BETT 2016 - Where to Find our Sponsors

Once again the world's largest educational technology event is almost here.

This years event will be bigger than ever and we shall be there to provide guidance and a comfy place to rest your feet.

From the largest to the smallest companies, BETT will have them all showing off their latest and greatest products as well as seminars, break out sessions and a whole raft of other activities catering for all areas of the educational sphere which utilise IT.

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20st-23th January - Excel London

EduGeek shall once more be sharing a stand with Smoothwall (stand E300) so please make our day and come over to say 'Hi'.

As usual, we shall be giving away our famous lanyards (back to retro yellow by popular demand!) and our AFK badges which this year have a new (topical) colour scheme.

Let's see who will be the first to guess what it represents!

We shall also be holding the ever popular raffle on the stand and have some very nice prizes which have very kindly been donated by VeryPC and Neustro Education:

VeryPC UltraBook SS:

Lightweight, super portable, full HD 13 inch certified Intel® Ultrabook from VeryPC with Windows 10 Pro. Features 14nm 6th generation Intel Core™ processor, backlit keyboard, up to 7.5-hour battery life all in a beautiful silver aluminium chassis.

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SPEC:

• Processor: Intel Core i5-6200U 2.3GHz (2.8GHz Turbo) dual core (4 thread) 3MB cache (14nm 6th gen Skylake)
  
• Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
  
• Storage: 240GB SSD
  
• OS: Windows 10 Pro
  
• Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 520
  
• Display: 13.3 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixels, LED-backlit
  

VeryPC Flex Micro:

Compact desktop PC from VeryPC. Features desktop stand, VESA mounting plate and convenient cable shroud to keep your desktop tidy.

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SPEC:

• CPU: Intel Core i3-4170T 3.2GHz dual core (4 thread) 3MB cache (22nm 4th gen Haswell)
  
• RAM: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz
  
• Storage: 240GB SSD
  
• OS: Windows 10 Pro
  
• Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 4400
  
• USB: 2 x USB 3.0, 4 x USB 2.0
  
• Video ports: 1 x HDMI, 1 x DVI-I
  

Apple Watch or Android compatible smartwatch kindly donated by Neustro Education (the winner can decide which device they'd like).

All you have to do is pop by the stand and pick up a raffle ticket

And most importantly, to help you find our sponsors who are either at the show or have their partner companies there we have compiled a handy list for you below:

http://www.bettshow.com/

EduGeek sponsors attending:

Smoothwall – Stand E300

Smoothwall are specialists in creating solutions that protect children online. Developers of intelligent content-aware web filtering, we've been working in education for over 10 years and currently protect more than 7000 UK schools and 2.5 million students every day from accessing harmful content on the internet. Working with our partners, eSafe, the Internet Watch Foundation and EduGeek, we want to spread the word to recruit people on our mission: to make the internet a safer place. Join one of our seminars to find out more about your safeguarding obligations in 2016 and how we can help

 

This year we’re proud to be once more working alongside EduGeek. This community, with almost 85,000 members, is focused primarily on IT in education. Everything they do is free for members and their friendly forums cover topics ranging from high-end technical advice through to school policies and purchasing and all conducted in a highly co-operative and professional environment.

Read more: Bett Show 2016 - Smoothwall and EduGeek

NetSupport – Stand D118

NetSupport is a market-leading provider of multi-platform classroom management software. With over 25 years’ experience in the education sector, its portfolio of products supports over 14 million desktops, servers and mobile devices worldwide. Its flagship classroom management solution, NetSupport School, helps teachers leverage the benefits of Windows 10 with a new Tutor app, the ability to use Desktop and Store apps, full integration with OneDrive − plus much more. Its new, dedicated IT Asset Management solution for schools, NetSupport DNA, provides a school-wide overview of all IT assets and activity, highlighting cost savings.

 

 

Read more: Bett Show 2016 - NetSupport Software

Net-Ctrl - Stand C63

Net–Ctrl is a leading UK value-add technology reseller. Our mission is to provide technology solutions and services that enable our customers to exist safely and efficiently in a complex digital world.

We have been operating for over 10 years and developed expertise in network and physical security, data storage and wireless solutions.

We design, install and support a hand-picked range of enterprise solutions that we believe truly deliver in the workplace into both private businesses and public sector organisations.

Our passion for technology and customer service sets us apart from the competition.

 

 

Read more: Bett Show 2016 - Net-ctrl Limited

School Cloud Systems - Stand A200

School Cloud Systems is a multi-award winning software company providing leading solutions to over 2,000 schools worldwide. The Parents Evening System is the market leading online appointment booking software allow parents to book online to see their child's teachers at parents' night. It's loved by parents and trusted by schools worldwide to manage millions of appointments. We also provide the market leading Room Booking System to manage the booking of rooms & resources during the school day and invoice hirers for lettings after the school day.

 

 

Read more: Bett Show 2016 - School Cloud Systems

Schools Broadband - Stand C80

Schools Broadband is an ISP dedicated to education; supplying fast, secure and reliable internet services to over 1000 schools across the UK.

