Post on 06-Aug-2020
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