The World is at your students fingertips

A managed secure hosted desktop anywhere/anytime, the future is here.

Students have unprecedented access to their work both in school and away from campus. A hosted desktop unlike anything they’ve used before that can grow with their needs without costly computer upgrades; more power on demand.

From middle school to the college campus students utilizing the hosted desktop are miles ahead of their peers in connectivity and communication with unrivaled accessibility and power. Parents and educators have a direct view of the students body of work, including the ability for student to directly transfer completed assignments from their hosted desktop, never leaving a secure environment.

Parent and schools can move away from traditional desktops or laptop units and provide inexpensive netbooks, thin clients or repurposed used computers. The hosted desktop running on the data center server does all of the heavy lifting and computations that would normally require a robust personal computer. Hosted desktops are computing in the cloud on high end servers with power to spare for all of the students needs, welcome to the future of computing.

From middle school to the college campus

A hosted desktop in the cloud doesn’t have to end with the school year, parents and students can opt to continue their hosted desktop indefinitely. With a home or personal edition, hosted desktop, the students work is transferred to a home account and can grow with the child through life. Students can have access to their hosted desktop throughout their break for total access 365 days a year.

Refocusing school resources

Limited time and resources to properly manage and maintain a student network are a thing of the past. All hosted desktops are configured and planned within the schools guidelines by our dedicated application specialists. Iasun manages the offsite data center and resources required to provide access to all students and teachers. Dedicated teacher directories allow for reporting and submissions by the students with no data transfer outside of the hosted desktop network.

A large assortment of open source software encourages creativity without the costly burden of licensing and installation. Base configuratons of Windows Desktop with Internet Explorer and FireFox web browser, Thunderbird email and Open Office is sure to let the creative juices flow. Go the distance and opt for any Microsoft Office product including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Custom group desktop instances can be configured as needed on any hosted desktop.

• Manageability – Application specialists can manage student needs easier from one centralized location, the data center, instead of running across school districts to troubleshoot thousands of desktop PCs. .
• Cost-Savings & Green Technology – Virtual desktops costs thousands of dollars less to deploy and maintain. A basic PC or thin client can have drastically increased speed and performance compared with traditional stand alone systems.
• True PC-Like Experience - New technology allows students to access the Internet just like a PC. Typical users cannot tell the difference from a hosted desktop to a stand alone system and because of network availability and server load balancing many users experience a more responsive system.
• Security - Students can be prevented from downloading files that contain spyware, malware, and viruses because all applications are stored in the data center - not the desktop. Application specialists can further refine access points and data transmission whenever necessary.