EduTone Xchange

Overview

EduTone is a next-generation turnkey services automation “ecosystem” that delivers software as a service. Uniquely designed with, and for, K-20 educational organizations, EduTone was built to save budget dollars, free up valuable instructional time, and relieve technical and administrative challenges, EduTone breaks down the barriers to online services management and delivery and automates countless tasks for educational leaders, IT directors, teachers, and learners. The EduTone Xchange is the sum of 4 main components that support the K-12 enterprise locally, regionally and globally.

EduTone Gateway™

Powered by the EduTone Gateway identity management technology, EduTone brings easy, convenient access to applications and information with a Single Sign-On Portal for all users, including administrators, teachers, parents and students. Users can gain access to the application channels they need with one secure sign-on identity and password.

The EduTone Gateway is an appliance that enables customer-premise automated, single sign-on access to web-based applications and proprietary content channels. This end-to-end infrastructure creates a comprehensive solution that provides full integration of SIS and HR data with user identity and access information. The EduTone Gateway securely automates identity data lifecycle management for schools, improving web security and simplifying overall system administration.

EduTone Passport™

A Widget that is embedded within the enterprise website or Portal offering authenticated end-users the ability to access EduTone Xchange services as configured in the EduTone Gateway.

EduTone Xchange™

A Storefront that includes hundreds of pre-integrated software and content subscription services available from EduTone Partners through a try-and-buy program and a unified billing system. The EduTone Catalog is available now.

Benefits

Benefits of the EduTone Educational Social Network Infrastructure for Schools:

1. Simplifies the procurement process by providing educators with a new, disruptive, vendor-agnostic, customer-centric supply chain
2. Improves learning as schools can now access, evaluate and purchase best-of-breed, teacher-validated and standards-correlated content and services on demand.
3. Reduces user resistance to using new content and services due to the user-recommended approach to purchasing
4. Enhances user experience through the social network features and functionality and ease of use in accessing and using school-provisioned content, services and tools
5. Streamlines IT management tasks through Single-Sign-On (SSO), automated role/policy-based provisioning, federated search and identity management across any school’s applications and content. It seamlessly integrates with a school’s existing data management system(s) and security infrastructure
6. Lowers costs as less resources are required to manage the procurement, integration and IT management processes. Products are purchased at lower costs due to a level playing field
7. Increases IT control with no incremental resources due to automated and increased functionality on provisioning, security, privacy and access

Benefits of the EduTone Educational Social Network Infrastructure for Suppliers:

1. Provides a new sales channel for new and existing suppliers
2. Lowers costs of sales as they need less “feet on the street” to sell their products
3. Maximizes market exposure as the Catalog or Digital Marketplace is global and vendor-agnostic


4. Improves customer retention as customers can get access and support from the vendor and the user groups on demand.
5. Increases sales and customer satisfaction sue to the streamlining of the procurement process for the customer