As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to restrict physical access to computer labs in universities, colleges, and K-12 schools, Splashtop’s sales data indicate that more and more schools are beginning to use remote access software as an alternative to using computer lab resources .
In the three months from June to August, Splashtop's education department customers increased by 700%. During this period, revenue has more than tripled each month. This is largely due to academic institutions wishing to achieve remote access to laboratory computer hardware and software.
Splashtop CEO Mark Lee said: “Our team conducts daily demonstrations in universities and K-12 areas.” “Geographically speaking, as the school prepares for the fall of distance or blended learning scenarios, we are in the northeastern United States and Sales in Canada’s education sector are increasing, and recently they have spread across the Midwest and West Coast."
Recently in 24 U.S. states and countries such as Canada, Guatemala, El Salvador, Argentina, England and Scotland, schools from K-12 schools and community colleges to art schools and Ivy League universities are adopting Splashtop products and services, or adding More concurrent users.
"In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools that tried to use our remote access software are now expanding access to more students and teachers," Lee said. "In the last week alone, school users in North America and Europe have increased by 150,000. For more and more schools, Splashtop has become an important lifeline for students and teachers who rely on computer laboratory software."
Splashtop's sales reflect that the education industry has adapted to the reality of the new crown pneumonia pandemic
From engineering, architecture and 3D design to music, biology, and fine arts and other disciplines, colleges, universities and high school courses increasingly rely on the hardware and software of computer laboratories.
Dedicated software applications in computer labs, such as Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and After Effects; Autodesk AutoCAD, Revit, 3ds Max, Fusion 360 and Maya; Avid Media Composer and Pro Tools; Vectorworks, ArcGIS, Rhino, SketchUp, and SolidWorks-usually require high-end Mac workstations.
"Now, even if students can't really enter the campus computer lab, they can use the Splashtop solution to use laptops, tablets, or cheap Chromebooks to access these important resources from the sofa in the bedroom or living room," Lee said.
Splashtop software is widely used in computer laboratories
Gartner, the world's leading research and consulting company, wrote in a new report: "Remote access to PC laboratories in higher education", on August 27, 2020, Robert Yanckello's Stuart Downes said, "Gartner Consulting The volume has increased fivefold. Between January 2020 and June 2020, higher education institutions sought advice on digital workplace infrastructure, mainly involving remote PC laboratory visits.” This observation is also the same as that seen by Splashtop.
When the Detroit Wayne State University College of Fine Arts, Performing, and Communication Arts (CFPCA) closed its campus due to COVID-19, students lost access to specific, critical software needed to study. The laptops that students have are not functional enough to run software applications commonly used in computer laboratories.
Chris Gilbert, an application technology analyst at Wayne State University CFPCA, said: “Students can even use a $200 Chromebook and use Splashtop to remotely access laboratory software at home. All this is useful to them.” “Splashtop is for us. It’s a game changer."
In addition to four-year universities and colleges, Splashtop is also responding to the needs of the IT department. These departments provide support to community colleges and K-12 schools, especially those that receive vocational training and CTE (vocational and technical education) courses. These courses only run professional software programs in computer labs.
"Now, teachers will be orientating many courses around Splashtop, because face-to-face courses will not be held in the fall," said Gerald Casey of the IT team in the CTE department of Laney College in Oakland, California. "If it weren't for Splashtop, students would not be able to complete their studies and get certificates and degrees."
Nicholas Adams, director of information technology for the Lenawee (Michigan) Intermediate School District, said: "We are now ready for students to come in. The school provides more than 20 CTE programs for K-12 students. "In the future, we may get rid of this large The situation is prevalent, but students may also need to stay at home for other reasons. Splashtop will enable us to provide them with remote access. It also opened up our laboratory for a 24-hour virtual laboratory scenario that we may not have identified before. We can provide students with the opportunity to visit the computer lab anytime, anywhere. "
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Conclusion
The current domestic epidemic situation has stabilized, and many schools have already returned to school. However, as an infrastructure for remote access to equipment and functions, it is also wise to prepare in advance. Now the school is standing still, we first prepare the software for running-in, and we can use it when we need it, which is also great.