Smart Money: How schools are saving big bucks - The Diigo Meta page

• 28 Jun 09
  

  Nicole Muth

  budgets funding technology

  • replaced 418 old computers with new, energy-efficient PCs. The new PCs were
    loaded with NComputing
    desktop-virtualization software, allowing up to a dozen people to work off of
    the same machine. Each additional user needs an access device [which NComputing
    sells], a keyboard, a monitor, and a mouse. With the exact same number of PCs,
    Young provided an additional 1,260 computing seats. Running the 418 older
    computers was costing the district $11,537 per school year. Running the 418
    fully equipped new PCs costs only $12,477. In addition, Young says he saved
    close to $600,000 on equipment and on energy costs. The new setup is $7.44 per
    user vs. $27.60 per seat, using the old PCs.
    
  • “I know who the user is, what device he or she logged on—at school or at
    home—what he or she did, which websites they visited, and when they logged off,”
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  • • Since I know exactly which classrooms are turning computers on and off, I know
      where the computers should go.”
    • One principal removed computers from a classroom because the teacher wasn’t
      using them. Best savings of all? Partch says he no longer buys products that do
      not get used
• 13 Jun 09
  

  monika hardy

  In these challenging economic times, just about everyone is looking for ways to cut back—even schools. From using virtualization technology to accepting

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