Customer
Allen Independent School District
Sector
Education
Region
Texas, USA
Size
16,000+ Devices
The Background
The Allen Independent School District serves the rapidly growing city of Allen, Texas, a suburban community located 23 miles north of Dallas. Student enrolment has more than doubled since 1989, bringing the current number of students to more than 20,000 in grades K-12. Students attend one of 17 elementary schools, three middle schools, one freshman center and one high school.
Flexibility
Being a Windows-based solution, ThinKiosk gave the IT team the ability to install and securely access applications locally on PCs and laptops. Being locally installed also means the apps will run in offline mode.
Cost reduction
A fast and economical implementation was critical for this client. Cost savings were immediately realized by repurposing 16,000 existing devices and optimizing pre-existing infrastructure.
Fast and simple deployment
Allen Independent School District needed timely implementation. ThinKiosk installation takes minutes and was as simple as deploying the ThinScale Management Platform and client on the organization's endpoints.
End user experience
Magic Filter delivered an enhanced end user experience. Students and teachers loved the native Windows feel when using their ThinKiosk thin clients.
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Secure and compliant
Multiple security features ensured a safe and secure locked-down workspace environment in which district students and teachers could access apps and services.
Compatibility with classroom peripherals
ThinKiosk integrated with existing inventory, and the district's Citrix and RDS servers. Compatibility with key peripherals such as smart whiteboards and printers was achieved.
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Allen Independent School District: Long-Term ThinKiosk Benefits
ThinKiosk seamlessly extended the lifespan of 16,000 Windows devices—without the need for hardware upgrades or costly acquisitions.
Familiar end user experience
As a Windows-based thin client, ThinKiosk allowed the district staff and students to take advantage of all the benefits their end users were accustomed to using—All within a familiar interface.
Centralized management
ThinKiosk enabled the Allen Independent School District IT admins to manage all repurposed devices from a central console. This allowed them to detect issues in a variety of classroom and challenging remote situations.
Extended device life cycle
A critical success factor for the district was a need to remain within strict budgetary controls. ThinKiosk ensured that 16,000 devices enjoyed a much longer lifespan. There was no need to reconfigure, rebuild or replace devices.
Classroom peripherals compatibility
In addition to turnaround and economic considerations, Allen Independent School District needed a solution which would continue to work with key classroom peripherals. ThinKiosk enabled a seamless integration.
Streamlined processes
A variety of simple and complex management tasks can now be undertaken by the district’s IT team in a much more efficient way, freeing up key IT staff’s time and resources to work on other projects.
Bespoke customizations
Allen Independent School District were able to configure ThinKiosk’s advanced features to many more scenarios than they had anticipated, removing their previous dependence on unreliable GPOs and scripts.
In Summary
For Allen Independent School District, ThinKiosk proved to be a cost effective and fast thin client solution which extended the lifespans of 16,000 Windows devices in challenging conditions.
Complex and simple management tasks across all district thin clients are now undertaken seamlessly from one centralized console.
Post-implementation feedback has been very positive. Teachers and students have consistently submitted help tickets asking for their classrooms to be converted to the new “ThinKiosk Computers”.
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