Company President Joel Althoff returned from Rancho Mirage with an assortment of USB drives, brochures, business cards and swag typical of the semi-annual conference from Ingram Micro. His most-prized souvenir wasn’t any ordinary promotional freebie this time, though, it was a listing on the inaugural SMB 500 from Ingram Micro. Ingram Micro’s SMB 500 lists their […]
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Meraki Systems Manager Enhancements
Meraki, our preferred provider of wireless networking solutions, released enhancements today on their free mobile device management tool; Meraki Systems Manger. You can read about the newest updates from Meraki on their webpage, or view a breakdown of some of our favorite enhancements below. Android Support -Android devices can now install Meraki Systems Manager and be […]
ITS deploys live construction camera feed
Independence Community School District, a K-12 district serving over 1300 students in Northeast Iowa, recently broke ground on their new Jr/Sr High School Building to open for the 2013-2014 school year. To keep patrons and alumni connected to the building process, Indepenence expanded their ITS-installed Meraki Wireless Network to include outdoor recpetion for two video cameras. View […]
1:1 Devices in Iowa Schools
General Trends The early adopters of 1:1 initiatives in Iowa are nearing ends of leases/life cycles in 2012 or 2013, and several other districts are beginning their rollouts. Our service calls, consultation visits and conference sessions have provided us with keen insight on the questions, concerns and preferences that many Iowa technology directors and administrators […]
GarageBand and iPads: No More Guitar Envy
Other than several skill-building apps and educational games, the first app I bought for extensive use in the classroom is GarageBand. I have often envied guitar playing teachers that can strum their instrument in their lap while singing the morning weather song or happy birthday, or even gather the students with a single chord. I […]