Cloud Services…

what’s right for you?

Paul McKinnon - Public Sector Director

Nick Shea - Head of Sales

Cloud Services Clouds come in all different shapes and sizes

LGfL USO integration Cloud Services

Sometimes one size does not fit all. You might want to use one aspect of one service and one of another. By

integrating different services and providers with LGfL USO schools can get added functionality and benefits across

different platforms.

Cloud Services Examples of existing LGfL cloud services

Cloud

StaffMail Examples of existing LGfL cloud services

•  Hosted Microsoft Exchange-based email service

•  20GB of mailbox space per user

•  Resiliently hosted across two data centres

•  No need for local hardware and associated costs

•  Over 200,000 users across over 2,200 LGfL/TRUSTnet establishments

•  All email filtered by MailProtect

•  All email archived for 2 years via MailArchive service

Public Cloud Email

•  Public cloud options with LGfL integration

•  G Suite for Education

•  Microsoft Office 365

Examples of public cloud services

Examples of existing LGfL cloud services

•  Fully IWF compliant and specially designed in-house for use in education

•  School appropriate IP-range filtering policy automatically upon connection

•  Flexible, granular system where school is in control

•  School manages settings directly via configuration website

•  3 options for filtering

- IP address filtering (default setup)

- Per-user filtering (at school’s discretion)

- Time-based filtering (works across both the above)

•  Block page configurable by schools

•  Reporting on user activity

WebScreenTM 2.0

Online safety is at WebScreen’s heart WebScreenTM 2.0

WebScreen is Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) compliant

WebScreen’s delivery incorporates the 'Home Office Counter Terrorism Internet

Referral Unit block list’

Age-related filtering is a key Ofsted indicator for good / outstanding practice - the

underlying service is already fully Ofsted compliant, and WebScreen further

adds to its benefits

On-demand, or scheduled, user reports can provide identify-specific access

information, and also web access trends, including usage by user ID, IP range and

Policy groups, for single or multiple sites or regions

Supporting child safeguarding WebScreenTM 2.0

WebScreen meets the revised DfE guidance, ‘Keeping Children Safe in

Education' (KCSIE) drafted in May 2016 (and active from September 2016)

Both WebScreen 2.0 and Netsweeper have been acknowledged by the 'UK

Safer Internet Centre' as providing filtering systems that meet the documented

online safety needs of schools outlined under KCSIE 2016

WebScreen 2.0 is listed under both 'Provider' responses submitted by

Atomwide, and under an 'Integrator' response from LGfL as part of a larger

portfolio including RBC-provided safeguarding guidance and training

Web Hosting Examples of existing LGfL cloud services

•  Free hosting of school websites

•  15GB web space as standard

•  2 MySQL databases

•  Supports ASP.Net and PHP5

•  USO-Integrated authentication

•  Access to statistics for your site

•  Websites accessed and managed via PLESK web application

•  FTP access also available

myUSO Examples of existing LGfL cloud services

•  Personalised launch pad for LGfL Teaching & Learning Resources

•  myLinks bundles all your essential bookmarks into one place

•  myDrive secure file storage and sharing platform

•  USO-FX2 secure file transfer service

•  School Calendar, share selected StaffMail calendars across the school

•  LetterMerge, an easy way to create bulk letters or emails via MIS data

•  myVideos - Atomwide's YouTube URL resource management and sharing

utility within the myUSO resource zone

•  Training, a variety of free LGfL/TRUSTnet training courses can be viewed

and booked via myUSO

MailProtect Examples of existing LGfL cloud services

•  Checks for spam, viruses, inappropriate images, etc.

•  Schools using their own mail server can also be filtered by MailProtect

•  All users can receive spam digests of blocked messages

•  Users can release blocked messages and manage allowed and

blocked addresses

•  Domain administrators can manage address block lists for

all domains owned by the school

•  Domain admins can also release blocked emails for other users and

access mail transit logs

Managed Wireless Examples of existing LGfL cloud services

Voice over IP Telephony Examples of existing LGfL cloud services

ParentComms Examples of existing LGfL cloud services

•  OpenCheck school status update service

•  AutoText school-to-parents text, email and data push messaging

•  Pay+ cashless payment system

•  Reporter online parental reporting using MIS data in a secure manner

•  FormBuilder, a simple and secure method for creating and distributing

surveys, and measuring responses