Dell Inc.'s 'Education Data Management (EDM) Solution'

As Dell Inc. computer company continues its move toward becoming a full-spectrum, end-to-end provider of IT services and management, and also hardware and software solutions, the company is expanding its portfolio of product offerings for school districts, non-profits, government agencies, and public health care organizations.

Dell is now selling to school districts and universities, a "predictive analytics-based decision support system" with the stated purpose of improving school efficiency and student outcomes. Dell is calling it the "Education Data Management (EDM) solution, a decision support system", designed to improve retention and graduation rates, while personalizing student learning, and improving planning, management, and reporting. Dell Inc. claims the system can predict the career and college readiness of students as early as fifth grade.

Dell says in a written statement that the EDM system integrates operational data with student performance using predictive analytics to assist teachers in following students' activities, so that early intervention can be implemented to improve success rates. The EDM process tracks student data over multiple years, spanning various schools to target specific aptitudes and interests. That is accomplished with a real-time data system which aggregates student performance information across multiple disparate systems.

The EDM system supports master data management, and an online portal for parents, teachers, students, and administrators; while also offering district-wide operational planning and performance for facilities, finance, and human resources.

Dell Inc. Partners with Echo 360 to Offer a Blended Learning Platform for Universities

Dell is now a reseller of the Echo 360 product which it calls a "blended learning and lecture capture solution" for institutions of higher education in both Canada and the United States.

Here is what John Mullen, Vice President and General Manager, of Dell Education, State and Local Government products had to say in a prepared statement: “Echo360 has helped hundreds of universities innovate the teaching and learning environment for better interaction and student access - using technology to reach more students more conveniently; extending the interaction between students and professors before, during and after a lecture and providing a platform for immediate feedback on lessons that need further explanation. Dell is excited to help more universities, professors and students realize the benefits of innovative new teaching and learning models with a simple, end-to-end solution to improve academic outcomes and student teaching in a cost-effective manner.”

Echo360 is being sold to all Dell Canadian and U.S. higher education customers as ‘Dell Lecture Capture'.

Dell Sells School Districts Desktop Virtualization with Wyse Cloud Client-Computing

Dell Inc. has initiated a 'Dell Wyse solution' to assist U.S. schools with implementing BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) for anywhere computing, with an easy to manage and deploy desktop virtualization system using proprietary Dell computer hardware.

That solution gives increased data security while providing teachers and IT administrators more control over how students can use their personal computing devices. The system allows students anywhere in the school area, access to applications and data using a Dell Wyse thin client, or from students' homes using their personal devices.

Dell Selected to Modernize IT Services for Kern Health System

Serving 122,000 Medi-Cal and Healthy Families participants in Bakersfield, California, Kern Health Systems has selected Dell Inc. to update its applications portfolio as it undergoes a business transformation.

Dell will target enhancement of technology capabilities for KHS, while attempting to drive down operational costs, and providing software development life-cycle services.