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Operational SoftwareActive InitiativesERAC has established the following Operational Software agreements on behalf of the consortium, in response to member districts' requirements. Please note that while ERAC has negotiated to make these products available to member districts, it does not have final control over the processes that companies require districts to follow in purchasing their products. For more information about a specific product, please contact the supplier or company contact listed on the agreement. For more information on pricing, please get in touch with your District Software Contact or contact ERAC at info@bcerac.ca or 604-713-5920.
AVG ERAC has renewed its agreement with AVG providing ERAC members with ongoing anti-virus, anti-malware and spyware solutions. The agreement offers discounts for licensing, maintenance renewals and support for two-year terms. These AVG products provide no differentiation between servers and workstations and are Microsoft Vista compatible. A central administration tool is included, allowing users to easily install and manage AVG remotely.
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Book King ERAC has renewed its agreement with Book King, enabling school districts and independent schools to obtain discounts on the purchase price for the company’s scheduling, registration and public access modules.
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Faronics Power Save and Deep Freeze ERAC has a revised and extended its agreement with Faronics. The agreement now runs through to June 30, 2010 for Power Save and Deep Freeze; both Windows and Mac versions are available. BC Hydro will rebate $6 per Power Save license through their eCatalog program, reducing schools' net purchase cost. Power Save uses intelligent energy management to ensure workstations are available when system resources are required, but conserving power during productivity downtimes. Power Save provides districts with real financial and energy savings on every computer deployed, as well as centralized workstation power status control. There is a significant installed base of Deep Freeze in BC school districts and BC Hydro epoints can be used to assist with the cost of these purchases. Deep Freeze instantly protects and preserves original computer configurations, eliminating routine IT maintenance while allowing complete unrestricted access to workstations. For technical and other information about power saving projects, please visit the Faronics website to read a BC Hydro case study of the savings Delta and Vancouver School Districts realized by installing Deep Freeze on computers.
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FirstClass Provincial Agreement - REVISED FirstClass products are used in institutions around the world with over 6 million users in education. ERAC has established a tentative agreement with the FirsClass Division of Open Text that will permit districts and independent schools to access the entire suite of FirstClass products in a cost effective manner.
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Follett Software Destiny Resource Management Solutions ERAC’s agreement with Follett International for Destiny Library Manager and Destiny Textbook Manager for Districts has been renewed for one year. The new agreement offers discounts for districts that purchase an annual license for one or both of the Follett solutions; there are additional discounts for districts that purchase a license prior to December 1, 2009. This offer is available to ERAC member districts. It includes price discounts based on the number of students in schools in a participating district. The costs also include training for district library staff, project management, software installation and technical training for IT staff. This agreement now offers a limited, per-school fee in smaller districts. For a fee, districts may also integrate many of the components of ERAC’s Online Resource Database Bundle into Follett’s OneSearch service. For more information please contact Archie Jaswal, Follett International, ajaswal@fint.follett.com or 778-240- 5912 or toll free 877-857-7870 ext 7915.
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Lambda ERAC has finalized an agreement with Lambda Solutions Inc. which will provide members with preferred pricing for their Online Orientation and Safety Course for BC School Districts. As per WorkSafeBC requirements, every new employee of a BC school district must complete a course of this nature prior to commencing their employment. Lambda Solutions Inc. has created an effective and concise method of delivering this course to employees.
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ERAC District Contacts and District Purchasing Managers please login for further details.
Symantec ERAC has finalized an agreement which will provide ERAC members with Symantec anti-virus solutions. It provides discounted pricing for the purchase and maintenance renewal costs. In order to establish this agreement, ERAC partnered with the Purchasing Services Branch in a Corporate Supply Arrangement (CSA). These anti-virus solutions and support provide licensing and maintenance renewals for an initial term of 36 months, with options to renew the existing agreements for two consecutive two-year terms.
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SynreVoice
ERAC has finalized an agreement with SynreVoice Technologies Inc that will provide members with access to discounted pricing on the SynreVoice SchoolConnectsWeb,
an ASP web-hosted version of the company’s popular communications system.
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