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	Home SIIA Vision Achieving the Vision Means for Change Help Schools Support Accountability Deepen Learning Facilitate Communication Manage Education Enable Students Nurture Creativity Measures of Progress 21st Century Tools Full-time Access Differentiated Learning Assessment Tools Enterprise Support Checking Your Progress Evidence Technology Works Get Involved Contact Us	Manage the Education Enterprise Effectively and Economically The following success stories, case studies, research, and evaluation reports support this vision statement. Wesleyan uses web-native solutions to increase efficiency and save money. Postsecondary Education - Success Story Produced by SchoolDude.com Wesleyan University's work-order system was complex, expensive, and outdated, complicating on campus communication. Seeking to address this issue, the university implemented SchoolDude.com's web-native solutions. The work-order system is now online which increases communication and decreases cost related to the purchase and upgrades of expensive software. Read more The Utah Education Network reaches more teachers faster with professional-quality training and support K-12 Education - Case Study Produced by Adobe, Inc. Utah established the Utah Education Network as a state-wide initiative with the goal of providing training and technical assistance to the more than 22,000 K-12 teachers in the state's public schools. While the network did help educators in Utah, it was not optimally efficient and cost-effective. The UEN began using Adobe Connect and Captivate to help streamline teachers' websites, correspondence, and training. The network now allows teachers to easily communicate and engage in professional training regardless of computer literacy and comfort levels. Read more Georgia State University contributes a powerful building block to a supercomputing grid Postsecondary - Case Study Produced by IBM Corporation Georgia State University is a research university with an enrollment over 50,000 located in urban Atlanta, Georgia. As part of the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA), the university helped develop a shared computing grid called SURAgrid for research. Part of their support to the program was the deployment of a powerful computing system using IBM cluster nodes and storage systems. With this new system, Georgia State University has been able to donate more processing power and help their researchers by providing faster computing, safe data backup, and quick data retrieval. Read more Albuquerque Public Schools reduces licensing costs and increases availability of software to educators. K-12 Education - Case Study Produced by Sassafras Software, Inc. Albuquerque Public Schools in New Mexico had more software requests then budgeted and were not confident that the district was fully utilizing the software they did have. Using K2 - KeyAuditor and KeyServer, the district assessed their existing software usage and needs. By using software management technology, the IT department at Albuquerque Public Schools is now able to manage its software and licenses efficiently at low cost. Read more

Manage the Education Enterprise Effectively and Economically