Throughout the educational system, teachers are constantly striving to better engage and educate their students. With innovative technology popping up regularly – including interactive whiteboards and distance learning equipment – advanced systems are being deployed in K-12 classrooms, college lecture halls, corporate training rooms, and other learning environments to make the educational mission more attainable.
Digital signage is in the midst of this technological transformation, as well as security cameras, emergency response systems, access control systems, and other communications technologies. They are being installed to improve the communication flow, safety and efficiency of school operations. Although billions of dollars are being spent on these innovative technologies, there is little focus on providing teachers, school administrators, and IT staffs the proper tools to integrate and manage the networks and systems.
Simtrol, Inc. (SMRL.OB) has developed their proprietary device management platform that integrates all technology deployed throughout a school or across a college campus. The Simtrol solution provides the ability to easily control all classroom devices via one easy-to-use touch screen featuring a simple Graphical User Interface (GUI). This enables an instructor to use the advanced technology and apply it to her advantage. Now teachers can focus on teaching rather than toying with complicated and impractical technology, which results in improved learning.
Outside of the classroom, Simtrol’s device management platform enables school administrators and IT organizations to centrally manage and maintain all devices deployed throughout a school, across a district, or around the world. The solution offers the ability to report on the health, status, and use of devices. Users can now schedule devices for routine activities such as powering a project at a specific time and shutting down the project at another time, and they can also proactively alert designated contacts when a device unexpectedly becomes non-operational.
Simtrol’s device management platform assists users in numerous ways which were never available before. The company’s platform reduces energy consumption and associated power costs by intelligently scheduling devices. The system extends asset life through proactive maintenance and optimizing device settings. One of the greatest benefits associated with Simtrol’s device management platform is that it reduces operating costs by enabling centralized management of assets and requires fewer support resources.
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