Mac, Linux, Novell, etc.
  •     A demanding mission to provide highly reliable systems and data protection

Fortunately, there’s help. Unitrends’ Data Protection Units™ provide local backup of files and folders, removable disks for near-line archiving, and BareMetal™ restoration of entire failed servers. Our Data Protection Vaults provide electronic media-less vaulting of critical data to remote sites for true disaster recovery protection. All were specifically designed to simplify data protection processes and reduce costs associated with data backup, recovery and storage for our education customers.

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Kaspersky Labs

Kaspersky Lab delivers the world’s most immediate protection against IT security threats, including viruses, spyware, crimeware, hackers, phishing, and spam. Our products provide superior detection rates and the industry’s
fastest outbreak response time for SMBs, large enterprises, home users, and the mobile computing environment. Kaspersky® technology is also used worldwide inside the products and services of the industry’s leading IT
security solution providers. We put all our resources and know-how into preventing these threats from spreading. We help educate the community at large on best practices to ensure the greatest possible online security.

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 E-Rate

The Schools and Libraries Program reimburses telecommunications, internet access and internal connections providers for discounts on eligible services provided to schools and libraries. While schools and libraries apply for these discounts, Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) works in conjunction with service providers to make sure these discounts are passed on to program participants.