The major focus for schools and universities has always been the quality of education and managing day-to-day student life. In recent years though, this has become much more complicated as the number of enrolled students continues to rise along with chronic levels of truancy. New issues have emerged around school security and student safety which has forced educational institutions to adopt new policies and solutions to manage life around campus.
School officials demand a solution that provides easy access to up-to-date student information, including names, pictures, parent/guardian contact information, and of course individual student timetables. WIC provides secure access to this information, and also provides an easy-to-use communication module, which enables alerting and communication with faculty, students, and parents. Access to this functionality enables administrators, principals, and school police and truancy officers to manage crisis and attendance situations quickly and efficiency.
WIC DB
One of the core competencies of the WIC platform is the ability to provide secure and reliable access to back-end systems using a BlackBerry smartphone. Educational institutions have made use of this functionality in various ways, most commonly to access Student Information Systems like SASI, eSIS, and AERIES from the classroom (or any other location) using a BlackBerry smartphone. WIC DB allows customers to:
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Dynamically access and synchronize data between BlackBerry devices and almost any back-end database: SQL, DB2, Oracle, Lotus Notes, and much more.
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Control and configure access to content with as much granularity as required.
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Continuity of Operations
Whether it’s a lock-down situation, or one of countless other less serious incidents, reliable communication is the key to safely and efficiently managing emergency situations, and many educational institutions have entrusted their communication needs to the WIC suite of products. WIC can also ensure that crucial documents are on the hips of first responder’s when they’re needed most, instead of in an out-of-date binder or inaccessible network location.
WIC provides the following high-level benefits:
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All teachers, professors, and students and parents with cell phones can be contacted in seconds in an emergency situation, even when system outages occur.
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Emergency responders have all the information they need to perform their roles: procedures, checklists, floor maps, etc.
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