Giving students access to 21st-century learning tools is important—but schools often don’t have the resources to purchase a computer for every child, and software licensing costs can overwhelm budgets that are already stretched too thin. To solve this challenge, a growing number of schools are turning to software virtualization.
Virtualization technology allows you to leverage older computers or buy low-cost, scaled-down client devices to deliver a fully robust computing experience to users. With virtualization technology, you can store all your applications on a central server and deliver a virtual image of the software to students’ or teachers’ client devices—potentially saving thousands of dollars on hardware, energy bills, and tech support.
With the generous support of InstallFree, we’ve compiled this list of stories from the eSchool News archives to help you best evaluate the virtualization options available to your schools.
—The Editors