Categories: Networking & Security

SHI

Founded in 1989, SHI International Corp. is a $10 billion global provider of technology products and services. Driven by the industry’s most experienced and stable sales force and backed by software volume licensing experts, hardware procurement specialists, and certified IT services professionals, SHI delivers custom IT solutions to Corporate, Enterprise, Public Sector and Academic customers. With over 4,500 employees worldwide, SHI is the largest Minority/Woman Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) in the U.S. and is ranked 10th among CRN’s Solution Provider 500 list of North American IT solution providers.

SHI Account Executives support their clients locally from over 30 offices throughout the US, Canada, the UK, France and Hong Kong. SHI’s goal is to foster long-term, mutually-beneficial relationships with its customers and partners every single day.

Contract Highlights:

  • Supporting the world’s most complex IT environments since 1989
  • SHI is a $10 billion global provider of software, hardware and custom IT solutions.
  • Largest Minority- and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) in the United States

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Kyle Thomas
SM SLED Manager
732-564-8526
Kyle_Thomas@shi.com

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CENTEGIX™

CENTEGIX™ innovates technology to save and enrich lives. This is accomplished through the award-winning CrisisAlert™ solution which enables anyone to get help with the push of a button. CrisisAlert empowers confident human action in any incident – from the everyday to the extreme. This easy-to-use solution allows staff and administrators to immediately handle any situation, anywhere on the premises. The CrisisAlert wearable badge ensures that staff never have to worry about finding help because help will always find them. When staff feel safe and secure, they are free to focus on being productive, every day.

Contract Highlights:

Gain the award-winning CrisisAlert™ badge solution via a competitively bid contract allowing for significant cost savings and faster implementation, while avoiding the delays and expense of a bid process.

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Matt Young
RVP Midwest
586-713-7513
myoung@centegix.com

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Deledao Education

Deledao Education is a browser-level web protection solution that filters the web, monitors for signs of self-harm and cyberbullying, and provides live classroom management to keep students productive and learning. Deledao is a digital wellness company that helps people make thoughtful choices online by providing the tools to make the internet a positive experience.

Contract Highlights:

State-of-the-art artificial intelligence content filtering, self-harm monitoring, and classroom management are provided at an extremely affordable annual cost.

Deledao Education promotes parental engagement via its integrated Parent Portal (web and app-based), providing granular at-home policy settings and full visibility into their child’s internet activity and conduct on school-owned devices.

Deledao is committed to student data privacy. Deledao is a signatory of the Student Privacy Pledge and adheres to strict data protection standards. Deledao only collects the data it needs and deletes the data once it has fulfilled its purpose. Student data is never sold.

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Deledao Education
Jasen Whetstone
Account Executive
469-525-5208
sales@deledao.com

SHI
Kyle Thomas
SM SLED Manager
732-564-8526
Kyle_Thomas@shi.com

Bluum
Sarah Goncalves
South Region Inside Sales RVP
888-226-5727 x3730
sgoncalves@trox.com

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G Suite Enterprise for Education

Google for Education is now offering an upgrade to your digital learning environment with advanced security controls and enhanced collaboration tools to elevate teaching and learning.

In 2018, Google introduced a collection of premium tools to support education’s unique and complex needs; G Suite Enterprise for Education. This set of robust tools, includes everything in G Suite for Education (free), plus paid premium features and enhancements.

  • Enhanced security, visibility, and control of data and analytics
  • Empower authentic thinking with unlimited Originality reports
  • Use Meet for enhanced learning and advanced meeting capabilities
  • Enhanced dedicated 24×7 support from product specialists

Resources

FAQs

What is the pricing formula to determine seats for G Suite Enterprise for Education (GSEfE)?

  • For K-12 Public School Districts, Google looks at NCES data.
  • Formula: Total Staff (FTE) – Other Support Services = Total Full Domain Licenses FTE Count

When will all of the upcoming Meet features be launching?

  • Many have already begun rolling out to G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education users. Check out the G Suite Updates Blog (and consider subscribing!) for the latest updates regarding all G Suite products. You can filter specifically by product to see those most relevant to Google Meet and Education.

How do I know if I’ll have enough licenses?

  • Check with your HR department to ensure that you’re ordering the sufficient amount of licenses to cover all of the staff and students you want to have access to Enterprise features.

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

CDW•G
John Buttita
Sales Manager
877-325-3380
johnbut@cdw.com

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SHI
Kyle Thomas
SM SLED Manager
732-564-8526
Kyle_Thomas@shi.com

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Carahsoft

Carahsoft has built its reputation as a customer-centric organization dedicated to serving the needs of technology manufacturers, government end users, and reseller ecosystem with Solutions for Government®.

