Schools Are Investing in Application Access

Schools Are Investing in Application Access

Forward thinking school districts are responding to budget challenges by adopting application access. Franklin Township School District is teaming with PBG Networks and Ericom to offer Ericom RemoteView.

Bellmawr, NJ (Vocus/PRWEB) December 29, 2010

In today’s economic environment, all enterprises – especially schools – are suffering severe shortfalls in budget and personnel. The situation is particularly acute in information services where school administrators are struggling to provide students and teachers with greater access to learning applications.

Forward thinking districts, like Franklin Township in New Jersey, are responding to these challenges by adopting new technologies, such as application access. Application access enables the distribution of server-based applications to remote PC clients. Franklin is teaming with PBG Networks, a leading school systems integrator, and Ericom, a premier provider of application access and virtualization software, to offer Ericom RemoteView.

RemoteView administers applications entirely at the server level, eliminating the need to service or upgrade individual PCs.

Key features of RemoteView include:

Application “publishing”, pushing applications from secure central servers to remote PCs. Centralized application management. Enhanced application security, adding to overall system security. Full integration with Microsoft Active Directory. Linux support.

Impressed with Ericom and PBG Networks, Andrew Knechel, Director of Technology for the Franklin Township Board of Education, elected to double the school system’s application access investment – acquiring an additional 200 Ericom client licenses.

According to Mr. Knechel, “Our experience with both the Ericom product and PBG as a company has been overwhelmingly positive. PBG is very responsive to any requests we make for help or support, and the recommendations they’ve made concerning products have specifically met our unique needs. [PBG has demonstrated] sensitivity both to our financial situation as a school district, and our need for a stable and reliable product.”

About PBG Networks

Founded in 1996, PBG Networks is a systems integration firm specializing in virtualization, storage technologies, and remote access solutions, serving the Education and Healthcare sectors. For more information, please contact PBG Networks at 1.877.724.4620 or e-mail us at info(at)pbgnetworks(dot)com.

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