Customers: Education
Diverse users, tight budgets.
If you work for an education institution, your organization serves diverse user communities, likely spread across multiple campuses. Students probably make up the overwhelming majority of your users, yet your student population is constantly changing. Any email client you give to students has to be completely intuitive with no training or support required. Your employees need enterprise-class email and calendaring with rich groupware functionality. On top of all this, your budget is extremely tight. You need a messaging solution that meets the needs of diverse and transient users while reducing your administrative overhead.
Customer Details
Former mail system
Mixed environment including Exchange
Strategic goals
- Single unified email solution
- Groupware functionality
- Reduce administrative complexity and overhead
- Consolidate servers
- Reduce bandwidth required to support student email
Requirements
- Full-feature Outlook support for staff
- Feature-rich Web client for students
Central University of Technology
BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA
A university that teaches science, engineering and technology, Central University of Technology has more than 11,000 students, faculty and staff across two campuses.
Results with Scalix:
- Single Linux-based email and calendaring solution with rich groupware functionality
- Consolidated 5 servers down to 3
- Outlook users completely satisfied
- Students gained desktop-like functionality with new web client
- Reduced administrative complexity and overhead
- Gained feature-rich Web client for students
Customer Details
Former mail system
Pegasus Mail
Strategic goals
- Better email access for students
- Provide Outlook to staff
- Improved groupware functionality
- Reduce administrative complexity and overhead
Requirements
- Linux-based
- Full-featured Outlook support
- Feature-rich Web client
- Limited end user disruption
- Group calendaring
- Public folders
Catawba College
SALISBURY, NC
One of the oldest four-year colleges in the United States, Catawba College has 1,300 students, faculty and staff.
Results with Scalix:
- Reduced administrative complexity and overhead
- Improved groupware functionality
- Very positive reaction from all end users
- Outlook users completely satisfied
- Web client users enjoy faster performance and better functionality with Scalix Web Access
- Improved system availability
Customer Details
Former mail system
Mixed messaging environment
Strategic goals
Groupware functionality
Requirements
- Full-feature Outlook support
- Linux-based
Banks County School District
HOMER, GA
The Banks County School District aspires to foster in every student a desire for lifelong learning, a commitment to personal fitness, an appreciation of the arts, a deep-rooted understanding of right and wrong, and a desire to participate responsibly in a free and democratic society.
Results with Scalix:
- Single, Linux-based messaging system
- Richer groupware functionality
- Outlook users retained all features and are completely satisfied
- Improved system availability
Customer Details
Former mail system
Mixed messaging environment
Strategic goals
Single uniform system with groupware functionality
Requirements
- Linux-based
- Full-featured Outlook support
- Feature-rich Web client
- Support for wireless devices
- Group calendaring
- Integrated global address book
- Public folders
Roger Williams University
BRISTOL, RI
Recognized by US News & World Report as one of the top tier comprehensive, private colleges in their area for three consecutive years.
Results with Scalix:
- Gained rich groupware functionality
- Very positive reaction from all end users
- Outlook users completely satisfied
- Web client users enjoy faster performance and better functionality with Scalix Web Access
- Improved system availability
Customer Details
Former mail system
POP
Strategic goals
- Group calendaring
- Feature-rich Web client for remote users
Requirements
Linux-based
Communities in Schools
AUSTIN, TX
Communities in Schools creates campus-based programs to prevent students from dropping out, using a network of volunteers, social services, businesses and community resources.
Results with Scalix:
- Richer groupware functionality
- Gained feature-rich Web client for remote users
- All goals met
