QED & Education
Technology and the Internet are vital parts of learning in today’s schools. Yet their use presents risks for students, challenges for schools and concerns for parents. Omni Manager will solve these problems.
At QED Connect, we understand the key issues faced by K-12 schools, universities and other educational organizations.
- Budgets & resources are limited
- Management of a wide range of computing hardware and software assets
- Wider use and control of laptops
- Use of non-technical employees to establish and maintain Internet and user policies across the organization
- Requirement to produce auditable reports of all activities that occur on their networks and list all assets under their control
- Protection of users from inappropriate and harmful web sites
- Flexible user/filtering policies to suit different surfing needs
- Net savvy students seeking ways to bypass the security tools deployed
We’ve designed Omni Manager specifically to address each one. This feature-rich, all-inclusive software-as-a-service provides significant time and cost savings, remotely delivering essential security applications over the Internet onto your network of PCs, laptops and wireless devices.
Most importantly, it enables you to leverage all the educational uses of technology and the Internet while still providing a safe and protected learning environment for students.
- Hosted, web-based service reduces IT management time and costs by eliminating the need to install or maintain servers or software on your end
- Affordable per seat pricing fits into even the tightest budgets
- Easy-to-use interface allows even non-technical employees to use
- Capability to manage both hardwired and wireless devices enables wider use of laptops by both students and staff
- Quick, detailed reporting on network activity
- Award-winning web filtering, blocking and monitoring protects students from inappropriate and harmful web sites
- Visibility into student activity enables you to identify network performance issues resulting from downloading of music, games or other bandwidth-draining applications
- Insight into employee activity offers more control over productivity
- Asset tracking provides immediate knowledge of any changes made to computers and laptops
- Flexible user/filtering policies to suit different Internet surfing needs (i.e. research, projects)
- Parents can have confidence knowing they do not need to be concerned with their children using the Internet while at school
The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law enacted by Congress in December 2000 to address concerns about access to offensive content over the Internet on school and library computers. CIPA imposes certain types of requirements on any school or library that receives funding support for Internet access or internal connections from the “E-rate” program – a program that makes certain technology more affordable for eligible schools and libraries.
Requirements include having Internet safety policies and technology protection measures in place, including Internet blocking and filtering for all computers accessed by minors.
Omni Manager provides you with a complete and affordable solution for CIPA compliance.
