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IN THIS                                  In Touch


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       In Touch with the CIO ...................2-3  With the CIO
       Technology in Education  .............4-5
       Welcome New Portal  ......................6  As summer started, our seniors looked forward to new horizons. Other
       Upgrade of District Phones  ............7
       Maintaining Cutting Edge             students and their teachers stowed away textbooks to enjoy fun-filled
       Technology in Our Classrooms  ......8  summer days. For the Division of Information Technology, summer is a
       WiFi Boosted to Meet Demand  ......9  time to ramp up efforts to ensure that our schools are technology ready
       WiFi at SDPBC problems               for the upcoming year. We completed maintenance at the District’s data
       and solutions  .................................10  center, upgraded our infrastructure, strengthened our cybersecurity efforts,
       Tririga Debuts in Environmental      implemented instructional applications, upgraded classrooms and labs,
       & Conservation Services  ..............11  installed necessary hardware and equipment, and conducted training.
       Tririga Team Enhances
       Application & Platform  ..................12  Looking back to May, I want to take this moment to congratulate our
       Windows 7: End of an Era  ............13  principals and teachers for an outstanding job with this year’s graduations.
       IT Security Corner  ........................14  I deeply appreciate and admire what you all do on a daily basis. The saying
       Are You Ready for                    is very true that one realizes more when it hits your own home ground.
       Hurricane Season?  .......................15  This year, I experienced an overwhelming graduation ceremony of my son.
       Google Hangouts Meet  .......... 16-17  That day, I felt extremely proud and fortunate to be on stage with District
       IT Programmer Mentors
       ESOL Students  ............................ 18  leadership and senior administrators to congratulate and shake hands with
       IT Infrastructure Aids Boys and      the graduating seniors that included my son. The event was made possible
       Girls Club  ..................................... 19  by outgoing Principal Craig Sommer from West Boca High School. Thanks go
       Afternoon at Take Your Child         not only to Craig but the rest of our principals and teachers. A huge thanks
       to Work Day ............................. 20-21  to Mr. Eric Stern and our School Police for working very hard in keeping our
       Osvaldo Rivera Santos  ................ 22  graduations on time, secured and organized. Kudos to everyone involved!!!
       IT Three-peats March
       Madness Challenge  ..................... 23
       KUDOS  & New Employees  ... 24-29    Here are some of IT’s FY19 accomplishments:
       2019 IT Internship Program ......... 30  •  We successfully rolled out 25,000 Chromebooks for the start of school for
                                               the Google Trailblazer program.
                                            •  We completed the School Administrative Computer Refresh.
         HELPFUL LINKS                      •  District internet bandwidth has now been upgraded from 16 GB to 24
         Frequently Needed Forms               GB – a 50% increase to meet our growing demands. IT will continue to
           •  TIME Newsletter Archives         monitor and make adjustments.
           •  Technology Advisory           •  District Login Access provisioning: we successfully replaced our
             Committee (TAC)                   students’ and employees’ user access provisioning.
           •  IT Service Desk               •  All elementary school servers were upgraded.
           •  District Portal Help
           •  SchoolMessenger               •  We completed the SchoolDude utilities project with Facilities
             Resource Center                   Management.
           •  District Records              •  We replaced Wireless Access Points at 17 middle and 30 elementary
             Retention Schedule                schools. IT continues to upgrade schools based on tax referendum/E-
               SERVICE DESK                    Rate funding approval.
           561-242-4100 (PX-44100)          •  We assisted the Communications Department to upgrade the District
           AUG 5-9 Phones Open 6:30am till 7pm
            AUG 10 Phones Open 10am till 2pm   website and intranet.
           AUG 12 Phones Open 6:30am till 7pm
              Phones Open 6:30am till 5pm   •  We completed implementation of a NetApp Storage Area Network (SAN)
                                               to improve business continuity and disaster recovery.
       District Cellular Device: PBSD 2317
                                            •  We completed SITV (TEN) and FHESC data center enhancement for
         Software/Hardware Technology
         Request  (for TCC):  PBSD 2199        improved business continuity.

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