Ericom – Access Done Right Customer Story Ericom® Software is a leading global provider of Application Access and Education Industry Virtualisation Solutions (VDI). Since 1993, Ericom has been helping users access business-critical applications running on a broad range of Microsoft® Windows® Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops (VDI), Blade PCs, legacy hosts, and other systems. Ericom provides concrete business value by helping organisations realise the benefits of their IT investments. With offices in the United States, United Kingdom, EMEA, India and China, Ericom also has an extensive network of distributors and partners throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Far Sawston Village College implements East. Our expanding customer base is more than 30 thousand strong, with over 7 million installations. 21st Century ICT and works towards vision of “anytime learning”

For secondary school pupils around the country, ICT is no longer restricted to a one-hour slot on the timetable, once a week. Instead, technology has become an integral part of the curriculum for all subjects from English and Geography to Maths and Physics. Sawston Village College formed a three-year strategic plan to radically improve and expand its use of ICT throughout all aspects of teaching and learning. However, it realised that it wouldn’t be able to deliver its vision without a reliable and high performance IT infrastructure. It selected Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect solution to deliver applications centrally and dramatically improved the performance and reliability of its existing PCs. PCs that were really struggling before are amazing now, enabling Industry Solutions us to extend their life and make Education Deploy Ericom’s PowerTerm considerable savings. They are WebConnect Remote View to Customer like new PCs! centrally deliver applications to Sawston Village College, a the school’s existing PCs Jenny Dibsdale secondary school in Cambridgeshire ICT Manager with 1000 pupils, 60 teachers and Ensure the compatibility and Sawston Village College, Cambridgeshire 40 support staff connectivity of PowerTerm WebConnect with Cambridgeshire Product LEA’s remote access system using ® ® Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect 3SP (now part of Barracuda RemoteView Networks) Challenges Benefits Improve PC performance and Old PCs perform like new PCs reliability in ICT rooms Infrastructure established to Enable the introduction of mobile support mobile laptops and North America UK & Western Europe International laptops and secure remote access, remote access Ericom Software Inc. Ericom Software (UK) Ltd. Ericom Software Ltd. to improve the accessibility of ICT 231 Herbert Avenue, Bldg. #4 11a Victoria Square 8 Hamarpeh Street Ericom solutions cost less than a Closter, NJ 07624 USA Droitwich, Worcestershire Har Hotzvim Technology Park Achieve Government directives T +1 (201) 767 2210 WR9 8DE United Kingdom Jerusalem 91450 Israel third of the cost of Citrix and F +1 (201) 767 2205 T + 44 (0) 845 644 3597 T + 972 (2) 591 1700 for extended learning deliver year on year savings Toll-free 1 (888) 767 7876 F + 44 (0) 845 644 3598 F + 972 (2) 571 4737 Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Maximise value from IT expenditure Copyright © 1999-2009 Ericom Software Ltd. Ericom and PowerTerm are registered trademarks of Ericom Software Ltd. Other company and brand, products and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CS-G-090126-100A www.ericom.com Empower Enterprise-Wide Application Access I definitely recommend Ericom to other schools

n 2007, Sawston Village College launched a three-year plan The school estimated that it would PowerTerm WebConnect is now to transform its use of technology in teaching and learning. It have cost £12,000–£14,000 per running on over 130 PCs and IT room to replace its old PCs with provides secure access to more Irecognised that the use of ICT was not as embedded in the new PCs in the previous network than 40 applications — numbers curriculum as it could have been. environment. By selecting Ericom, that are growing steadily every the school avoided this huge month. As all of the applications expenditure and also extended the are stored and managed centrally life of its existing equipment. “Our on DELL terminal servers, IT current PCs are around three years With the support of staff, Sawston The school knew that it had to make technicians no longer have to old, and I expect to be able to keep Village College set out clear goals the performance of its computers visit every single PC and load them for at least another two to to maximise the potential of ICT for more dependable, to encourage software individually whenever three years,” predicts Dibsdale. “This the school introduces a new enhancing all aspects of the teaching staff to make full use of means that we now have budget application. “I find it very easy to college’s work. In particular, it them in their lessons. “We wanted available to invest in other areas of wanted to make computer resources manage and as the PCs perform to build staff confidence with ICT,” IT. In the longer term, when our more accessible, by introducing consistently well, less of my team’s says Dibsdale. “When computers existing PCs do reach the end of more mobile laptops in the school time is spent on fire fighting,” admits keep crashing or take ages to load, their lives, we can replace them with and by establishing new remote Dibsdale. “We want to spend our teachers understandably find it hard cheaper, low specification A Mobile ICT Capability recent government directives. To access capabilities for pupils. Jenny time and money on new to deliver their lessons and become computers, thin clients or old PCs Sawston Village College intends to help local schools to achieve