26 Schools Lead Emerging New Trend in UK Education by Embracing MiniFrame's Multi-User PC Technology By VSM News Staff published: Thursday, September 04 2008
Just in time for back to
school, MiniFrame's versatile solution, SoftXpand, proves to be the
next generation PC as schools throughout the UK have seamlessly
implemented this solution into their curriculum.
NETANYA,
Israel - September 2, 2008- MiniFrame, supplier of the
powerful multi-user and cost-efficient PC solution, SoftXpand,
announced today that 26 schools throughout the United Kingdom have
implemented hundreds of its PC workstations as a measure to expand
their computer rooms and provide a further enriching educational
curriculum focused on improving academic results through the
facilitation of technology. A total of 527 workstations have been supplied to 26
schools throughout England and Wales. MiniFrameUK, the UK distributor of SoftXpand,
and their reseller network, worked on the implementation of the
software at the schools.
Primary
and Secondary schools alike are leading the
virtualization trend by demonstrating the financial benefits and
flexibility of multi-user software in addition to noticing a marked
learning curve due to MiniFrame's highpowered and high quality solution. SoftXpand's unique
ability to convert one PC into up to eight fully independent virtual
PCs consisting of only a monitor, keyboard and mouse without additional
proprietary hardware, corresponds with these educational institutions'
goal of supplying high performance PC workstations to the students and
teachers at an extremely cost efficient price compared to standard PCs.
As the
next generation PC, SoftXpand enables a full PC experience by
supporting educational multimedia and graphic applications and helps
contribute to an enriching and interactive educational experience.
Providing an opportunity for more students to have access to computers,
MiniFrame's versatile multi-user solution helps equip students with
fundamental computing skills to prepare them for higher education.
Eli Segal,
MiniFrame's CEO stated, "MiniFrame's SoftXpand is the ideal
solution for the educational sector as it accomplishes every school's
vision of providing computer accessibility and the highest quality PC
experience at a fraction of the cost. As the
next generation PC, MiniFrame's vision is for computers to no longer be
regarded as a luxury but rather an indispensable educational tool to
help sharpen the skills and knowledge of our youth."
With the
goal of replacing at times faulty suites with a more reliable platform
on which to help maintain excellent educational standards and
opportunities, a combined total of 527 SoftXpand workstations
have been purchased to date by an array of state schools.
MiniFrame's flexible solution will significantly reduce the
schools' total cost of ownership (TCO), since the system only requires
one CPU for multiple workstations, and will also only require
maintenance and management of the host PCs. Further areas of reduced
spending for the schools include: PC warranty, PC insurance, software
deployment, and networking. The solution is
also a true green IT solution - helping the schools save at least 75%
in energy consumption, by conserving the power consumption of up to
seven PCs.
About
MiniFrame
MiniFrame's
technology offers a software solution that is a true substitute to
hardware. SoftXpand turns a standard PC into a rich multi-user
PC with the capability of creating up to eight independent
workstations, each of which boasts a wealth of multimedia capabilities
and displays rich PC performance. This next generation PC is a software
only solution with no proprietary hardware. MiniFrame's vision is to
provide PCs, to any given market level, at a fraction of the cost. SoftXpand
software drastically reduces the amount of required hardware leading to
huge reductions in Total Cost of Ownership, enables improved PC
management and is the ultimate green IT solution. MiniFrame has
distribution partners in five continents, and is continuously seeking
to expand its international distribution network, offering a unique
window of opportunity to its partners.
For partnership inquiries please visit www.miniframe.com/now
or contact MiniFrame by email: global@miniframe.com.
If you are
in the UK and are interested in SoftXpand for your
organization, or are interested in reselling opportunities, please
contact MiniFrameUK at www.miniframeuk.com, or by
email: info@miniframeuk.com;
Tel: 01629 888162
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