It makes after-hours administration a pleasure. With the pilot successful, Mendez plans to expand access to include principals, assistant principals, deans and other non-IT administrators. He also plans to move away from dial-up access to the district's network and replace it with VPN access. Looking Ahead Mendez anticipates that the district will make increasing use of Windows 2000 security features. The district has already begun experimenting with smart cards for building access at one of its middle schools.
Smart cards can eventually facilitate access and permissions to a broad range of school resources.
Extending beyond building access, those resources will include school lunches, library books, computer labs, and more. And all of our applications could share their data, enabling even more powerful district security and management. That's what we're working toward. All rights reserved. This case study is for informational purposes only.