K-12 Schools Across the U.S. Put Web-Based Storage Lockers to the Test as New School Year Begins

SAN DIEGO, CA, Sep 09 (MARKET WIRE) --
As another new school year begins, many K-12 students across the U.S.
will find a new generation of web-based storage and file sharing
"lockers" ready to be put to the test. Although this technology cannot be
stashed away in a backpack like the trendy tools that traditionally
welcome in the school year, it can perhaps have a greater impact on
student efficiency. That's because web-based storage lockers solve the
critical data sharing challenges that students and teachers face by
delivering anytime-anywhere access to important school-related files.

Driving the web storage trend is School Web Lockers, a leading provider of
cost-effective, Internet-based collaboration and storage products, serving
hundreds of K-12 schools and school districts throughout the U.S. Over the
summer, more than 23 new school districts, along with eight individual
schools, adopted the company's technology in preparation for the 2008-2009
school year, including multiple districts in the states of Texas,
Pennsylvania and Colorado.

For Half Hollow Hills School District, in Dix Hills, NY, which began using
School Web Lockers late last year, the service has already proven its
value. "Before School Web Lockers, our students and teachers had to save
files to servers that they could not access from home. They were using
flash drives and burning CDs to transport information to and from school,"
said Ellen Robertson, Coordinator of Instructional Computing. "Now they
just upload files to their web lockers for easy anytime access -- from any
computer, at home or at school, or even on vacation. Although that is by
far the best aspect of School Web Lockers, the pricing is also very
competitive."

Offering unlimited storage capacity for as little as $1 per student, the
School Web Lockers service is priced at a fraction of the cost of storage
area networks (SANs) and other systems that would be required to support
the large student and teacher populations in most schools and school
districts. With many SANs priced as high as $50,000 or more today, more
schools are turning to web-based storage as a cost-effective alternative,
particularly when the costs of hiring a salaried employee to manage and
maintain the SAN are also considered.

"The web-based storage trend is definitely sweeping the country, with K-12
schools from every corner of the U.S. making good use of the summer break
to adopt our storage lockers," said Kelly Agrelius, manager of marketing
and sales for School Web Lockers. "We saw a spike in sales this summer,
indicating that schools are feeling the pressure to solve the growing file
sharing challenges that their students and teachers face."

File sharing with School Web Lockers is not only more convenient, but it
is also safer and more secure than allowing students to use portable
devices such as USB drives or compact disks, which can threaten the
security of district networks.

School Web Lockers provides each school or school district it serves with
a secure, password-protected web site. Students, teachers and
administrators alike are then given access to their own digital drop box,
or web locker, which is available via password from the web site. Use of
the system is easy: users can create work on one computer, and then stash
files in their web locker for completion later -- either on the same
computer, or on another one at home or elsewhere.

A "green" alternative, School Web Lockers also eliminates the need for
paper: teachers and students simply upload and exchange files or
assignments electronically.

About School Web Lockers

School Web Lockers is a leading provider of cost-effective, web-based
tools for collaboration, distance learning, one-to-one computing and
online storage. For more information, visit www.schoolweblockers.com or
call 1-866-499-6527.

Contact:

Kelly Agrelius
School Web Lockers
858-874-0464
Email Contact

Paula Johns
Paula Johns Communications
760-487-1799
Email Contact

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