Faronics
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| Faronics Corporation | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1996 [1] |
| Headquarters | San Ramon, CA, United States |
| Industry | Computer software |
| Products | see list on left |
| Website | www.faronics.com |
Faronics Corporation is a privately held software company with offices in the USA and Canada, and a network of distributors located in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Faronics delivers computer software that helps manage, simplify, and secure multi-user IT environments. The company develops software for Windows, Mac and Linux environments.
[edit] History
Faronics first became well-known as the manufacturer of Deep Freeze, a software program that protects workstation configurations from accidental or malicious damage by restoring the entire computer back to its originally protected state on every reboot. This program was the first of its kind and can now be found in numerous K-12 schools throughout North America, as well as in many other educational institutions, healthcare facilities, libraries, government organizations and corporations. Deep Freeze was included in Macworld's 22nd Annual Editors' Choice Awards for 2006.[2]
In January of 2007, Faronics released a desktop computer power management solution, known as Power Save. Power Save uses intelligent energy management to ensure workstations are available when system resources are required, while conserving power during productivity downtimes. Power Save works in both Windows and Mac environments.
In the Fall of 2007, Faronics launched a classroom management tool called Insight. Insight enables instructors to monitor and control the activities of every student’s computer in their class from a central console.
[edit] References
- ^ Faronics Corporation. Corporate information page
- ^ Griffiths, Rob. "The 22nd Annual Editors' Choice Awards – Our 29 favorite hardware, software, and online products of 2006 – Hardware-restoration utility is like a magic Undo command", Macworld, p. December 12, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- "Faronics releases new security program", The Globe and Mail, September 20, 2004 at 11:56 AM EDT. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- Cohen, Peter. "Faronics offers Power Save Mac utility", Macworld, May 17, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- "Canadian IT company places Japan at forefront of localization efforts", World Eye Report, March 26, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- "Surviving A Crash", Processor, December 8, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- MacKinnon, Tessa. "Security Issues in Education Computer Labs", California Educational Technology Professionals Association, November 1, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- Amy Poftak; Susan McLester. "Technology and Learning - 2007 Awards of Excellence - Faronics Deep Freeze", Technology & Learning, December 17, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
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