this Dibsdale was appointed as the applications and services for staff reluctant to make use of IT.” donated by local businesses.” move towards more mobile use of goal, the Local Education Authority school’s new ICT manager and her and pupils, not on supporting the ICT. It has already started to invest (LEA) in Cambridgeshire has already remit was to build the infrastructure A Less Expensive basic infrastructure.” A Lot More Control in a small number of laptops on to deliver the school’s 21st century Alternative invested in setting up a secure, Sawston Village College selected trolleys equipped with a remote remote log-in system. ICT vision. Dibsdale decided to evaluate An ‘Amazing’ Improvement Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect access connection point. Once set solutions from both Citrix and Ericom. Both staff and pupils at Sawston “Before we made the commitment RemoteView product. Using this up, these laptops will provide users A Huge Strain on She was very thorough in her Village College have been delighted to invest in Ericom solutions, we Existing PCs solution, teachers and pupils can with access to applications via selection process and visited with the improvements that have asked Ericom to work with the LEA At the time, Sawston Village College log into any PC, access applications PowerTerm WebConnect in the numerous reference sites at come about from the introduction to test PowerTerm WebConnect’s had a traditional network, and call up their own work folders same way as the PCs. educational establishments and other of PowerTerm WebConnect. Dibsdale compatibility with the Cambridgeshire comprising around 200 personal in a matter of seconds. As the organisations over a six month period observes: “Students enjoy working In addition, Sawston Village College Council School Network,” explains computers, spread across four applications are all stored centrally, before making a recommendation. on the PCs now, and the teachers is currently building a new science separate IT rooms. “The network memory and processing power in Dibsdale. “This test went very In the end, she concluded that Ericom can rely on the fact that they will block and plans to equip this new was very, very slow,” recalls each PC is freed up, which enables smoothly and was completed in a offered the greatest value for money. have consistently good computer teaching facility with wireless Dibsdale. “Students had to wait the computers to operate more really short time. The LEA actually performance for their lessons.” connectivity. This will make it even three, four or even five minutes for She explains: “I found that Ericom quickly and reliably. The solution told us afterwards that the connection easier for pupils to use laptops to their profiles and applications to offered almost the same functionality was implemented by Ericom and Right across the school, there have with Ericom was much more load. As a result, lessons took a as Citrix, but Citrix was considerably one of its recommended installation been significant improvements in access their work and applications intelligent and easier to establish long time to get going.” more expensive. There was no extra partners during the course of the application performance. Log-in via PowerTerm WebConnect. “We than a connection with Citrix.” benefit from paying the extra money. are committed to improving flexibility six-week school summer holidays. times for pupils are very fast, and The remote, home access services Due to the range of subjects taught Both products delivered shared applications launch quickly every and convenience for students,” says “I like the fact that Ericom took the at Sawston Village College have at Sawston Village College, each applications across a server, and time, without freezing the computers. Dibsdale. “We want to be able to time to train me on its software, not been launched yet. However, computer had to be loaded with as Ericom met all our requirements.” “PCs that were really struggling bring IT to classes, rather than taking ensuring we got the most out of it,” the school knows that, when it is many as 60 different pieces of before are amazing now, enabling classes to IT.” Sawston Village College calculated says Dibsdale. “Being significantly ready to introduce this new service, software. This large software us to extend their life and make that the licenses for the Citrix solution less complicated than Citrix, my team its IT infrastructure is all set up and portfolio inevitably placed a huge considerable savings,” says A Step Closer to the would cost around three times more can manage the system on a day- Vision ready to go. With PowerTerm strain on the school’s aging PCs. Dibsdale. “They are like new PCs!” “Many of our computers were three than the licences for the Ericom to-day basis, making us less reliant A key feature of Sawston Village WebConnect, the school has a to four years old, and they struggled solution, even when educational on expensive outside consultants. “Ericom is very reassuring and College’s ICT vision is ‘anytime robust platform with which it can to deliver the application discounts were taken into account. The Ericom software sits on Microsoft provides good support,” says learning’. The school aspires to deliver its big vision for ICT in performance and reliability we “It was a big cost saving when viewed technology, so I have a lot more Dibsdale. “If I have a problem, I provide pupils, teachers and parents teaching and learning. Dibsdale needed,” says Dibsdale. “The PCs over a number of years,” says control and understanding of the know that I can just pick up the with home access to information, concludes: “I definitely recommend were constantly failing.” Dibsdale. solution and my network.” phone and Ericom will sort it out.” work and applications, in line with Ericom to other schools.” I definitely recommend Ericom to other schools

