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BETT Highlights
Next generation
teaching technology
from NYnet
Wyse digital classroom
B
ETT 2010 visitors can experience a Wyse ‘digital classroom’ that enables
more computers to be delivered at lower cost and at the same time
creates a better learning environment.
Using the latest virtualisation technology, Wyse software and
hardware delivers the functionality of high performance PCs,
including support for the latest multimedia curriculum software and
A
mpleforth College has signed a new five year contract with leading
broadband provider NYnet to deliver a high-speed broadband
peripherals, but without the reliability and maintenance headaches
connection to dramatically improve its online access.
that PCs often bring with them.
Wyse will be showing new releases of its software, together with
This access will have a positive impact on pupils, teachers and parents
new desktop and web-book clients that are more powerful, yet
at the boarding college, by allowing real-time communication with
smaller and more energy efficient.
parents, many of which live overseas.
Wyse will be exhibiting on stand D160 as well as running a special
session in the Training Zone on Friday 16th January at 2pm.
As a result of the contract, NYnet has been able to provide excellent
value for money to Ampleforth College, a Benedictine School under the
guidance and care of the monks of Ampleforth Abbey, by supplying five
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times as much bandwidth compared to competitors.
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Reliable communications has always been a problem at Ampleforth
College, mobile phone signal is poor in the area and the new NYnet
infrastructure will enable reliable communications via the internet
instead. The system will also allow teachers who travel frequently to
access the network remotely via a Virtual Private Network (VPN),
enabling them to access college files and work off site.
Giles Duncan, Systems Manager at Ampleforth College, said: “The
extra bandwidth provided by NYnet will enable faster and more reliable
internet access and allow uninterrupted communication between
students and parents which was limited via the previous network.
“The new connection will increase our potential to use new
technologies such as video conferencing and home working. These
technologies will allow us to provide rich media resources from the
school to any location with a similar connection, enabling teachers and
students to access and use these valuable College resources from
anywhere at any time.”
Ampleforth is the latest in a number of schools and colleges that
have benefitted from the NYnet network, via the Yorkshire & Humber
Metropolitan Area Network, which supplies connections to many of the
region’s further education facilities.
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