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The end of 'top sliced' provided software and services. What to do next?
Now that the Harnessing Technology grant has largely been redistributed to fund free schools it suddenly raises the question, what are schools to do now to replace all of the free stuff that was often 'given' to them? For many years schools were provided with anti-virus software, internet connections online resources and other packages all paid for by money from the Harnessing Technology grant which often had a slice of the funding been by LEA's and RBC's before the remaining funds were distribu
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EduGeek
BSF - The James Review
Last week Sebastion James, the group operations director at Dixons released an independant report on the Building Schools for the Future project and concluded that 30% of the money spent could have been saved. The first link is to the orgional report and the one's beneath are media reactions: http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/c/capital%20review%20final%20report%20april%202011.pdf http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-13012596 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1374926/La
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EduGeek
RM Profits down as UK education budget redistribution takes effect
According to The Register here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/31/rm_pre_close_trading_statement/ To be fair, it is probably not just RM feeling the pinch since the Harnessing Technology grant was redistributed to fund 'free' schools, but many UK based educational IT suppliers will also be affected by this, especially as many of the free schools are still in the planning stages I doubt wether they have yet budgeted or planned for ICT spending yet. It will be interesting however to see i
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EduGeek
Thanks for everything Russ
As you can see by today’s banner we are losing an admin. Russ Dyas (Russdev) is leaving the world of local govt employ and joining the ranks at Impero. Russ has been with us since the early days, in fact his member number of 35 and the fact he joined a mere 10 days after we went live always made me wonder how he found us in the first place. He was a leading figure in introducing EduGeek to the bosses of most of the UK's leading ICT suppliers and companies and provided us with access to people t
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EduGeek
Spotify Malware Alert
Spotify has taken down it's third-party advertising network following reports that malware was being downloaded by rogue adverts since Thursday. According to Netcraft, users of the ad-supported free client were vulnerable to the attack which included Java-based drive-by downloads of malicious software on to user's computers. Those who have used the free version of Spotify in the past few days should run virus scans. Schools who allow access to Spotify may want to check their computer labs
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Events
EduGeek Conference 2011 - Initial Details
We've been beavering away at this for some time now and have some information we can impart to you to enable you to plan for this event. The conf will be held on the 2nd June 2011 at the Westleigh Conference Centre Preston, a mere 5 minutes’ drive from the Preston North Ibis Hotel, negating the need to hire coaches this year. Please note we will not be opening bookings for this event for a couple of weeks yet, so please don't send us PM's or emails asking to be added to the list as we shall be
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EduGeek
Virtualisation Webcast
ComputerWorld UK are to hold a free live webcast entitled 'Virtualisation: Maximising efficiency, flexibility and cost savings' at 10am on the 29th March and the first 100 registrants will be entered into a draw for an iPad 2! You can register here - the webcast has happened. I link to watch it on demand will be coming soon.
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EduGeek
Data Protection Blunder For York University
York University has attracted the unwanted gaze of the Information Commissioner after accidentally publishing private information about students on the institution's website. An A-Level exams enquiry tool allowed access to more then just a student's results, with E-Mail addresses, telephone numbers and even personal details about emergency contacts being exposed through the site. It is estimated that 148 student records were accessed through the enquiry tool but no figures have been revealed
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EduGeek
Open Source Schools - Open Opportunities, Freeing Learning
Open Source Schools are holding an event on Tuesday 5th April 2011 in London. This conference has been designed by school leaders and others in the Open Source Schools’ community to showcase to school leadership teams the best of educational free and open source software, whether used alone or blended with proprietary software. Why you should come Using open source software in your school will allow you to: save money use technology in a way that is aligned to your vision of teaching
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EduGeek
Windows InTune - Release Date 23rd March
For anyone whom was at the Conference last week and remembers the part regarding Windows InTune the good news is that a release date has now been put forward for the 23rd March 2011. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsintune/pc-management.aspx Windows InTune is a Cloud Based PC Managment solution from Microsoft. From what i saw and have read about this product it seems like it will be a very good product and soution for Small/Medium Businesses. I would also think it could be used
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EduGeek
RM Ceases Windows Vista Support
RM has announced that they are ceasing support of Windows Vista for future updates to CC3 and CC4. Any incidents specific to CC3 and CC4 will still be supported, but Vista specific issues may not be resolved. Testing of future CC3 and CC4 updates on Vista workstations will also be stopped. This comes as another blow to the troubled incarnation of the Windows family, caught in the unfortunate position of being sandwiched between the highly popular Windows XP and the newest member of the produc
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EduGeek
Dogs are sexier than smartphones
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110211/lf_afp/lifestyleusitinternetanimaltelecomappleretrevo I'm pretty sure that geek was chic, now they've changed their minds, again! Should we be worried?
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