Epylon also provides critical value-added services including supplier recruitment, strategic sourcing, content management, and contract and catalog loading. Another vendor that offers on-line purchasing capabilities to school districts. The company promises ease of catalog sourcing, group purchase pricing, a sealed bid option, and an on-line mall. Sponsored by Microsoft, this site offers links to several tools that can be used by Instructional Technology personnel when forecasting the total cost of ownership for networks. Technical support is also included.
Regional reps are helpful.
A briefing packet with video tape is available. It allows users to track multiple budgets over many years and to monitor grants and categorical programs. PowerBudget is designed to minimize the time spent entering budget data and maximize the value of the resulting management reports. A fully-working demo is available and districts currently using the software are listed with links. Working with national and regional suppliers, Simplexis offers a full spectrum of products and services to schools and other public institutions.