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Nation's leading education technology distributor finds a ready market for Mindjet MindManager software among its resellers—and with its own sales team.
White Papers The nation's leading education technology distributor finds a ready market for Mindjet MindManager software among its resellers—and with its own sales team. MindManager is fast becoming a valuable tool in education, and it does not appear to be at...
[September 21, 2006, 0:00]
Taiwan schools to enjoy free StarOffice 6.0
News In a symbolic move to capture the Taiwanese education market from Microsoft, Sun Microsystems donated StarOffice 6.0 to a local university on Wednesday. In addition to universities, more than 4000 middle and primary schools throughout Taiwan will...
[May 31, 2002, 10:00]
Apple unveils the eMac
News Aiming to boost its fortunes in the education market, Apple on Monday unveiled the eMac, an all-in-one computer similar to the original iMac, but built around a 17-inch flat-screen monitor. We experienced sequential growth in our education channel...
[April 29, 2002, 13:36]
Microsoft ready for open source in schools fight
News Microsoft is ready to fight competitors entering the IT education market, it said on Monday, after a leaked government report highlighted the benefits of open source software for schools. Competition in the software market is good for customers...
[May 9, 2005, 16:40]
Is Apple growing leaner?
News Apple Computer laid off 180 employees in its fourth fiscal quarter and said that it's facing increasing pressure in the education market, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Meanwhile, the company has struggled in the...
[December 20, 2002, 8:01]
UK on track to be global talent hotspot
News The UK will be one of the world's talent hotspots within the next five years thanks to the quality of its education system and an open labour market. The study measured the demographics, quality of compulsory education, universities and business...
[September 27, 2007, 8:23]
Apple chief stresses education at NECC
News According to research firm IDC, the use of notebook computers in the education market will eventually surpass that of desktop systems by more than a factor of three. Instead, Jobs stressed Apple's place in and commitment to the education market.
[June 26, 2001, 15:25]
Open source in education: Winning hearts and minds
News When [Apple] Macs were used in the education market in the US, people started asking for Macs in the workplace. The education sector is an enormously important one to technology companies not only because it is an extremely lucrative market in its...
[March 7, 2006, 14:00]
HP bumps Athlon up to business class
News HP plans to use AMD's flagship chip in its new Compaq Evo D315, targeting the education, government and small-to-medium business market. Over the last 18 months, our customers in small and medium business, government and education have started...
[August 19, 2002, 9:23]
Rivals help improve Dell's outlook
News Neff said Apple is likely to be losing market position to Dell in the education market, while Dell's increased profitability gives it more flexibility to put price pressure on Gateway in the consumer market.
[July 12, 2002, 7:45]
Apple polishes remote Mac OS X access
News One reason the products dual-market focus makes sense is that "education is very similar to business environments," Goguen said. The education market version is priced at $149 and $299. I think this is why it's priced so aggressively in the...
[March 18, 2002, 10:25]
IDC: Don't view China as one entity
News China's population differs in education, buying power and spending habits so it would be a mistake for hardware vendors to regard the country as one undivided market. Overall, the China market for PC sales will continue to grow, driven by its huge...
[April 23, 2002, 7:31]
Lindows goes back to school
News The education market is expected to grow to $9.5bn by 2005, according to research firm IDC. The education package comes with the operating system, Web browsing, email and other basic applications, Lindows said.
[January 15, 2003, 13:56]
Red Hat unveils discounts for education
News Technology companies aggressively court customers in the education market as a way to create allegiance among future technology experts and purchasers. Linux's open-source nature makes it a good foundation for software tinkering and experiments, so...
[December 4, 2003, 7:50]
Apple objects to Microsoft settlement
News At the same time, Apple said school donations would help Microsoft expand its market share in education. Apple once led the education market, but has been surpassed by PC maker Dell. Remember -- this is a settlement imposed against Microsoft for...
[January 14, 2003, 8:20]
Lawyers for Microsoft, Apple face off
News Later in the day, however, Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen argued that competition in the education market is already "very robust", according to the Associated Press. Microsoft also presented a number of letters endorsing the settlement...
[December 11, 2001, 8:43]
Apple joins critics of Microsoft deal
News But Apple, which has a big stake in the education market, criticised the settlement as anticompetitive. By allowing Microsoft to flood the education market with free software -- at virtually no cost to the company -- the court will be virtually...
[November 28, 2001, 9:55]
Microsoft cuts fees for schools
News David Burrows, Microsoft's director of education, told silicon.com that the software giant is simply acknowledging the importance of the education software market. Education invests a lot in ICT and they weren't persuaded it was best value.the deal...
[December 5, 2003, 10:50]
Startup Spotlight: Schoolsnet.com
News Is education an area that you are interested in, or do they represent gaps that you saw in the market? We have important business development plans in place, and have spent thousands of pounds on content for revision guides etc-- we offer the...
[April 28, 2000, 14:57]
Apple unveils thinner, cheaper iBooks
News Last year, Apple slipped to number two in the education market. Apple is going to price its entry-level notebook even lower for schools, teachers and some students -- offering it at $1,199 (£835) for the education market.
[May 2, 2001, 7:33]
