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USB Flash Memory Sticks Offer An Effective Solution For Build Schools for the Future Program

March 13, 2007

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Gordon Brown has announced a massive £36 billion investment in new and renovated schools over the next 4 years to create the “most educated nation in the world”. This investment includes the renovation or new building of 12,000 schools, including 50% of primary schools, 90% of secondary schools and 100 colleges. These developments will be done in three waves across the country over the next 4 years.

The removing of existing IT systems offers a new start for ICT in schools. This will allow for the use of flexible technologies like removable memory sticks. The small size, light weight, increasing memory capacity and security make removable memory a powerful solution for students.

Today, USB flash memory sticks can offer installed software that allow for all files to run on any computer. They can be password protected, individually numbered or personalized to the person or school. Also, in other areas of the public sector like the police or fire services, memory devices can be individualized by each persons fingerprint using biometric software. This can control access to sensitive information sources, while offering the power to management the multiple passwords each person now needs.

Thousands of schools have found the benefit of portable memory products to help students move schoolwork from school to the home computer and back. They also allow computers with small hard-drives to continue to be used, rather than a need for additional system memory. Additionally, it can save on overall software costs by using “open source” software pre-installed on memory devices. This has been done for 175,000 students in Paris, France.

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