1GPA Quarterly Clipboard

July 2022

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How 3 Government and Education Customers Overcame Their Technology Challenges

Logicalis Contracts #21-07P-13 Fire, Security and Communication System Solutions, #22-02PV-12 Technology and Audio/Visual Solutions, #19-07PV-03 Internal Connections (E-Rate Category 2 Eligible)

Does planning for and implementing technology solutions tax your IT team?
Does your network infrastructure fail to agilely support the initiatives needed to securely serve citizens and students?
Is budget—or lack of it—an ongoing issue?
Does a burdensome procurement process keep your organization from reaching its goals?

If you’ve answered yes to any of these, you’re not alone. Most organizations today face ongoing cost, complexity, and resource challenges and struggle to find the right technology solutions—or to get the technology right...(Continue Reading).

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Schools Now Want An All-In-One Provider

Ident-A-Kid 1GPA Contract #19-19P-01, Visitor, Volunteer and Emergency Management Systems

Having visitors on campus is nothing new. Every day, schools and districts across the country welcome visitors of all types. They could be a parent coming to have lunch with their child, a substitute teacher covering the last half of the day, or even a vendor hired to install new light fixtures. However, the way our schools are tracking these various activities has seen a transformation. Districts have realized that the old way of doing things no longer works as well as before. With technology continually updating... (Continue Reading)

What's Ahead in School-Home Communications - and What's Working Now

ParentSquare 1GPA Contract #21-11PV-04, Web Content and/or Mass Notification System

Earlier this year, a survey of over 1,300 school and district leaders across the United States shared their current school-home communications practices and their plans for future communications. Among the survey's noteworthy findings: Email is the most used communications channel, text messaging is seen as twice as effective as it is frequent, and a staggering 64% say...(Continue Reading)

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