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This post is an introduction to the concepts and benefits of application streaming and application environment virtualization for education and K12 institutions:

Exploit Technology Innovations to Advance Education

Many school districts are deploying advanced networking and storage technologies to build extended infrastructure for learning and take advantage of the latest education technologies. Endeavors application virtualization and streaming product, Application Jukebox, enables schools to leverage this investment and optimize the delivery of applications with the fastest performance and lowest cost. Application Jukebox exploits patented streaming technology to deliver applications to the desktop on demand and combines the power of local desktop performance and network advancements with the efficiency of centralized IT control. IT professionals are able to run and manage applications in the data centre, making them accessible and secure, whilst significantly reduce the burden on backend servers. Application Jukebox offers the most efficient way to deliver desktop applications and leverages the technology and architectural foundations of schools.

• Reduce the cost and complexity of delivering desktop applications
• Exploit a ‘pull’ based model for application delivery and updates
• Provide the efficiency of centralized IT control
• Manage a growing number of desktop applications cost effectively

Improve Application Access to Enhance the Educational Experience

Schools recognize the importance of teaching students how to access and use desktop applications and communicate the results in learning programs. Likewise, students want easy and fast access to information resources using any device and network, at school or outside physical classroom boundaries e.g. home, library, or at learning centers. Application Jukebox exploits next-generation application virtualization and streaming technology to help schools deliver secure, easy, instant access to applications on demand and connect remote students to on-campus learning resources. Application Jukebox improves students learning experience by providing controlled access to applications and solving the issues of IT complexity and poor response times typically caused by complex, high-traffic applications and antiquated delivery systems.

• Easy self-service access to desktop applications anytime, anywhere
• Ensure users has access to the current application version
• Leverage the power of users desktops and the performance of modern networks
• Allow applications to be used when disconnected from the network

Use Application Streaming to Increase IT Efficiencies

Schools must continually streamline IT processes and increase efficiencies. In addition, they must address the issues associated with PC obsolescense and deployment of laptops (software licenses, failure/loss recovery etc.) Application virtualization and streaming technologies help IT administrators to rapidly deploy IT environments and effectively manage, monitor, measure, and control all aspects of the application lifecycle - access, monitor, patch, update, maintenance and revoke. Application Jukebox enables IT to install and manage applications on a central server instead of managing separate clients and applications on ever user’s desktop. In addition, application virtualization extends the life of students PC’s by reducing the processing power needed to run applications that reside on the central administrative server. This advanced technology enables staff to focus on delivering quality education and significantly reduces the resources required to manage and support applications.

• Significantly reduce the cost and time involved in deploying and managing desktop applications
• Remove the need to physically touch PCs when installing & supporting applications
• Eliminate complexity and the need to extensively test new applications
• Save time and cost by removing the drain on technical help-desks 

Protect and Control Software License Compliance

Schools can help protect software intellectual property and optimize the use of software licenses for students, faculty, and staff with Application Jukebox.

Schools are able to centralize the administration of software management and easily grant and restrict end user access to software licenses e.g. often teachers do not have enough time to explore applications at school and can make use of school license control to search learning materials, create new learning programs, and increase their contribution to the curricula. Application Jukebox supports users and devices from the same infrastructure and effectively balances user freedom and IT control over the license compliance position.

Security and software piracy is easy-to-manage with Application Jukebox. This advanced technology enables applications to be streamed on demand and accessed in a virtual desktop environment. IT has central control over what applications are published and how they are managed without installing them on client devices. Users are no longer responsible for managing application security and are unable to copy applications for unauthorized use. This provides an optimal solution to serve the application security needs of schools and ensures there is no compromise in user experience and application functionality.

• Assure software license compliance by tracking & monitoring access
• Improve control over all applications by managing access from a single point
• Protect application data from being left on client devices
• Reduce security risks and costs by active monitoring and reporting of access