Solutions >> K-12 Schools

Hi Resolution's two flagship products, MacAdministrator (Macworld's Best Education Product, 2002) and MacPrefect, are multiple Education award-winning products for good reason.

The intimate, reciprocal nature of Hi Resolution's relationship with teachers, technology specialists and network administrators has meant that the evolutionary process of these products has been directed as much by the people who use the software as it has by the company itself. As a result, our products reflect the specific needs of education more accurately and effectively than any other.

• Schools need to protect the desktop environment without compromising the users' experience.
• Schools need to control application copying, control panels, CD usage, file deletion, Internet usage, printers and print accounting.
• Schools need to log on and authenticate users against different server types in seconds, not minutes, regardless of the size of the network or number of workstations (incidentally, MacAdministrator is the only product of its kind that allows the user to connect directly to any server using AFP/IP without the need for intermediary servers).
• Schools need to control who can use particular machines and when.
• Schools need to distribute software automatically over their networks.
• Schools need to control not just users or user groups but machines and machine groups, for example, to remotely log in a complete classroom when the entry of a user name and password is not desirable.
• Schools need a single solution that supports all Macintosh computers and their systems from OS 7.9.3 to 9.2.2 and OS X

We also understand that education is a unique environment. Students don't do 'overtime' if the networks or computers are having a bad day, and teachers want to teach without having to deal with computer-related issues.

Hi Resolution is the leading provider of total network security and administration solutions for Macintosh computers, providing access to the most powerful network administration technology available.

MacAdministrator and MacPrefect are currently running on thousands of education networks throughout the world because they deliver the most reliable, flexible and sophisticated solutions to all of the problems associated with managing and maintaining computers in schools and school districts.

At a time when cost is one of the foremost issues governing the implementation and development of technology in education, along with Total Cost of Ownership, products that greatly reduce expenditure on network infrastructure whilst delivering many other cost-savings and benefits become more than important, they become essential.