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The Hudson Falls Central School District uses an HP thin client solution to deliver on the promise of technology in the classroom.
When Greg Partch left his job in industry to join the Hudson Falls (N.Y.) Central School District and head its technology department, he faced a major challenge. The town had lost most of its traditional industrial base, so schools were terribly under funded, yet desperately in need of effective classroom technology.
“I needed to find technology that would be cost effective, that would run all the time, be accessible almost 24 x 7, and not require a large staff to manage it,” says Partch, Director of Education Technology for the Hudson Falls schools. “A virtualized environment with HP Thin Clients and application servers combined with the ClassLink technology portal, does all that for us.”
Objective:
Provide reliable technology in the classroom, while improving student access
Approach:
Hudson Falls Central School District implemented HP Thin Clients in the classroom linked to HP Server Blades, and the ClassLink application delivery system
IT improvements:
•Greater reliability with HP t5530 Thin Clients
•Centralized software management from data center
Business benefits:
• Lower costs due to:
- licensing fewer copies of software and managing access at the server
- replacing traditional desktops with thin clients that cost substantially less
- centralized server (and software) management in the data center
• Improved access with greater number of workstations, more uptime
• Students access a consistent desktop anytime, anywhere
• More ‘time on task’ in the classroom
