Announcing October's winner for GroupLink Gives Back:

We are proud to announce that Winfield School District 34 has been selected as the winner of GroupLink Gives back for the month of October. Here is an excerpt from the nomination, submitted by Robert Schmidt, Network Engineer, Winfield School District 34:

"Winfield School District 34 is a small school district with 400 students and 250 workstations. The system is maintained by two part-time Network Administrators. Due to its size, Winfield's technology budget barely covers the cost of software licensing and backend upgrades and all workstations have been donated from the local community college. The network uses Novell Netware and supporting software such as Groupwise and ZenWorks. Due to the limited in-district time available for each Network Administrator, communication between the admins is essential. Initially, support requests were handled by shared email folders. When the school outgrew that solution, a few open source/freeware applications were tried but were not adequate. A more integrated solution is needed to ensure that the part-time administrators are utilizing all of the current workstation information and machine history to maintain their network efficiently."

everything HelpDesk will be a great help to Winfield School District. With the implementation of this solution, Winfield School District will be able to have an integrated help desk, as well as a solution to track issues which should greatly increase service levels in this organization.

Stay tuned for the November Winner. Don't forget to nominate a deserving district for December!

Previous Winner:

• Emmett School District, Emmett, Idaho

Here is how it works:

GroupLink selects one lucky school district per month to receive at no cost the everything Helpdesk™ Solution. (Valued at $11,998) We will give you the software and the support to get up and running to transform the way your school districts runs. We have a goal by the end of the year to have found and donated $100,000 worth of software to deserving school districts throughout the United States. Join us as we celebrate what IT professionals can do for our education system and our children.
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