KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.----Devon IT, the fastest growing provider of thin client terminals and
innovators of the SafeBook™ thin client
notebook, today launched “Chalk 2.0,”
a low-cost IT solutions package for schools and school systems. Chalk
2.0 solves many of the problems IT professionals in the education
vertical face, including cost and manageability of IT services, by
implementing server-based applications and secure thin client devices.
”School systems and their IT employees face
the constant burdens of both paying for expensive IT solutions and
upgrades and managing hundreds or thousands of desktop PCs with little
staff,” says Joe Makoid, President, Devon IT. “Chalk
2.0 solves these major problems by implementing centralized control of
IT and reducing support needs, all while lowering up-front and total
ownership costs. Students, teachers and administrators can have full PC
desktop access and share information seamlessly and for a fraction of
the cost of standard desktop PCs. We are proud to bring this solution to
the education community, and look forward to helping even more school
systems advance their IT systems with Chalk 2.0.”
“Switching to Devon IT’s
Chalk 2.0 thin client system means that, instead of having thirty
machines to deal with, I only have one,”
explained Todd O'Bryan, duPont Manual High School. “In
addition to the increased ease of administration, thin clients were
remarkably cost effective. Even including the cost of a server to
support all thirty clients very comfortably, the cost per seat was about
$215, less than half what it would have been had we bought the cheapest
desktop machine on our state bid list for $433. Given how little money
schools have and how important technology is, anyone who has not
seriously considered thin clients for their schools is not being
diligent in how they spend the little money they have.”
“Education technology professionals
constantly face usability, manageability, and budgetary challenges,”
says Rob Sauerwalt from IBM. “Devon IT’s
Chalk 2.0 solution uses a centralized IT approach to lower costs and
improve manageability. The solution enables schools to affordably
provide the technology their teachers need to educate, and more
importantly, the tools students need to learn.”
Devon IT offers free evaluations for school systems. IT professionals
can also bring their servers to test Chalk 2.0 at Devon IT’s
Server-Desktop Solution Center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. For
more information about Chalk 2.0, or to schedule an appointment to test
the solution, email info at devonit.com,
call 610-757-4110 or 888-524-9382, or visit www.devonit.com.
About Devon IT
Devon IT is an information technology company that focuses on offering
thin client terminals and ultra-secure remote access solutions that
provide enterprise customers with greater security, enhanced
manageability, improved reliability, and lower costs. Devon IT is a
founding member of Blade.org and develops products which support IBM's
Hosted Client Infrastructure and Blade Computing ecosystem. More
information is available at www.devonit.com.
All company, brand, or product names are registered trademarks or
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