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ScoMIS Event

Mar 172011

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ScoMIS are hosting 'the event' and our theme is "changing with you" showcasing how scomis is evolving to work with schools now and in the future to meet the challenges across the whole of ICT.

Whether you are a Teacher, Leader, Technician, Adminstrator, Manager or Governor there will be a something to interest, inform and possibly amuse you. In fact anyone involved in the business of your school is welcome to come along .

See our flyer for more details - ScoMIS Event 2011

Anti-Virus software licensing 2011-12

Information, Procurement

Mar 152011

Anti-virus licences for Devon, Plymouth and Torbay schools expire on March 31st 2011. ScoMIS have been able to successfully negotiate with our supplier which means that there will be no increase in price for the third year running. McAfee School Client Licences will remain at £2.64 per licence.

Please complete the online form indicating if your school would like to buy into the anti-virus service, and also how many licences will be required. Details of the anti-virus software are available on the ScoMIS website at http://www.scomis.org/go/antivirus. If you are making your own arrangements to purchase antivirus software elsewhere, please indicate this on the on-line form. This will prevent licence update reminders being sent to you.

ScoMIS highly recommend schools carry out a full inventory in both the curriculum and administration areas to enable the correct number of licences are purchased to cover each PC and laptop within the school (including any home use PC).

Schools who choose not to purchase anti-virus licences from ScoMIS will need to source their own anti-virus licences and remove the anti-virus software supplied by ScoMIS from all their PCs by the 31st March 2011.

For further information please contact the ScoMIS Service Desk on 01392 385300

ICT Procurement – End of Financial Year 2010-11

Information, Procurement

Mar 152011

Orders for switches, cables, and Microsoft licences must be received by ScoMIS no later than Monday 21st March 2010 to enable delivery and invoicing within the 2010-11 financial year.

Please note that no further orders for IT hardware or software will be processed by ScoMIS for the 2010-11 financial year after Monday 21st March 2011 deadline.

Please call the ScoMIS Service Desk on 01392 385300 if you require further information.

ScoMIS Service Desk

Safer Internet Day 8th February

Information

Feb 022011

Join in and get involved with this years SaferInternet Day. Download free information packs and posters to learn how you can be safer on the internet There is plenty of information for schools, children and parents.

Get involved and have your questions answered by an expert panel and listen to Safer Internet Radio.

Find out more at www.saferinternet.org.uk

BETT 2011

Information, Training

Jan 042011

ScoMIS are looking to see if schools would be intersted in coach travel to the BETT Show 2011.

BETT is the world’s largest technology in education show . Over 600 exhibitors will be showcasing all that is new and innovative within the industry and as a visitor you will be able to pick up a wealth of knowledge to take back with you to your school.

More details and registration is available on

http://www.bettshow.com/bett11/website/Home.aspx?refer=1

If you would be interested in travelling with us from Exeter to Olympia, please contact us to express an interest. We will have to ensure that there is sufficient interest before we can guarantee a service. Times and dates are provisional.

Date:

Friday 14th January 2011
Depart Exeter (Great Moor House) 6.00am (one stop at Services on the way!)
Arrive BETT 10.30am
Depart BETT 3.30pm
Arrive Exeter 7.30pm (one stop at Services on the way!)

Cost:

ScoMIS are pleased to announce that we are able to cover the cost of coach travel for schools in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay who have a support contract with us.

Schools will have to register for BETT themselves and are strongly advised to pre-book to speed admission

Please register your interest by contacting scomis@devon.gov.uk or by using our Online Form and refer to BETT 2011 Coach travel. When we have established that there is sufficient interest we will be back in touch with you to confirm the arrangements.

Disruption to ScoMIS Services on 03/12/10

Service Outage, Service Updates

Dec 032010

Schools were unable to access the Hosted Terminal Server, ScoMIS Remote Support, Sims Learning Gateway and Attix services hosted at Great Moor House for a period of around 3 hours on Thursday morning. Investigations within SWGfL are still underway, but the main cause appears to have been some overnight work on the SWGfL firewalls (managed by RM IHG) prior to moving to a new firewall platform. An error occurred in the rule sets, disrupting routing to ScoMIS servers. When this was identified, the correct firewall rules were reapplied and the problem resolved.

In a separate issue, the main link to ScoMIS went down in the early hours of Thursday morning - our resilient circuit took over and reverted back when the problem was cleared, with no noticeable break in service.

Discussions are underway to establish how this was able to happen, and to avoid issues like this in the future.

Advice to All Schools: Hosted Terminal Server Outage

Service Outage

Dec 022010

We are experiencing an issue with the ScoMIS Hosted Terminal Server Service. Most subscribers to this service are not able to access the system.

Schools based within the Exeter area, however, are still able to access this Service.

ScoMIS are investigating the cause of the outage as our highest priority and are working together with the South West Grid for Learning to resolve this incident as soon as possible.

If you are affected by this issue, please check the ScoMIS website for updates or phone the ScoMIS Service Desk on 01392 385300.

We apologise for any inconvenience this outage may cause.

FREE – Future Technology and Learning Event hosted by RM

Information, Training

Oct 142010

On Tuesday 9th November RM are hosting a Future Technology and Learning Event for all schools in the South West of England at the RM REAL Centre, 135 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SE.

ScoMIS are working with RM to provide free transport for our Schools. We have a coach leaving from ScoMIS, Great Moor House, Bittern Road, Exeter in the morning to take you right to the REAL centre and bring you back in the evening. All you need to do is to book your FREE place with us and turn up in the morning.

Places are Limited. Visit the ScoMIS Training Portal to find out more about the event and to book your free place.

http://training.scomis.org/future-technology-and-learning-event-hosted-by-rm/

Update to KMS Licence Server

Service Outage, Service Updates

Oct 132010

We are currently undertaking work to upgrade our Windows KMS Licence Server to allow ScoMIS to release Office 2010 to schools. During this process schools may receive messages that their Windows product is no longer registered.

If schools do receive a "not registered" message, don't worry, Windows will automatically try to update its licence every few hours. Until a new licence is obtained Windows may run in Reduced Functionality Mode with certain Windows features being unavailable.

Further information to follow.

Supply Zone Catalogue 2010

Finance, Procurement, SIMS Upgrades

Jul 232010

The latest Electronic version of the SupplyZone catalogue for FMS 6 is now available for all Schools to download from the ScoMIS Upgrades Site.

To update your FMS 6, download and install the catalogue, then import the catalogue into FMS 6. Full download notes are available from the Upgrades Site.

Schools on the ScoMIS SIMS Terminal Server will have the update installed automatically, but will still need to follow the "Import to FMS 6" instructions, please follow the link from the Terminal Server help pages.

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