The Affordable, High Performance Computing Solution for Schools

Buy One Computer and Get Nine Free

Safe Internet and application access with low student to PC ratios is a becoming more and more important for schools. Yet educators simply don't have the extra hours in the day to manage computers in addition to their academic responsibilities.

With Userful installing or upgrading your network can be as simple as telling us how many stations you need. DiscoverStations are fast, reliable, and resistant to viruses and malicious student tampering. We fully maintain all the software and hardware we provide with regular upgrades to ensure you always have the latest equipment. Find out how Userful can help you:

• Improve student to PC ratios
• Reduce downtime
• Know and budget for your exact, guaranteed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Free your teachers from the inconveniences of working around malfunctioning equipment.
• Free your support staff from the burdens keeping desktops up and running
• Customize system behavior to implement and enforce your Acceptable Use Policy

Its a tall order but one that Userful has the technology and expertise to deliver on. We stand behind our claims of "zero-administration" and "lower TCO" by guaranteeing your Total Cost of Ownership. We sell access not systems hence take complete custodianship of all the hardware and software required to ensure that access is available 24/7.

Education Application Areas

More Access. Less Headaches. Lower Cost

Our easy-to-use appliance solution frees staff for teaching and innovation. Outsource the burdensome task of deploying, administering, and maintaining your Desktop PCs frees teachers to return to teaching, and IT staff to focus on the innovative IT projects that make your school board unique.

Hassle-free Desktop Computers to Help Schools Run Efficiently

School boards and schools face the burden of keeping thousands of PCs running and ensuring software license compliance with limited resources. Teachers face the burden of diagnosing and trying to resolve the problems through help desks and/or their colleagues. Adding PCs typically adds a corresponding management burden to keep these PCs running and keep them safe. Our worry free solution includes 24/7 monitoring, preemptive maintenance, and remote software updates.

Internet Filtering and Acceptable Use

Connecting to the Internet, though essential in today's learning environments, is amongst the riskiest things a school can undertake with a PC. Students will download viruses, install illegal software, and circumvent attempts at prevention. They may use the school's network to access questionable content or undertake illegal activities. Parents and lawmakers expect children's privacy to be protected and in many cases expect measure to be in place to deter students from accessing adult content or sexual predators online. All of which create technical and legal risks and complexities.

DiscoverStation's flexible Internet filtering is easily tailored to your school's objectives. Teachers for example can have less rigorous filter settings than students. This enables you to limit risks and deter abuse without constraining and frustrating legitimate users.

Free Office Suite Software for all Students and Teachers

Our full-featured office-suite comes with unlimited no-cost licensing. This means you can install OpenOffice for free on an unlimited number of computers. Each DiscoverStation comes with a cross-platform CD of OpenOffice that you can loan to your students or teachers so they can install OpenOffice on their home computer.

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