| Founded | 1999 |
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| Headquarters | Bakersfield, California |
| Products | Content-control Software |
| Website | LightspeedSystems.com |
Lightspeed Systems is a company that sells content-control, network management, online learning and security solutions for K12 schools.
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Founded in 1999, Lightspeed Systems Inc. develops web filtering, network security and network management solutions for the education market. Lightspeed Systems solutions are used in more than 2,000 school districts in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia by more than 6 million students. For the past several years, Lightspeed Systems has been recognized on the Inc. 5,000 list as one of the fastest-growing private companies.
The Lightspeed filtering solution relies on a database of educationally-categorized URLs, which districts can block or allow according to their own policies.
My Big Campus is a social learning platform for K12 schools. It includes a library of educational resources and a collaborative4 platform. Educators can create groups to communicate with students, share assignments, provide access to safe resources, assign quizzes, share grades, hold video chats, and more.
Lightspeed maintains a workforce of around 94 employees. Its revenue for 2010 was $16.3 million, and for 2007 it was $7.1 million. In 3 years, Lightspeed has had growth of 130%. It is ranked 153 in its industry (software). [3]