Energy Savings and Magic Packets

Kentucky schools have embarked on an energy management program. This was required by law and every district is participating at some level. This energy saving initiative deals with all aspects …

The Crystal Ball

As I look ahead to the next school year for our districts, I thought I’d take a moment to mention a few trends that we’ll all likely face in the …

E-Rate: Funding Year 2011

There’s quite a bit going on with the federal E-Rate program this summer. There are a few critical Notices of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) out there and there is also a …

What do you do in the summer?

That question gets posed from outside the education community, with the general assumption being that everyone vacations all summer long if they work in the K-12 education environment. Not true. …

Video distribution vendors…

I’m probably oversimplifying their offerings by titling this entry as simply ‘video distribution’, but these vendors are worth a mention nonetheless: VBrick presented their IP video solution. They have presented …

A couple of vendor mentions…

I’m at a CIO conference/retreat and thought I’d take a moment to mention several products and vendors who have presented or attended: M86 Security – An internet security company that …

McAfee and the ‘false positive’

Note: Thoughts expressed here are mine alone. They may echo the thoughts of others, but I’m not publishing this on behalf of or in representation of anyone else. Nearly everyone …