NetSupport School Announced As The 2010 Winner Of The 16th Annual Best Educational Software Awards

April 19, 2010 - PRLog -- The BESSIES are one of two national awards sponsored by The ComputED Gazette, which has been readily available to educators online for more than 16 years and whose directors have provided the “finest computer education.” The awards are meant to target innovative and content-rich programs and websites that provide parents and teachers with the technology to foster educational excellence.

NetSupport School v10.5 was named winner in the Best Teacher Tools category for Computer Lab Instruction for the fourth consecutive year, thus fortifying NetSupport’s market leading position.

“It’s extremely gratifying to receive such a clear vindication of our ongoing product development and introduction of appealing functionality by being honored with this award. Recognizing the changing landscape to the educational market, we have made significant strides in extending the appeal of NetSupport School outside of the traditional classroom / lab environment” commented Marcus Kingsley, CEO, NetSupport Inc.  

NetSupport School’s comprehensive functionality set includes all the standard instructional, monitoring and collaboration tools expected from a leading Classroom Management solution such as crystal clear Student Thumbnails, Application & Internet Restrictions, Printer Management, Testing Components and Screen Annotation; as well as the additional unique functionality that benefit the whole Institution, specifically its Technician Console which reduces system downtime, ensuring IT infrastructure remains available when needed most.

“Through our strengthening strategic relationship with Wyse Technology, the global leader in Thin Computing and in being an early supporting innovator with Microsoft and its Multipoint initiative, NetSupport School will continue to embrace the new technologies that look set to shape the educational IT landscape during 2010’ continued Kingsley.

New to NetSupport School v10.5 include the extended monitoring capabilities with the addition of full audio monitoring where teachers can listen to / record microphone output and background PC audio as well as conduct a 2 way chat without disrupting the class. Further enhancements add improved connectivity performance across networks, introduces a new ‘connect to room’ option and enhanced support for Terminal Server and Thin Client environments.

Visit www.netsupportschool.com for further details or to download a free 40 pc trial copy of NetSupport School 10.50.

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Headquartered in the UK and USA, 2009 saw NetSupport celebrating its 20th year as a leading supplier of Desktop and Network Management software to both corporate and education customers.
Specializing in the development and promotion of commercial software packages to manage and support Local and Wide Area Computer Networks, its flagship products are the highly successful NetSupport Manager Remote Control & PC Management application and NetSupport School, an interactive classroom and training software solution, recently announced as the winner of the 2009 Tech and Learning awards of excellence, the 2009 “Best in Tech” winner by District Administrator magazine and for a third successive year winner of a BESSIE in the “Best Teacher Tools” category from ComputED learning.
NetSupport and its derivatives are sold worldwide and enjoy market-leading status in many countries, with a worldwide install base exceeding 8 million desktops.