We all know there’s a lot of jargon when it comes to technology, so we teamed up with a group of Year 7-10 students at Ormiston Junior College to explain what we do to keep a school’s internet connection safe and secure - in a way that everyone can understand. When...
Each year we ask principals to give us their feedback on our services, and share some insights on their school’s technology use from our survey. More than 450 responded. If you are one of them, THANK YOU!! Your feedback is incredibly important. It allows us to hear...
We’re in the final sprint of the upgrade with the last few schools to go! By the end of the month every school across the country will have a smarter and safer internet connection. We recently visited a few schools to see how they’re getting on after the upgrade....
A cloud is by far the safest place for your data. Clouds live in giant data centres operated by large organisations. In most cases they are built like fortresses. Guards patrol outside. Security cameras watch everything. No-one is going to break in and get physical...
It’s a sad day in the office at N4L as we announce the closure of our education platform, Pond. The platform was initially built to connect educators with curated teaching and learning resources. The theory seemed pretty sound too - if we connect schools to the...
Moving to the cloud Moving to the cloud will save money, lighten your workload and give your more flexibility. Yet there is plenty of work to do before you will see the benefit. Cloud computing may be easier than managing your own servers but switching is rarely...
We’re involved in a new project to help schools deliver consistent and sustainable classroom connectivity for their students and staff. The work we are doing is part of a programme led by the Ministry of Education providing IT network support extensions for schools,...