Marietta City Schools Wins One Year of Free Internet Content Filtering from TeleMate.Net Software

Online, November 28, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Now more than ever, the Internet is regarded as a powerful teaching tool in schools, but strictly enforced CIPA requirements, rising Internet security costs, and rapidly shrinking school budgets provide a unique challenge for technology staff. To help ease the pressure on schools and their technology administrators, TeleMate.Net Software offered a "Web Filtering for a Year" giveaway exclusively to attendees at the 2011 Georgia Educational Technology Conference (GaETC).

Today, the company announced that Director of Technology and Information Systems, David Digiovanni, received the prize on behalf of Marietta City Schools (MCS). The giveaway will provide MCS with a NetSpective Internet Content Filter™ appliance, an unlimited user subscription, and a comprehensive reporting solution (NetAuditor® for NetSpective) - a solution valued at over $100,000.

"Managing the technology decisions for eight elementary schools, a middle school, a sixth-grade school, and a high school is no simple task. The decisions my team and I make everyday directly affect the success of our 8,000 students and 1,200 staff members," stated Digiovanni. "After considering the merits of TeleMate's products, I am excited to receive this on behalf of MCS. I look forward to the immediate cost savings we will gain and the potential long-term benefits this will ultimately produce."

NetSpective filters across millions of URLs grouped into over 100 categories. It provides administrators with an easy way to monitor, block and report on undesirable Internet traffic such as anonymous web proxies, malware, online chat, peer-to-peer applications and more. The solution also extends content filtering enforcement to mobile devices including iPhones, iPads, and Android, MacBook and Windows tablets. As "Bring Your Own Device" initiatives prevail, NetSpective provides security beyond the desktop to balance effective digital learning with safe classroom environments.

The next "Web Filtering for a Year" promotion will be announced exclusively for attendees at the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) from January 23 until January 26, 2012 in Orlando, Florida; and at the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) conference from February 6 until February 10, 2012 in Austin, Texas. For more information about TeleMate.Net and web filtering solutions, please visit: www.telemate.net.

About Marietta City Schools
Marietta City Schools (MCS) serve some 8,000 students at eight elementary choice schools-one of which is a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Magnet-one middle school, one sixth-grade school, and one high school. The school district has approximately 1200 employees. In June 2008, Marietta City Schools became one of Georgia's first Charter Systems. MCS maintains a proud tradition of educational excellence because its citizens expect the best. Technology plays an integral role throughout the system, and all teachers receive a laptop computer upon hiring. For more information: www.marietta-city.org or call (770) 422-3500.

If you'd like more information about NetSpective Internet Content Filtering™, NetAuditor® for NetSpective, or TeleMate® Unified Call Management, please email [email protected] or visit the TeleMate.Net website at www.telemate.net.

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