The CIAO solution is a full service package. There are no high telephone costs since the schools can take advantage of cable modems and a central connection to the Internet. Because the systems are centrally managed, there are no extra costs for training or education of teachers on technical issues. Back to Top With Sun Ray, all applications run on a central server, and the desktop client is used only for input and output. Sun's innovative Hot Desk technology enables students to instantly access their own personal desktop and any work in progress from any appliance in the workgroup.
All students get equal access to the same information and the same content.
This configuration lets us quickly deliver whatever the schools need. The Internet server, for example, enables us to minimize the data communications traffic. We store data that we use often on the server in the school, or on the central server at SARA, where we also do central backup of all the sites. The schools do not have to do anything technical. They set up user and mail accounts and make sure that the power plug is connected.