Redstor invites you to join us on stand 43 at The Academies Show 2012 on the 16th of May at Olympia in London. The event is the only FREE TO ATTEND event of its kind for headteachers, finance directors and bursars, governors, Local Authority education leaders or anyone else with a serious professional interest in the Academies Programme.

As of  the 1st of April 2012 there are 1776 academies open in England. This number continues to grow, reshaping the UK education landscape as a result. Whether you are considering conversion, are in the process of converting or are actively involved in an established Academy, make sure that you don’t miss this essential day. This year, the event will feature:

• Latest information directly from senior figures who set and implement the national education agenda
• Best practice advice on all aspects of converting and managing successful Academies, supported by real-life examples
• Discussions on key issues for Sponsored Academies and Sponsors, including funding and collaboration
• Experts on hand to explain complex legal, HR and property requirements
• Demonstrations of services and products designed to tangibly improve teaching, learning and school administration
• and more…

Redstor will be showcasing market-leading cloud services that safeguard and protect critical information and assets, whilst improving IT efficiency. Our services include; Capita’s approved secure online backup for SIMS; CentraStage – remote device management/support tool; and E-Safety, safeguarding children in schools. In total our services are used by over 15,000 schools and academies.

If you’re a school, academy, Local Authority or service provider, stop by our stand as we discuss the changing legal landscape, challenges of legal compliance and how to meet legal requirements. We’ll also demonstrate how we improve efficiencies, IT productivity and security, whilst reducing costs and downtime.

Please click here for further information. The list of exhibitors is here.

To register your place at The Academies Show, please e-mail Redstor.

Redstor will once again be exhibiting at the Cloud Computing World Forum this year. The event, held on the 12th and 13th of June at Earls Court in London, is Europe’s biggest cloud computing event with over 4,000 senior IT decision-makers from around the globe expected to attend over the course of the 2 days.

Last year, the event proved to be a very succesful outing for Redstor. It provided a great opportunity to network with clients, partners and suppliers alike and resulted in a number of opportunities for Redstor, our partners and our clients.

This year, the event will feature 150 seminars across 8 theatres spanning a wide range of topics under the broad headings of SaaS, Security, Big  Data, PaaS,  Mobile, Public Sector, Virtualization, Communications,  Social, CRM and  more. Exhibiting at the event will be over 120 global exhibitors (the full list is available here).

Attendance through Redstor is free and meetings can be arranged in advance to ensure you don’t have to wait to meet with one of our representatives. To register, please click here and a representative will be in touch to arrange a suitable meeting time. Redstor will be on stand 2140. The floorplan for the event can be viewed here.

If you’re unsure whether the event would be relevant to you, why not give us a call to discuss it in more detail.

Ever wondered what it would take to control how a pupil behaves in a classroom without saying a word? Well now you can find out..

Redstor E-Safety is a new service which enables schools to identify issues which strengthen e-safety practice and better educate staff, parents and pupils about safety online.

‘A service combining the best e-safety training and advice for school staff with the technical confidence offered by computer monitoring to improve the e-safety outcomes and behaviour of pupils’.

It also helps to prevent major issues affecting the lives of young people today such as cyber bullying and incorrect internet use.  E-Safety teaches primary pupils how to stay safe when using the internet and other digital technologies. Issues can range from access to inappropriate sites due to misspelling, accidental viewing of pornography and illegal images.

Schools have a responsibility to protect students online and ensure pupils use ICT and the internet safely as part of their duty of care. With new technologies used from age 5, this must begin as soon as children start school. Ofsted recommends that schools provide pupils with more internet access to allow children the chance to assess risks and learn how to keep themselves safe.

What are the educational benefits?

• Monitoring online and offline use. Detects and records examples of harmful behaviour and content within emails, computer programs, websites, social networking sites, blogs, VLEs and instant messages.

• Supports schools’ legal duty of care - Alerts staff to swearing, hurtful comments, online bullying, harmful or worrying websites and other online safeguarding concerns.

• Promotes safer behaviour - Encourages children to adopt safer habits and teaches them how to stay safe online in real situations.

• Meets Ofsted recommendations - Allows pupils to use new technologies responsibly while ensuring any e-safety issues are captured.

Author: Emma Keast

Blog Focus Student online Protection, e-safety, E-safety Services

For more information see: http://www.redstor.com/esafety.html