use Novell iPrint for printing over the Internet.=20
We liked it so much that we go rid of all of our=20
traditional print queues and now all of our=20
printing goes through iPrint, even if people are=20
loggied in on our network. File access we do with=20
Novell NetStorage, which allows access through=20
either a standard browser or through a WebDAV=20
connection. I think Active Directory also has=20
that capability. Our teacher laptops have Novell=20
iFolder, which constantly syncs a folder on the=20
laptop with our server, so if the laptop dies, computer files are safe.
One of my goals has been to make HOW people=20
access our network resources independent of WHERE=20
they are--Location independent access. (If you're=20
thinking continuity of service in the event of a=20
catastrophe, or school closure, that's part of=20
it.) And it's made me question why I have a=20
traditional network at all. :-) We just signed=20
contracts with Veracross for our student=20
information system and Finalsite for our website,=20
both of which are hosted off campus. Our Moodle=20
installation is hosted off campus as well. I'd=20
move our file storage off campus if I thought we=20
had the bandwidth but 4MB isn't quite enough to=20
make me do that yet. We also use a service for=20
our authoritative DNS and backup MX, and a different one for antispam.
I'm also not ready to try to convince people to=20
move our financial system to a hosted solution=20
like Veracross, but I'll look at that next year.=20
All of this movement frees up my staff to focus=20
on the things that we absolutely must do on=20
campus and improves support for our teachers and=20
students. It may seem a little pricier, but I'm a=20
believer because it does improve reliability. I=20
also have a friend in Hawaii who created a=20
business based on providing all support for=20
independent schools and he is expanding as people find value in the model.
Derrel
At 05:17 PM 11/20/2007 -0500, Manns, Brian wrote:
>How did you do the files and printing through the internet?
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Derrel Fincher
>Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 4:12 PM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Antivirus
>
>We just segregated our network into three VLANS through our switches.
>The wireless portal for our students is on a separate VLAN and they
>cannot even see our network, but we have set up our network to allow
>them to access files and printing through the Internet.
>
>Derrel
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