K-12 Education

K-12 schools and school systems host some of the largest populations of Apple computers in the world. School system administrators face the challenge of centrally managing thousands - or tens of thousands - of machines across multiple locations, with strict budgetary control. Unless some sort of client management system is in place, many people work nights and weekends to keep the machines up and running during the school week. When shipments of computers are received, an efficient system is required to image those machines with the proper loads of software and get them out to the end users. Once the machines are out there, in teacher and student hands, mobile carts, or labs and libraries, they need to be maintained and updated regularly to keep them working for educational goals instead of becoming a hindrance to classroom activities.

• Casper Suite Addresses These Solutions for K-12 Education
• Imaging
• A package based approach to configurations means no more tracking and storing big, monolithic images.
• Inventory
• Full hardware and software information about all the Macs you manage.
• Updates and New Software
• Updates and new software packages immediately or over a scheduled time period. Mobile carts or laptops get the updates when they appear on the network.
• Settings Management
• Keep machines clean and consistent by maintaining docks, printers, and other user elements automatically.
• Maintenance
• Perform routine maintenance tasks on a scheduled basis to prevent classroom interruptions.
• Policy Enforcement
• Prevent restricted software titles from appearing on managed machines, even if they are off the network.
• Remote Control
• CasperVNC allows IT to securely control client machines remotely to resolve incidents.
• Scalability
• The JAMF Software team has develped and tested the Casper Suite's large network performance within the K-12 environment.