District Standards

SVSD 410 is standardized on PC’s running Windows XP Professional and Office 2003. We are currently in the planning stages for a migration to Windows 7 in 2010. Some of our minimum specifications are:

• Pentium IV 3.0 Ghz or higher processors with 2 GB of RAM and 17” LCD monitors
• Servers are running Windows 2003 Server or later in a virtual environment and are mostly rack mounted HP Proliant.
• Printers: HP 4000 series and HP 1100 or higher
• Primary Copiers - CopyStar CS-8030's (copy, print and scan)
• Core network - Foundary Fast Iron
• Edge network - SMC and HP switches
• Enterprise Wireless - Aruba Wireless

Software and web resources used district wide are:

• Databases- MS SQL or MS Access
• Spreadsheets- MS Excel
• Presentation- MS PowerPoint
• Word Processing- MS Word
• Desktop Publishing- MS Publisher
• E-mail- MS Outlook
• Antivirus- Sophos
• Remote desktop support - Dameware Utilities
• Web filtering- SurfControl on a Watchguard Firebox
• PDF’s-Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Student Information System –Skyward WESPaC
• Safe Search Engine - NetTrekker d.i.
• Classroom web sites - Sharepoint
• District Calendar - Trumba
• Electronic news (ENews) - Constant Contacts
• Interactive Whiteboard - ACTIVStudio and ACTIVInspire

Multimedia Equipment is:

• Promethean ACTIVBoards
• Elmo document cameras
• ACTIVExpression student response systems
• Epson projectors

In addition, a number of misc. and specialized software packages are used at specific grade levels and or in specific subject areas. A thorough analysis is performed prior to new software being adopted so as to minimize the number of unique software packages and reduce support