Our unique cloud hosted infrastructure will give your school world-class security from Fortinet, together with fully customisable web filtering from Lightspeed Systems included as part of your package. We can also provide WiFi, SIP Trunking, VoIP and VPLS services, giving modern-day primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities everything they need to facilitate online learning.

In 2014, we were awarded Best Business Use of Cloud and were shortlisted for Internet Safety and Security in the ISPA Awards.

 

 

Read more: Bett Show 2016 - Schools Broadband

Fortinet (Formerly Meru) - Stand C241

Fortinet is a leading global provider of network security appliances for enterprise’s and service providers.

Fortinet’s proven solutions in secure Wi-Fi markets, with its FortiAP secure wireless access points and FortiWiFi integrated security appliances for enterprise branch offices and small businesses have been among the fastest growing products in the company’s “advanced technologies” portfolio. The addition of Meru’s intelligent Wi-Fi solutions to the Fortinet portfolio extends the delivery of a secure, uninterrupted user experience – anytime anywhere – providing peak performance in environments requiring high capacity load and a high-density of wireless users, such as enterprise, education, healthcare, and hospitality.

 

 

Read more: Bett Show 2016 - Fortinet

Stone Computers - Stand C90

Our mission is to improve the education of people in the UK through technology services. By taking ownership of the technology our customers want us to, we enable organisations to concentrate on what they do best – whether that’s looking after the citizens of today or tomorrow.

We encourage every individual we work with to push the boundaries and try new things; all while being sustainable in the way things are done.

Whether an ICT Co-ordinator for a primary school or the IT Director for a city council, everyone benefits from the same level of dedicated service.

 

 

Read more: Bett Show 2016 - Stone Computers

ICT Direct - Stand B68

ICT Direct supplies hundreds of schools across the UK with high quality refurbished business grade computer hardware.

Schools have saved thousands of pounds over the years using our reliable computers, backed by warranties up to 5 years.

We specialise in: PCs, laptops, servers, printers, monitors, tablets, laptop/tablet security.

We provide schools with a free minimum two-year, no quibble warranty on all PCs, workstations, servers and monitors.

We also run a “Try before you buy” scheme where schools can try the equipment free of charge before deciding to purchase it.

We’re members of BESA and the Microsoft Refurbisher Programme.

 

 

Read more: Bett Show 2016 - ICT Direct

Schoolcomms - Stand B221

 

A fully SIMS integrated, school to home communication system made simple. Schoolcomms are the leaders in parent communication technology with the School Gateway parent app, and products including Messaging, Payments, Online Reporting and Clubs. The easy and effective one-system solution encompasses everything from text and email, absence chasing, behaviour, achievement and assessment reporting to breakfast and after school club management. The Schoolcomms system is now trusted by over 2,500 schools and 1,000,000 parents who are using the parent app.

 

 

Read more: Bett Show 2016 - Schoolcomms

Exa Networks - Stand B160

Exa Education is a multi-award winning ISP. Now in our 13th year of providing schools with award winning internet connectivity, email, content filtering and multi-award winning customer support.

Unlike the majority of ISPs in the UK which cater firstly to the home user market; Exa does not supply to the residential market at all; and we have used our experience to make sure all of our products, services, network & support were designed in-house from the ground up to meet and surpass the specific requirements of today’s educational organisations.

 

 

Read more: Bett Show 2016 - Exa Education

BFC Networks - Stand C300 (The Microsoft Pavillion)

As a leading Office 365 Education supplier and customizer, BFC Networks have implemented the cloud solution to 1000s of schools in the UK completing mail and file migrations to Exchange and SharePoint.

As we now start to offer Office 365 add-ins including parental access to Office 365 (Parent365) and classroom assignments (Cloud Classroom), come visit us at Microsoft Partner Village.

Whether you are looking for custom work, or Office 365 add-ins to enhance your environment, come visit us for a demonstration of our exciting new products.

With our MVPs (Microsoft Valuable Experts), come ask about your requirements.

 

 

Read more: Bett Show 2016 - BFC Networks Ltd

LanSchool (Lenovo) - Stand C200

Lenovo is the number one education PC Company in the world. And our strategy is to help schools, colleges and universities improve learning outcomes and increase operational efficiency. Lenovo enables this through the most innovative PCs, servers, services and solutions, as well as a commitment to creating shared value with education through our research and development via the Education Research Institute. Lenovo also serves on multiple international, national, regional and local education organisations and advocacy organisations, including those within the United Nations and World Economic Forum.

 

Read more: http://www.bettshow.com/Exhibitor/Lenovo

PaperCut - Represented by iTS UK - Stand E350

ITS: Info Technology Supply Ltd is a leading software development company. For over 25 years we have been supplying innovative IT solutions to education organisations worldwide which save them money and staff time.We specialise in access management, booking systems, desk top management utilities, cost recovery, print & copy management, classroom management and BYOD solutions.

We are an Authorised Solution Centre for PaperCut and also a long standing partner of Faronics.

 

Read more: http://www.bettshow.com/Exhibitor/Info-Technology-Supply-Ltd

See you there