Carahsoft has a proven history of helping government agencies find the best possible technology solution at the best possible value. Each customer works directly with a dedicated account representative to determine a solution tailored specifically to meet his or her needs. They combine their extensive knowledge of the technologies they provide, with a thorough understanding of the government procurement process, to analyze needs, provide configuration support, simplify the ordering process, and offer special government pricing.

Carahsoft Technology Corporation is proud to offer ILTPP members a wide variety of government solutions, including AWS and VMware.

Virtualization allows IT departments to create a virtual environment at the workstation, server, or data center level. With this virtualization technology, you can reduce the number of physical servers or computers, while still maintaining performance levels. Benefits include:

  • Reduce IT costs through server consolidation and network virtualization
  • Create an affordable disaster recovery solution
  • Leverage cloud software to build an elastic on-demand virtual infrastructure Support user access to data and applications on any device from anywhere

Contact your dedicated Account Manager

Martin Gavin
ILTPP Program Manager
703-673-3518
martin.gavin@carahsoft.com

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Education Networks of America (ENA)

Education Networks of America (ENA) was founded in 1996 and began with a vision to provide Internet access to every K–12 school in Tennessee. ENA has made that vision a reality by creating the first statewide K–12 network in the nation.

Today, that vision has been greatly expanded, and ENA now delivers high-capacity and future-ready connectivity, communication, cloud, security, and software services to K–12 schools, higher education institutions, and libraries across the nation.

ENA delivers transformative technology solutions supported by exceptional customer care to education and library communities across the nation. Their state-of-the-art cloud platform delivers next-generation virtualized resources designed to scale with your escalating cloud computing demands.

Empowered by solutions that save time, money, and frustration, ENA’s customers can focus on what matters most: preparing students, strengthening communities, and building leading educational enterprises.

ENA’s Proposed Solutions (View Tabs On the Left):

  • VoIP Services: SmartVoice and SmartLink
    • Add-Ons: SmartConference, SmartFax, Toll-Free
  • ENA Cloud Solutions – Secure Data Backup Service: TrustCompute, TrustBackup, and TrustVault
  • Wi-Fi/LAN Services: Professional Services

Contract Highlights:

  • Dedicated Account Management Personnel
  • Training and Help Documentation
  • Engineering Excellence
  • Exceptional Service Delivery
  • Customer Technical Assistance Center Support
  • Proactive 24 x 7 x 365 Service Monitoring

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Fred Cuthbert
Senior Account Service Manager
317-612-2893
fcuthbert@ena.com

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Impero Software

Developed for teachers, technical teams and counsellors, Impero has been supplying the U.S. EdTech market with its flagship remote monitoring and management solution since 2002. Compatible with Chrome OS, Windows, iOS and Mac OSX, our software is simple to install and easy to use.

Impero Education Pro is an innovative blend of network admin, classroom management and student safety software that’s simple to install and easy to use.

Classroom management

Designed in line with CIPA compliance, Impero Education Pro’s classroom control tools empower teachers to use technology in the classroom with confidence. Simple, one-click tools enable teachers to facilitate technology-based teaching and learning, via one-click tools, while enabling compliance with CIPA standards through real-time monitoring.

Network management

A comprehensive suite of network admin tools help to streamline networks, improve efficiency and save time. Impero Education Pro enables technical teams to remotely track, monitor and manage resources across the entire school network via a centralized console.

Student safety and wellbeing

Impero Education Pro’s online safety feature is focused on fostering a culture of good digital citizenship across schools and districts. Real-time monitoring, incident captures and a log of all student activity helps schools and districts to identify potentially harmful or inappropriate behavior and content. Screenshot and video recordings of captures also provide contextual insight; this empowers educators to provide counter narratives, intervene where necessary (and before an incident escalates) and offer the relevant support. Schools can also use this insight, such as identifying localized trends and issues, to educate students about being good digital citizens and support student wellbeing.

Impero EdLink is a cross-platform solution, compatible with iOS, ChromeOS and Android, so schools and districts can manage an assortment of school-owned and student-owned mobile devices effectively.

Using Impero EdLink alongside Impero Education Pro ensures that IT teams have access to a complete suite of network admin tools.

Contact your dedicated Account Manager

Impero Software
Kevin Cleary
Territory Manager
512-640-0454
KCleary@imperosoftware.com

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Howard Technology Solutions

Howard Technology Solutions is the newest division of Howard Industries, Inc. – a $1 billion privately-held electrical products corporation. Howard Industries was founded more than 45 years ago in 1968 by Billy and Linda Howard in Ellisville, Mississippi. The Howards have grown their core business – distribution transformers – into the leader of their industry. Today, Howard Industries’ Transformer Division is the number one producer of distribution transformers in the United States and is housed in the largest transformer plant in the world – 2.2 million square feet. In addition, the company employs approximately 3,430 employees today.

