Absolute Software Corporation has provided schools, and other educational organizations with solutions to enable mobile student computing for nearly two decades. The company's award winning education product suite consists of: Absolute Computrace(R) to protect school data, devices, and students, Absolute Manage to manage, configure, deploy, and enable Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android devices, apps and content. Absolute Service to enable IT to effectively support their computing initiatives.

Computrace is used by schools across the nation to centrally track, locate, and secure IT assets within a single cloud-based console. Computrace includes a theft management service that allows schools to deter theft, recover these expensive learning tools and preserve their publically-funded budgets. This is a must-have solution for keeping students safe when providing them with computing devices.

Of the 13,000+ successful device recoveries undertaken in 2011 by Absolute Software, the top location for theft was public schools. Absolute Manage for endpoint management natively supports the most popular computing devices (Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and Windows Phone) within a single easy-to-use console. Leveraging the tracking capability of Computrace, and as the only true cross-platform management solution on the market, Absolute Manage has become a popular solution for schools managing computers and tablet devices in a 1:1 environment so students can realize the benefits of these computing assets.

In addition, the power management capabilities allow schools to qualify for government rebates that provide additional savings. Absolute Service Help Desk edition provides schools with an automated and easy-to-use help desk solution that can be accessed via the cloud or on-premise to align IT processes with the district. Absolute Service is integrated with Absolute Manage to provide the asset discovery that IT requires in order to efficiently support their students.

With Absolute Service in place, schools are able to streamline their IT operations, ensure maximum up-time for students, and to prevent and quickly resolve incidents.