Acorn SchoolServer is one of the first new products to be based on IBM's PowerPC technology, pre-installed with Microsoft® SchoolServer architecture, based on Microsoft® Windows NT Server 3.5 network operating system. Acorn OmniClient is installed on Acorn RISC OS client computers enabling connection to Acorn SchoolServer. Acorn, Apple and PC users can all store and retrieve files on Acorn SchoolServer, allowing schools to integrate their mixed IT environments on the same server for the first time.
Acorn has always been committed to working with partners to ensure that it remains at the forefront of emerging technologies. Acorn's relationships with ANT Limited, IBM and Microsoft to bring Acorn SchoolServer to market underline the company's expertise both in developing innovative, new products and bringing together key skills and technologies from within the Acorn developer community and the general computing industry to deliver world beating solutions to target markets.
Sam Wauchope, Managing Director, Acorn Computer Group plc, comments:
"Acorn's heritage is in delivering innovative and effective IT solutions to education by working with teachers and educationalists to understand what schools need. Our knowledge of educational IT and our profile in education allows us to identify, develop and seek out a mix of appropriate hardware and software products from third party partners to deliver world-class solutions, like Acorn SchoolServer, to our target markets."He continues:
"Acorn computers are valued for their ability to enhance creativity and for curriculum use but we appreciate that some schools use other systems. Acorn SchoolServer allows schools to make full use of all of their IT resources, and, for sites currently without Acorn systems, it is an ideal introduction to the very best of Acorn and educational IT."Acorn SchoolServer has been designed in particular for secondary schools and tertiary education sites requiring powerful and efficient information management and shared network resources across a range of different platforms and operating systems. It is suitable for schools setting up a medium or large network and for sites wishing to improve the performance of their existing network investment. As such, it can be integrated with a range of networking products, including Acorn Level 4, Acorn Access, Microsoft® Lan Manager, NetWare, Microsoft® Windows for Workgroups and RM Net LM.
Acorn SchoolServer consists of:
Founded in 1978, Acorn Computers Ltd designs, develops and markets appropriate technologies to identified markets and is one of the world's leading suppliers of information technology to education. The first supplier of low-cost 32-bit RISC based personal computers in 1987, Acorn remains one of the most cost-effective research and development organisations in the industry, renowned for technology innovation which has led to the formation of Advanced RISC Machines Ltd and Online Media.
Acorn Computer Group plc is the holding company for Acorn Computers Limited, Acorn Australia, Acorn New Zealand, Acorn GmbH and Online Media. Acorn Computer Group owns 43% of Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. Online Media, a division of the Acorn Computer Group, was launched in 1994 with the objective to design interactive multimedia products.