Howard Technology Solutions is committed to providing customers with all technology-related products and services not limited to: Networking, Computers and computer peripherals, Software, and Audio Visual. Howard Technology Solutions strives to create, provide, and support superior products and services that meet or exceed customer needs.

Contract Highlights:

  • Dedicated Outside and Inside Representative for ILTPP members
  • US-Based Customer Service Team
  • Certified Engineers to assist with large scale projects
  • Ability to provide additional discounts for quantity orders
  • Product Training available for members and staff
  • Dedicated URL on howardcomputers.com for members to access pricing, placing orders, and tracking orders
  • Technical support available 24/7 365 days a week
  • Environmentally focused, Howard is EPEAT and ISO 14001:2015 certified

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Joe Leppert
Senior Field Sales Representative
(312) 448-1314
jleppert@howard.com

Erin Miller
Inside Sales Manager, K-12 Education
(601) 399-5720
elmiller@howard.com

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Trafera

On January 1, 2021, FireFly Computers and Trinity3 Technology united to serve the educational technology market and created Trafera. At Trafera, classroom technology is the one and only focus. They specialize in helping you be less busy, so you can focus on the things that matter most. From fast, easy Chromebook and laptop deployments to pre-wired carts and cabinets to simplified repair and warranty support options, Trafera is raising the bar on what a true technology partner can do to make deploying, managing, and maintaining your school technology a breeze. Trafera is one of the fastest-growing vendors of K-12 technology in the US and a top 3 vendor of Google Chrome Products worldwide. Trafera has solutions for every situation. Whether it’s reducing costs, saving time, or simplifying a process, their innovations are a win-win for you and your budget.

Contract Highlights

  • Direct access to your own dedicated, US-based Trafera Account Manager
  • FREE Chromebook technical assistance from Trafera Engineers
  • One-stop, manufacturer authorized warranty services – They deal with the manufacturer so you don’t have to.
  • FREE Benefit Claiming Assistance – Find and take advantage of free offers such as professional development, software, and setup services.
  • Access to FREE Trafera TRAILS, online Professional Development
  • Customizable Deployment Solutions – Pre-enroll devices in your G Suite domain, pre-configure Wi-Fi settings, assign devices to particular Organizational Units (OUs), divide shipments by OU, add asset tags or laser etching, pre-wire charging carts, install devices in protective cases, reduce waste with Green Pack “green” shipping services, or any other custom solutions you desire.

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Tim Peters
Account Manager
651-209-1098
tim.peters@trafera.com

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Extreme Networks

Extreme Networks understands that with the onslaught of digitalization, smart schools and the need for hyper-reliable, easily-managed network infrastructure has never been greater for educators. The recent acquisition of Aerohive adds critical cloud management and edge capabilities to Extreme’s portfolio of end-to-end, edge-to-cloud software-driven networking solutions for their 50,000 customers globally, delivering 100% in-sources services and support that are number one in the industry. Extreme Networks is recommended by 100% of their users according to the Gartner’s peer review.

Extreme’s Solutions:

  • Extreme Wireless provides the industry’s first flow-based 802.11ac wave 2 wireless solution
  • Extreme Switching from edge to core, the foundation of a next-gen network
  • Fabric Connect and Fabric Attach are optimized for simplicity, scale, and agility
  • Extreme Management Center with Zero Touch Provisioning gives you actionable insights, granular visibility, and automated control over users, devices, and applications.
  • Extreme Control to manage secure and automated access for both BYOD and IoT devices from one convenient dashboard.
  • Extreme Analytics and Performance Management lets you understand what applications are running on your network, who is using them, and what the response time is for each application.

Contract Highlights:

  • Improved Efficiency and Lower Costs – An ROI of 387%
  • Unified Solution Benefits
  • Technology Leadership
  • Open Platforms and Positioning for the Future of “Things.”
  • Complete Network Visibility and Security
  • In-House, Close-to-the-Source, and Innovative Customer Support

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Extreme Networks
Joe Yeagle
Senior Account Executive
630-287-0228
jyeagle@extremenetworks.com

Matt Ward
VSAM / Extreme Networks
630-287-0228
maward@extremenetworks.com

Contact your Reseller Account Managers:

CDW-G
John Buttita
Sales Manager
877-325-3380
johnbut@cdw.com

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