Harris School Solutions Launches SDS Windows Beta Site
Online, December 17, 2010 (Newswire.com) - SDS Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harris School Solutions, announces the implementation of a live school beta site as part of a customer-driven migration to Windows. The migration, scheduled for all SDS products, became a priority following the Harris acquisition of SDS Software in January 2010.
"We are moving to the technology platform that most school IT departments are already supporting," said Scott Schollenberger, vice president of research and development.
Five school districts are expected to go live by the end of January 2011. To minimize the impact to district staff during the migration, most of the operational tasks will remain unchanged. School IT departments should note the following new features, such as encrypted access from the HSS Help Desk, network backups for departmental demand backups, generic LDAP support, and SMTP authentication.
Schollenberger says the migration will also bring Active Directory integration for authentication, and further stated that the project will "lay the foundation for our continued migration."
The next two phases of the Windows migration will encompass the addition of a new Graphical User Interface (GUI) front end and SQL Server. Completion dates for Phase 2 and Phase 3 are not currently available, but Schollenberger expects to complete the initial release of the GUI front end sometime in 2011.
"Via Purchasing is the focus right now for completion at the end of Q1, 2011," said Schollenberger.
SDS Software offers a full portfolio of products and services for Canadian school boards, including human resources, payroll, accounting, and purchasing management solutions.
The full line of Harris School Solutions software provides numerous options for student information, school nutrition, school business, employee time and attendance, adult-vocational education, data backup/recovery and transportation management. View our product line at: www.harris-schoolsolutions.com/solutions.