Schools are increasingly becoming reliant on a reliable and fast internet connection to support online learning resources. As an independent ICT support provider for the education sector, Your IT Works have established a comprehensive and flexible internet solution that offers educational establishments a fit for purpose broadband connection, in partnership with the award winning ISP, Spitfire. Your IT Works will work with the school to determine their connectivity requirements, in order to advise on the available options that provide the best possible speed at unbeatable value. Providing internet connectivity services to schools that go beyond just being an ISP. With your IT Works you will have experienced technicians managing the entire process. As part of our service the school will receive the complete solution, we include the set-up and installation of the network within the school as part of the set-up cost that we quote, this is to ensure that the school is connected and everything is working, and we won t leave until it is.
ADSL2+ provides exceptionally fast bandwidth using the latest network technologies. Its rate adaptive feature means that it provides the best possible speed that the telephone line will support up to a maximum downstream of 24Mb and upstream of 1Mb. The ADSL2+ Internet circuit is cost-effective and allows the school to download and send data effectively within a range of applications giving both reliability and top performance.
GEA Ethernet circuits use Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) Technology to deliver Ethernet Leased Lines into your premises. Ethernet Leased Line circuits are the Ethernet replacement for Leased Lines and provide the UK s best internet access circuits at a fraction of the cost, while retaining the same performance of Fibre Leased lines. The GEA Ethernet solution also has an auto-fail feature, whereby in the unlikely event of a failure, the service will automatically fail over to a VDSL (Fibre Broadband) service. Therefore, should you have a problem with the leased lines, your data will automatically route over the back up Fibre Broadband (FTTC) circuit.
Fibre Ethernet is simply the best, most scalable and reliable Internet and site to site connectivity option available. The circuits are high speed, uncontended connections that deliver guaranteed uptime, as well as performance SLAs. Fibre Ethernet Circuits are ideal for schools that require guaranteed throughput bandwidth with SLAs that support voice, video and critical data applications.
In order to engage students with online content and social collaboration, schools need to balance safety with learning; allowing good content, resources, and connections in while blocking the bad. A comprehensive web filtering solution that is designed around the needs of the education sector is imperative. That is why Your IT Works has partnered with Lightspeed Systems, whom are IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) approved. The Lightspeed solution gives schools a safe, monitored, integrated way to access resources, collaborate, communicate, share information, and more, across groups, classes, schools, and towns.
The Your IT Works hosted email service for schools has the domain of mk-schools.co.uk and is a comprehensive alternative for the milton-keynes.gov.uk domain and RM Easy Mail service previously provided by Milton Keynes Council. Constructed to accommodate various sizes of schools, the Your IT Works solution is flexible to meet a school s existing budget, as well as offering a multitude of additional benefits. Through the use of the latest Microsoft technology; Windows Server 2012 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, the solution enables built in resilience and redundancy for hardware and software. The package will offer the following services as standard: Unlimited Mailbox Size Unlimited Distribution Groups External Contacts (Setup on Request) Global Transport Rules (Used for Automatic Redirection of Mail) Mobile Device Support Webmail Multiple Domains Enterprise Email Filtering with 30 Day Replay and DR Mailbox Access Example: yourschool@mk-schools.co.uk
Set-Up Charges Circuit Setup Includes Connection Charge, Main Line Install, Backup Line Install, Managed Install, Router / Firewall Supply. 858.00 Annual Charges VDSL up to 80/20 Premium Total care plus circuit with a 7 clock hour target clear time, main line rental with service level 4 (clear within 6 hours 24/7), backup line rental with service level 4 (clear within 6 hours 24/7) 1,218.00 Total: 2,076.00 Set-Up Charges Circuit Setup 20MB ( 125.00 discount is applied on a 2 Year Contract) Includes Managed Install, Managed Cisco 891-K9 Router with Auto Failover to VDSL (Where Available), Firewall, VDSL Setup, Analogue Line install for Main and Backup Circuit Annual Charges 20MB GEA Ethernet circuit 12 month contract, managed router hardware support, VDSL backup circuit (with auto failover), 2 x analogue line rentals, 2 x analogue line service level 4 (6 hour fix, 24/7 fault repair) 1,478.00 3,011.40 Total: 4,489.40 Set-Up Charges Circuit Setup ( 1,950.00 discount is applied on a 3 Year Contract) Connection charge, installation management, Cisco 1921 router with rack kit, configuration of voice or data, firewall / SSL VPN 2960 with rack kit Annual Charges 100Mb/10Mb Ethernet circuit Including managed advanced router support 3,134.00* 5,003.88 Total: 8,137.88* *Plus any construction charges
The price of our web filtering service is based on the number of pupils on roll. A discount is applied for a 3 year contract 300 Pupils 900.00 Setup Fee 500.00 Total: 1,400.00 Web-based Only 30 Standard 38 For a primary school, with 300 pupils, that requires a premium VDSL (fibre to the cabinet) connection with IWF approved web filtering and 3 mailboxes, the first year with Your IT Works, including set-up costs, will amount to 3,590.00 (on a 1 year contract), with subsequent years at 2,232.00. Further discounts are applied for longer contract lengths.