"Efficiency-savings in excess of £20k pa and pay-back in under 60 days."

By streamlining and automating routine ICT tasks and administration, Ranger for Networks can save a typical school ICT department time and costs equivalent to between one and two technicians a year. So, as well as freeing technical staff to focus on other activities, you can benefit from annual cost-savings of approximately £20-30k.

How? Ranger for Networks works independently, or in harmony with Microsoft Policies, to:

• Simplify PC and network lock-down and security.
• Simplify package roll-out.
• Simplify user and group set-up, configuration and passwords etc.
• Control application usage rights and access privileges.
• Identify any actions which could threaten network integrity or disrupt learning.
• Report on PC, application and licence usage, to facilitate budgeting and asset deployment.

Ranger for Network's 'React' function is frequently used to shut down PCs automatically at the end of the day. Experts estimate that a single PC left on overnight can cost in excess of £50 pa, in unnecessary electricity. For a school with 200 PCs, using this feature alone, Ranger for Networks could pay for itself in under 60 days.