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Virtually saving money

Virtualisation again. Just to remind you if you’re still not up with it, virtualisation is shorthand for replacing your bank of network servers with just a few, more powerful ones, each housing a number of virtual servers. And why has it suddenly become...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 01:43 AM by Microsoft UK Schools

Filed under: hyper-V, Saving Money, Windows Server 2008, case study, Money Saving Tips, carbon emissions, West Hatch High School

Upgrading and virtualising to save money

The Microsoft worldwide case studies site always throws up some interesting things to read. But a couple of weeks ago I noticed that a new case study of a UK school had been published by our services team, in partnership with Dell. It’s from Lodge Park...

Published Wed, Feb 17 2010 06:34 AM by Microsoft UK Schools

Filed under: Saving Money, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, case study, Virtualisation, Money Saving Tips, carbon emissions, Lodge Park

Finding good practice with ICT around the world

One of the easiest ways to see what is possible is to look at what other schools have done. We publish lots of 'case studies' on our worldwide website, and I had a quick look to see how many examples are there for UK Education institutions. The...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2010 11:23 AM by Microsoft UK Schools

Filed under: Live@EDU, case study, Dean Close School, Lodge Park

Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 6 – Stop buying every laptop

Part six of the series of Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips for schools , based on my BETT 2010 presentation. Okay, the first five tips have concentrated on the idea of you making a ‘switch’ in the way that you do things. Tip 1, on virtualisation, is saving...

Published Fri, Jan 22 2010 03:30 AM by Microsoft UK Schools News Blog

Filed under: Students, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, case study, Home Access Programme, BETT, Becta, networks, Money Saving Tips

Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 5 – Switch the way you do remote access

Part five of the series of Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips for schools , based on my BETT 2010 presentation. Every time we release a new version of our software, and you upgrade to it, it is well worth doing a review of what extra features it includes that...

Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 09:08 AM by Microsoft UK Schools News Blog

Filed under: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, case study, information security in schools, Dean Close School, Becta, Money Saving Tips

Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 4 – Switch your communications

Part four of the series of Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips for schools , based on my BETT 2010 presentation. So far, the first three money savings tips could save a secondary school over £100,000 over three years (and a primary school £20-£25,000). And this...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 05:40 AM by Microsoft UK Schools News Blog

Filed under: Live Meeting, Saving Money, case study, office 2007, teaching and learning, BETT, Money Saving Tips, Wootton Bassett School

Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 1 – Server Virtualisation

Each day I’ll write a short piece about each one of the money saving ideas in my BETT 2010 presentation. Are you old enough to remember the first time that you realised that you needed a room to put the server in? Rather than just leaving it in the corner...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 01:23 AM by Microsoft UK Schools News Blog

Filed under: presentations, case study, BETT, Wootton Bassett School

£750M of savings in schools – and some ideas to get started

Yesterday, at the SSAT Conference, Ed Balls took to the stage to talk about the need for more efficient resource management in schools. The Guardian kicked off the coverage this morning, with their dramatic headline “ Ed Balls tells schools to make £750M...

Published Fri, Nov 27 2009 01:00 AM by Microsoft UK Schools News Blog

Filed under: Saving Money, case study, Twynham School, LGFL, DCSF

South East Essex College and DMS do Windows 7

Certainly the first in the UK and Europe, South East Essex College went for a complete roll-out of Windows 7 for the start of term in September, making it the biggest educational user of Windows 7 at the start of term. They moved everything together Read...

Published Mon, Nov 2 2009 03:01 AM by FE blog

Filed under: Windows 7, case study, partners

INSET training materials and videos for September 09 – Part One

It may be a little early to write this, but I’m aware that some of you will be starting to think (perhaps subconsciously) about starting next term well. And for many schools this will mean the day before the pupils arrive – the INSET day. For the benefit...

Published Fri, Jul 31 2009 08:25 AM by Microsoft UK Schools News Blog

Filed under: Training, free stuff, video, training materials, INSET, case study, free downloads

Monkseaton High School – using OneNote to build a Connected Learning Community

Following on from the Sunday Times article last week , and my post about the written case study three weeks ago, I’ve now also got a copy of the video that was made a few weeks ago. Monkseaton High School and OneNote This video explains some of the background...

Published Fri, Jul 31 2009 01:43 AM by Microsoft UK Schools News Blog

Filed under: OneNote, video, case study, office 2007, Monkseaton

Monkseaton High School making news again – pupils learning at home

Two weeks ago, I wrote about their new case study that Monkseaton High School had produced with us, and yesterday I opened up the Sunday Times and saw them again, on page 5 , under the headline School’s out as pupils learn at home on ‘Facebook’ site It...

Published Mon, Jul 27 2009 06:40 AM by Microsoft UK Schools News Blog

Filed under: OneNote, sharepoint, case study, Monkseaton, Press, SharePoint in education

Business Intelligence in education - turning data into information

With increasing governance and fiscal demands, Northumbria University needed a way for their managers to quickly and easily track critical financial and student data. After implementing the Business Intelligence solution, their stakeholders now...

Published Wed, Jul 1 2009 01:33 AM by FE blog

Filed under: sharepoint, case study, business intelligence, Waterstons

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