Examples of the Potential Return on Investment using Ranger Products
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Ranger for Networks Module
Ranger Print Manager Module
“Gives back the time to teach, so that teachers can focus on what they are best at – supported, rather than restricted, by ICT.”
Ranger Remote Control gives back to teachers the 10–15% of their preparation and lesson time which is invariably given over to PC set-up, administration and control. It also helps to keep students focused on the task at hand and facilitates teaching by:
- Giving teachers a single point of visibility and access to every PC in the classroom.
- Allowing teachers to set application and Internet usage rights.
- Enabling teachers to monitor all students’ PCs and provide discreet support.
- Giving teachers control over all PCs in the classroom – eg being able to lock all PCs to gain the attention of the class.
Depending on the number of teachers using ICT as part of their lessons, Ranger Remote Control can pay for itself in a matter of weeks. And while you may be able to put a price on the wasted teaching time which it saves, the value of the learning which it facilitates cannot be quantified.
“Efficiency savings in excess of £10k pa and pay-back in fewer than 90 days.”
By streamlining and automating routine ICT tasks and administration, Ranger for Networks will save a typical school ICT department time and costs equivalent to two technicians a year.
So, as well as freeing technical staff to focus on other activities, you can benefit from annual cost-savings of approximately £10–20k.
How? Ranger for Networks works independently, or in harmony with, Microsoft Policies to:
- Simplify PC and network lock-down and security.
- Simplify package roll-out.
- Simplify user and group set-up, configuration and passwords etc.
- Control application usage rights and access privileges.
- Identify any actions which could threaten network integrity or disrupt learning.
- Report on PC, application and licence usage, to facilitate budgeting and asset deployment.
For Example: Ranger for Network’s ‘React’ function is frequently used to shut down PCs automatically at the end of the day. Experts’ estimate that a single PC left on overnight can cost in excess of £50 pa, in unnecessary electricity. For a school with 200 PCs, using this feature alone, Ranger for Networks could pay for itself in less than 60 days.
“Reduces printing by about 30% and encourages more responsible printing and a ‘greener’ culture.”
Ranger Print Manager provides control over spiralling printing costs and increases users’ accountability and responsibility. It can help to reduce printing-related costs by a third, by:
- Reducing paper wastage.
- Reducing electricity costs.
- Reducing printing peripheral costs, such as toner cartridges.
- Reducing printers’ maintenance requirements.
- Increasing printers’ lifespan.
For example: a typical school, with an annual total print expenditure of £10k, Ranger Print Manager can pay for itself in under 75 days.