n 2007, Sawston Village College launched a three-year plan The school estimated that it would PowerTerm WebConnect is now to transform its use of technology in teaching and learning. It have cost £12,000–£14,000 per running on over 130 PCs and IT room to replace its old PCs with provides secure access to more Irecognised that the use of ICT was not as embedded in the new PCs in the previous network than 40 applications — numbers curriculum as it could have been. environment. By selecting Ericom, that are growing steadily every the school avoided this huge month. As all of the applications expenditure and also extended the are stored and managed centrally life of its existing equipment. “Our on DELL terminal servers, IT current PCs are around three years With the support of staff, Sawston The school knew that it had to make technicians no longer have to old, and I expect to be able to keep Village College set out clear goals the performance of its computers visit every single PC and load them for at least another two to to maximise the potential of ICT for more dependable, to encourage software individually whenever three years,” predicts Dibsdale. “This the school introduces a new enhancing all aspects of the teaching staff to make full use of means that we now have budget application. “I find it very easy to college’s work. In particular, it them in their lessons. “We wanted available to invest in other areas of wanted to make computer resources manage and as the PCs perform to build staff confidence with ICT,” IT. In the longer term, when our more accessible, by introducing consistently well, less of my team’s says Dibsdale. “When computers existing PCs do reach the end of more mobile laptops in the school time is spent on fire fighting,” admits keep crashing or take ages to load, their lives, we can replace them with and by establishing new remote Dibsdale. “We want to spend our teachers understandably find it hard cheaper, low specification A Mobile ICT Capability recent government directives. To access capabilities for pupils. Jenny time and money on new to deliver their lessons and become computers, thin clients or old PCs Sawston Village College intends to help local schools to achieve this Dibsdale was appointed as the applications and services for staff reluctant to make use of IT.” donated by local businesses.” move towards more mobile use of goal, the Local Education Authority school’s new ICT manager and her and pupils, not on supporting the ICT. It has already started to invest (LEA) in Cambridgeshire has already remit was to build the infrastructure A Less Expensive basic infrastructure.” A Lot More Control in a small number of laptops on to deliver the school’s 21st century Alternative invested in setting up a secure, Sawston Village College selected trolleys equipped with a remote remote log-in system. ICT vision. Dibsdale decided to evaluate An ‘Amazing’ Improvement Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect access connection point. Once set solutions from both Citrix and Ericom. Both staff and pupils at Sawston “Before we made the commitment RemoteView product. Using this up, these laptops will provide users A Huge Strain on She was very thorough in her Village College have been delighted to invest in Ericom solutions, we Existing PCs solution, teachers and pupils can with access to applications via selection process and visited with the improvements that have asked Ericom to work with the LEA At the time, Sawston Village College log into any PC, access applications PowerTerm WebConnect in the numerous reference sites at come about from the introduction to test PowerTerm WebConnect’s had a traditional network, and call up their own work folders same way as the PCs. educational establishments and other of PowerTerm WebConnect. Dibsdale compatibility with the Cambridgeshire comprising around 200 personal in a matter of seconds. As the organisations over a six month period observes: “Students enjoy working In addition, Sawston Village College Council School Network,” explains computers, spread across four applications are all stored centrally, before making a recommendation. on the PCs now, and the teachers is currently building a new science separate IT rooms. “The network memory and processing power in Dibsdale. “This test went very In the end, she concluded that Ericom can rely on the fact that they will block and plans to equip this new was very, very slow,” recalls each PC is freed up, which enables smoothly and was completed in a offered the greatest value for money. have consistently good computer teaching facility with wireless Dibsdale. “Students had to wait the computers to operate more really short time. The LEA actually performance for their lessons.” connectivity. This will make it even three, four or even five minutes for She explains: “I found that Ericom quickly and reliably. The solution told us afterwards that the connection easier for pupils to use laptops to their profiles and applications to offered almost the same functionality was implemented by Ericom and Right across the school, there have with Ericom was much more load. As a result, lessons took a as Citrix, but Citrix was considerably one of its recommended installation been significant improvements in access their work and applications intelligent and easier to establish long time to get going.” more expensive. There was no extra partners during the course of the application performance. Log-in via PowerTerm WebConnect. “We than a connection with Citrix.” benefit from paying the extra money. are committed to improving flexibility six-week school summer holidays. times for pupils are very fast, and The remote, home access services Due to the range of subjects taught Both products delivered shared applications launch quickly