Technology Director
Technology
Glendale School District's technology has been rapidly growing over the past eight years. With the direction of our new superintendent, Sean Gildea, as well as Eric Frank, and In-Shore Technologies, the school has acquired new changes such as:
Novell to Microsoft Migration
Visualizers and Projectors in every classroom
A Newline board in every classroom
New teacher notebooks
New curriculum-based software
Wireless network upgrade
1:1 Chromebook for every student
Exchange to Google migration
New AutoCAD software
AS400 to Prosoft Migration
And many more!
The current network consists of 18 servers, all connected to a KVM for management. On the network side, each server runs to a Cisco switch that pushes a full 10 gigabit backbone to and from each device on the network. On the security side, we put a new FortiGate in place to help control incoming traffic, and a Smoothwall proxy blocks malicious websites and outgoing requests that are not permitted. The school district is also fitted with key fob-controlled entry on the door systems, and a range of 64 cameras that cover the school ground which records 24/7.