Devon IT, a fast growing provider of thin client terminals and innovators of the SafeBook thin client notebook, has launched "Chalk 2.0," a low-cost IT solutions package for schools and school systems. Chalk 2.0 solves many of the problems IT professionals in the education vertical face, including cost and manageability of IT services, by implementing server-based applications and secure thin client devices.
"School systems and their IT employees face the constant burdens of both paying for expensive IT solutions and upgrades and managing hundreds or thousands of desktop PCs with little staff," says Joe Makoid, president, Devon IT. "Chalk 2.0 solves these major problems by implementing centralized control of IT and reducing support needs, all while lowering up-front and total ownership costs. Students, teachers, and administrators can have full PC desktop access and share information seamlessly and for a fraction of the cost of standard desktop PCs. We are proud to bring this solution to the education community, and look forward to helping even more school systems advance their IT systems with Chalk 2.0."
"Switching to Devon IT's Chalk 2.0 thin client system means that, instead of having thirty machines to deal with, I only have one," explained Todd O'Bryan, duPont Manual High School. "In addition to the increased ease of administration, thin clients were remarkably cost effective. Even including the cost of a server to support all 30 clients very comfortably, the cost per seat was about $215, less than half what it would have been had we bought the cheapest desktop machine on our state bid list for $433. Given how little money schools have and how important technology is, anyone who has not seriously considered thin clients for their schools is not being diligent in how they spend the little money they have."
"Education technology professionals constantly face usability, manageability, and budgetary challenges," says Rob Sauerwalt from IBM. "Devon IT's Chalk 2.0 solution uses a centralized IT approach to lower costs and improve manageability. The solution enables schools to affordably provide the technology their teachers need to educate, and more importantly, the tools students need to learn."
Devon IT offers free evaluations for school systems. IT professionals can also bring their servers to test Chalk 2.0 at Devon IT's server-desktop solution center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. For more information about Chalk 2.0, or to schedule an appointment to test the solution, email
About Devon IT
Devon IT is an information technology company that focuses on offering thin client terminals and ultra-secure remote access solutions that provide enterprise customers with greater security, enhanced manageability, improved reliability, and lower costs. Devon IT is a founding member of Blade.org and develops products which support IBM's Hosted Client Infrastructure and Blade Computing ecosystem. More information is available at www.devonit.com.
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