Last week we joined-up with Education Technology to bring you a webinar all about managing users in education, whether that be schools, colleges or universities. It was an insightful discussion between Education Technology’s Editor, Sophie Beyer, and our expert panel, with some thought-provoking questions from education technology professionals from schools, colleges and universities along the way. Don’t worry if you … Read More
Webinar – meet our user management experts
This week we’re joining up with Education Technology for a webinar called “Preparing for the September Intake – How to make managing users simple” Topics we will cover include: If you’ve not registered yet click the link above to ensure you don’t miss out. In the meantime we thought we’d give you some more information on the experts who will … Read More
Preparing for the September Intake – webinar
With the end of term in sight, how prepared are you for the September intake? If you’re one of the people tasked with preparing IT networks for the September intake you’ll know that creating and managing user accounts has become an increasingly complex and resource-sapping job. So, with September looming, how can you decrease your workload, get to grips with … Read More
St John’s School moves to the cloud
We spoke with Mark Sartorius, Assistant Housemaster and Director of E-Learning at St John’s School, Leatherhead, about their recent move to the cloud and the role Magellan from CSE played in its success. “ St John’s, Leatherhead is a leading independent school for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. Last September the school moved – all at once – … Read More
Outsource or Co-source: what’s right for your school?
The new CSE managed service offering is available in two forms: Intelligent Outsource and Intelligent Co-source. In this blog post we discuss their differences, and offer advice on which might be most suitable for your school. You will no doubt be familiar with the concept of outsourcing. In IT support terms this usually means handing over full responsibility to a third-party provider. … Read More
Case study – North Shore Academy
John Jameson, North Shore Academy From the start it was for the school children. It takes time and they forget where they need to look or can’t remember websites in order to login. Magellan removes that need to remember the sites and multiple logins, it makes it so much easier without any of those steps. “ Magellan removes that need … Read More
Time to put users at the heart of your IT system?
Too often technology can become a barrier to learning. There’s no doubting the good intentions of each new app or system you put in place in your school; individually they all have great merit. But when it comes to the real world – joining multiple systems and apps together and serving them up to users using different devices in different places … Read More
The IT support model of the future
The systems are inherently flexible, allowing every school a unique support solution. What are the key fundamentals that make CSE’s new approach so different? And how do they respond to the changing demands of users and the school’s complex IT systems? In this post we explore some of the key differences. The ability to build a support package to a … Read More
Auto-provisioning: save hours with automated user accounts
Creating and managing user accounts is a resource-sapping administrative burden for schools. But “it’s nothing new” you may say. That’s true, but it is undoubtedly becoming an increasingly formidable task with the explosion of online resources, requiring a user account creating for each and every pupil. For each new online app or resource that needs to be deployed to users … Read More
Cloud Managed IT delivers advanced capability without complexity
CSE have partnered with HPE to bring schools the HPE ProLiant Easy Connect EC200a Managed Hybrid Server. It provides schools with a server for the cloud era, delivering all the IT you need in one simple, unique design, with the flexibility to grow. Delivered as a managed service the solution is managed and updated via the cloud, delivering advanced capabilities … Read More