every and convenience for students,” says “I like the fact that Ericom took the at Sawston Village College have at Sawston Village College, each applications across a server, and time, without freezing the computers. Dibsdale. “We want to be able to time to train me on its software, not been launched yet. However, computer had to be loaded with as Ericom met all our requirements.” “PCs that were really struggling bring IT to classes, rather than taking ensuring we got the most out of it,” the school knows that, when it is many as 60 different pieces of before are amazing now, enabling classes to IT.” Sawston Village College calculated says Dibsdale. “Being significantly ready to introduce this new service, software. This large software us to extend their life and make that the licenses for the Citrix solution less complicated than Citrix, my team its IT infrastructure is all set up and portfolio inevitably placed a huge considerable savings,” says A Step Closer to the would cost around three times more can manage the system on a day- Vision ready to go. With PowerTerm strain on the school’s aging PCs. Dibsdale. “They are like new PCs!” “Many of our computers were three than the licences for the Ericom to-day basis, making us less reliant A key feature of Sawston Village WebConnect, the school has a to four years old, and they struggled solution, even when educational on expensive outside consultants. “Ericom is very reassuring and College’s ICT vision is ‘anytime robust platform with which it can to deliver the application discounts were taken into account. The Ericom software sits on Microsoft provides good support,” says learning’. The school aspires to deliver its big vision for ICT in performance and reliability we “It was a big cost saving when viewed technology, so I have a lot more Dibsdale. “If I have a problem, I provide pupils, teachers and parents teaching and learning. Dibsdale needed,” says Dibsdale. “The PCs over a number of years,” says control and understanding of the know that I can just pick up the with home access to information, concludes: “I definitely recommend were constantly failing.” Dibsdale. solution and my network.” phone and Ericom will sort it out.” work and applications, in line with Ericom to other schools.” Ericom – Access Done Right Customer Story Ericom® Software is a leading global provider of Application Access and Education Industry Virtualisation Solutions (VDI). Since 1993, Ericom has been helping users access business-critical applications running on a broad range of Microsoft® Windows® Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops (VDI), Blade PCs, legacy hosts, and other systems. Ericom provides concrete business value by helping organisations realise the benefits of their IT investments. With offices in the United States, United Kingdom, EMEA, India and China, Ericom also has an extensive network of distributors and partners throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Far Sawston Village College implements East. Our expanding customer base is more than 30 thousand strong, with over 7 million installations. 21st Century ICT and works towards vision of “anytime learning”

For secondary school pupils around the country, ICT is no longer restricted to a one-hour slot on the timetable, once a week. Instead, technology has become an integral part of the curriculum for all subjects from English and Geography to Maths and Physics. Sawston Village College formed a three-year strategic plan to radically improve and expand its use of ICT throughout all aspects of teaching and learning. However, it realised that it wouldn’t be able to deliver its vision without a reliable and high performance IT infrastructure. It selected Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect solution to deliver applications centrally and dramatically improved the performance and reliability of its existing PCs. PCs that were really struggling before are amazing now, enabling Industry Solutions us to extend their life and make Education Deploy Ericom’s PowerTerm considerable savings. They are WebConnect Remote View to Customer like new PCs! centrally deliver applications to Sawston Village College, a the school’s existing PCs Jenny Dibsdale secondary school in Cambridgeshire ICT Manager with 1000 pupils, 60 teachers and Ensure the compatibility and Sawston Village College, Cambridgeshire 40 support staff connectivity of PowerTerm WebConnect with Cambridgeshire Product LEA’s remote access system using ® ® Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect 3SP (now part of Barracuda RemoteView Networks) Challenges Benefits Improve PC performance and Old PCs perform like new PCs reliability in ICT rooms Infrastructure established to Enable the introduction of mobile support mobile laptops and North America UK & Western Europe International laptops and secure remote access, remote access Ericom Software Inc. Ericom Software (UK) Ltd. Ericom Software Ltd. to improve the accessibility of ICT 231 Herbert Avenue, Bldg. #4 11a Victoria Square 8 Hamarpeh Street Ericom solutions cost less than a Closter, NJ 07624 USA Droitwich, Worcestershire Har Hotzvim Technology Park Achieve Government directives T +1 (201) 767 2210 WR9 8DE United Kingdom Jerusalem 91450 Israel third of the cost of Citrix and F +1 (201) 767 2205 T + 44 (0) 845 644 3597 T + 972 (2) 591 1700 for extended learning deliver year on year savings Toll-free 1 (888) 767 7876 F + 44 (0) 845 644 3598 F + 972 (2) 571 4737 Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Maximise value from IT expenditure Copyright © 1999-2009 Ericom Software Ltd. Ericom and PowerTerm are registered trademarks of Ericom Software Ltd. Other company and brand, products and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CS-G-090126-100A www.ericom.com Empower Enterprise-Wide Application Access