Education

Poway Unified School District Located in Southern California, Poway Unified School District (USD) serves the educational needs of 33,000 students in grades K-12. Marc Ludwig, systems engineer for the district, was tasked with replacing the school’s Web filtering solution, as it struggled to meet the federal Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) compliance requirements. Poway needed a steadfast, hardware-based product that ensured students weren’t able to turn off the proxy server on school workstations to access inappropriate material. Ludwig sought a dependable, user-friendly Web filtering solution that would comply with CIPA and satisfy price points. > Learn More

Greenwood School District Greenwood Community Schools is comprised of one high school, one middle school and four elementary schools, totaling 3,800 students. The school system, nationally recognized for its advancements in technology, provides a culture that engages all students in completing high quality work resulting in continuously increasing the level of knowledge, skill, and responsibility of a citizen in a democratic society. > Learn More

Harding Academy Located in Nashville, TN, Harding Academy is home to nearly 500 students in grades K-8. As technology and the Internet continued to permeate the curriculum, Matt Powers, Information Systems Director, began to receive reports about pupils accessing inappropriate material. In addition, he also noticed the network’s bandwidth being compromised due to frequent visits to video download and sport sites. In order to crack down on non-educational Web use and increase throughput, Harding Academy needed a robust Web filtering tool that required minimal hands-on maintenance. > Learn More

Kannapolis City Schools The Kannapolis City School System was created by the North Carolina Legislature on March 28, 1935. The mission of Kannapolis City Schools is to provide all students with skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to be successful as flexible life-long learners and as confident, productive and caring persons. > Learn More

Liberty County School District Liberty County School District focuses on K-12 education and strives to promote academic excellence, good citizenship and enhanced learning experiences through the use of technology. The district consists of 12,000 students and staff members across 17 locations. IT administrators discovered that students were getting around the district’s software-based Web filter to access social-networking sites, blogs and wikis during school hours. This prompted the IT department to search for a more advanced, user- friendly solution in order to make sure students and staff were using the Internet for educational purposes. The district also needed an effective filtering solution in place to be eligible for federal E-rate funding. > Learn More

Nueva Esperanza Charter School Nueva Esperanza Academy Charter High School is a comprehensive college preparatory four-year high school enrolling 650 students in grades nine thru twelve. The school opened in the fall of 2000 and graduated its first senior class in the spring of 2004. Nueva Esperanza was founded to serve the educational needs or North Philadelphia, Nueva Esperanza opened in the fall of 2000 and graduated its first senior class in the spring of 2004. > Learn More

Palm Springs Univied School District William Carr, IT director for the Palm Springs Unified School District, is responsible for a network of over 118 servers and 5,850 computers at 24 schools. He oversees a department of 19 information technology (IT) professionals tasked with keeping the school district’s networks and workstations running smoothly. Like all districts, Palm Springs understands how vital the Internet is to education research and connectivity among students, teachers and administrators. William was not satisfied with the Webfiltering software solution he inherited when he came to Palm Springs. > Learn More

River Forest Community School Located in Northwest Indiana, River Forest Community School serves the educational needs of 1,500 students in grades K-12. Bryan Daulton, the Director of Technology, was tasked with finding a reliable Internet filtering tool to comply with CIPA (the Children’s Internet Protection Act) and enable the school to receive federal funding. Its current software solution was not sufficient, with peer-to-peer (P2P) activities running rampant, and students frequently sidestepping it to visit non-schoolwork related websites. River Forest required a solution that would enable it to qualify for funding while meeting its reporting requirements. > Learn More

Rochester Community Unit School District The Rochester CUSD is a K-12 school district located near Springfield, IL and has 135 employees serving approximately 2400 students from Rochester and the surrounding communities. The district has two campuses, one with high school and junior high students; the other housing elementary and middle school students. > Learn More

Healthcare

Lodi Memorial Hospital Lodi Memorial Hospital is a non-profit, acute-care hospital, owned by the Lodi Memorial Hospital Association. > Learn More

Government

Guernsey County Located in Cambridge, Ohio, Guernsey County has a staff of 300, including 150 elected officials across 22 locations. These employees are involved in numerous public service departments, including adult probation, children's services and emergency management. > Learn More

Financial

Aqua Finance, Inc Located in Wausau, Wis., Aqua Finance has a staff of 275 that provide financing and account servicing for the water treatment industry. As the company operates in a deadline-oriented environment, it wanted to ensure its employees were using the Internet for work-related purposes only, and also wanted to prevent liability issues associated with inappropriate Web surfing during work hours. > Learn More

Loan Center of California Loan Center of California, Inc., (LCC) is a privately held wholesale mortgage company specializing in Alt-A and MTA 1st and 2nd home loans originated in California. LCC prides itself on delivering the most competitive mortgage techno logy in the country with its exclusive automated pricing and underwriting system, Rateprice.com. > Learn More

Other

Berger Transfer & Storage Berger Transfer & Storage is a leading transportation, moving and storage company, with a focus on quality customer service. Located in Minneapolis, MN, Berger has offices throughout the United States, and is currently Allied Van Line's largest agent providing moving and distribution services to Household and Special Product markets worldwide. > Learn More

Paulo Products Company Paulo Products provides heat-treating, brazing, and metal finishing to the industry. Paulo Products is an established and successful firm, having been founded in 1943. Paulo Products operates seven plants with resources that few other operations can match, either in-house or commercial. > Learn More

Ulster-Greene ARC As a not-for-profit healthcare agency with three major data centers, Ulster- Greene ARC sought to limit costs and prevent potential problems after implementing high-speed Internet access at all 33 of its sites. > Learn More