Education

Absolute Software is proud to announce the launch of Absolute Safe Schools, the industry’s first Integrated Student and Device Protection Solution for Mobile Student Computing. Combining both theft prevention education as well as protection and recovery services post-theft, Absolute Safe Schools targets one of the most rapidly growing areas and demographics for mobile theft: K-12 schools and kids. Violent mobile device thefts are on the rise in North America and kids are...

Tablets and laptops are being increasingly integrated into K-12 school classrooms where 1-to-1 programs provide students with personal devices to enhance opportunities for learning. As we discussed in our whitepaper, “Realizing the Promise of Digital Textbooks,” the demand for digital textbooks and e-learning is on the rise, though the use of iPads and tablets in the classroom is not without risk. Unfortunately, many of those devices, and the kids who...

Absolute Software’s recently released 2012 Endpoint Security Report details device theft insights from the 12,705 investigations we completed in 2012. As the first company to offer remote data delete technology, we monitor the frequency and size of data delete requests which continue to increase year over year. In 2012, customers performed 6,442 data delete commands, up 35% from the 4,812 commands in 2011. In addition, Absolute Software executed 401 successful file retrievals, a...

A study released earlier this year showed that 69% of students would like to use mobile devices more in the classroom. Currently, 36% of 4th and 5th graders owns a tablet device and 43% of students in K-12 owning a smartphone. 52% of students that use a tablet for school work are using their own personal device. These statistics reflect the practice of ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) shifting to the...

We recently put together a new Case Study highlighting how Millfields School chose Absolute to quickly recover from a major laptop theft. Laptop theft can hit hard, particularly smaller primary schools and school districts, proving that protection is important for schools of all sizes. Millfields Primary School is a state-funded school in England with 34 teachers and staff looking after 212 pupils aged 4-11 years. Millfields School considers communication technology a...