Kewanee School District Chooses Horizon DataSys Disaster Recovery Solution to Protect Its Workstations
BLAINE, Wash.--(Business Wire)--
Horizon DataSys, a provider of cost-effective and reliable data
protection solutions for corporate desktops and laptops, today
announced that Kewanee School District chose the Horizon DataSys
rollback software to protect workstations used by 1,800 students.
Drive Vaccine, a version of the Horizon DataSys flagship software
Rollback Rx Pro, was customized for the educational market. The main
idea behind this customization was for the respective system to return
to its standard configuration once a user logs off, avoiding any
software corruption and not requiring the intervention of the IT
personnel.
Mike Perva, IT director for Kewanee School District 229, manages a
distributed network of more than 700 machines (both PC and Mac) with
an IT department of only two people. Disaster recovery has always been
a challenge, and, while searching for the right DR solution, the
district looked at several options that were too slow and
labor-intensive.
"I am glad we chose Drive Vaccine; it is fast and very reliable.
Its ease of use and flexibility are also very impressive and they have
been very important to us from the beginning," said Perva. "We have
now a great disaster recovery tool for our workstations, and all it
requires is a simple reboot to restore the system to its initial
state. It saves me time and also money that I would have spent on
fixing or replacing computers. Also, we are looking forward to
managing multiple campuses from a single location with the new Remote
Management Console feature, which I anticipate using in the near
future."
Regardless of what students may attempt to do, including erasing
files, installing software, and even modifying registry settings, the
computers will restore to their configured baseline settings every
time they are restarted or when a user logs-off. This is very
important for public-access computers, which could be misused or
damaged either intentionally by a malicious user or accidentally by a
learning student.
"Kewanee School District is a perfect example of what our powerful
rollback software can do for an organization with a limited budget and
a small IT team," said Lyle Patel, president of Horizon DataSys. "We
offer them peace of mind and allow them to focus their efforts on
other projects, knowing that their computers are always protected."
About Horizon DataSys Corporation
Horizon DataSys is a privately-held company that provides
easy-to-use and reliable Windows-based disaster recovery solutions,
which ensure immediate desktop and laptop recovery at the lowest cost.
Horizon DataSys has sold more than a million licenses worldwide and
its list of clients includes companies such as UPS, Quality Inn,
Holiday Inn, Royal Caribbean Cruise lines, and more. For more
information, visit www.horizondatasys.com, or call toll-free at (800)
496-0148 or at (604) 324-0797.
ClassyTech Public Relations
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