To begin its national expansion, k12itc will set up a new technology infrastructure throughout Starr Detroit Academy (SDA), a charter school in Detroit, Michigan. k12itc will provide comprehensive implementation of wired, wireless, voice infrastructure, media center expansion, annual network monitoring and network maintenance for SDA.

As k12itc’s first client outside of Kansas and Missouri, the SDA project is pioneering innovative solutions for K-12 educators across the entire Midwest.  This project alone will enhance technology’s impact on education and accelerate SDA’s journey to 21st century learning.

“This is a great expansion project for k12itc,” said Brad Sandt, founder of k12itc.  “It allows us to craft our services to a national scale.  Plus, working with SDA will help us demonstrate that we can operate in any region or territory.”

In addition to expanding its geographic clientele, k12itc has grown into a successful, revenue generating small business.  In less than one year, the startup has aggressively increased its revenue and has created 17 new jobs.  Additionally, k12itc is on track to fulfill its expansion plan with the Missouri Quality Jobs Program (a part of the Missouri Department of Economic Development) three years early.  k12itc currently has two open positions to fill.

“We believe schools recognize that our quality of service and our customer service exceed other local companies,” explains Sandt.  “Word is traveling about our unique product and we are getting more inquiries every day.  We provide an aggressive price point, great customer service and we are always looking to operate as a partner.”

k12itc will continue to expand its cloud and tech services to K-12 schools throughout the nation in 2013.  k12itc has recently partnered with other tech companies in order to fulfill the growing demand of its unique service.

“It is an honor to be nominated for a 2013 Cornerstone Award. k12itc has seen a tremendous amount of success over the past year that would not have possible without the support from the city of Kansas City, the state of Missouri and the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City,” said Brad Sandt, founder of k12itc.

In less than one year, k12itc has aggressively increased revenue, created 17 new jobs and is on track to fulfill its expansion plan with the Missouri Quality Jobs Program three years early. The Cornerstone Award winners will be announced on Monday, May 13, 2013 at the Kansas City Convention Center.

For more information on k12itc, please contact Krista Sandt at Krista.Sandt@k12itc.com.

NBC Learn K-12 provides access to over 14,000 NBC News archival video resources that help bring subjects to life in the classroom. Each video is mapped to curriculum, state standards, and the Common Core, and the database is updated with current events on a daily basis. A subscription to NBC Learn K-12 allows all teachers, students, and their parents to access the resource at school and at home with 24-hour customer support. NBC Learn is also compatible with the iPad so that users can access resources on the go. As part of the partnership with k12itc, NBC Learn K-12 will also provide product and professional development training for teachers and administrators.

“NBC Learn is thrilled to support these students and teachers with engaging and informative resources that help distill complicated educational concepts into real life examples,” said Soraya Gage, Executive Producer of NBC Learn. “This partnership with k12itc highlights the opportunities that exist for innovation in the education space and we hope to continue to build more of these relationships across the country.”

“k2itc is excited to partner with NBC Learn. This new partnership will provide our clients with an innovative tool to enhance online and collaborative learning,” said Brad Sandt, President, k12itc.

“NBC Learn is a great instructional resource that can be placed in the hands of all students and all teachers,” said Dr. Dennis Fisher, Retired Superintendent of Park Hill School District. “This product will truly bring 21st Century Learning into Missouri school districts.”

In addition to its subscription resources, NBC Learn also produces original video collections that are made available for free on NBCLearn.com. These include the Emmy Award-winning “Science of NFL Football,” and “Science of the Winter Olympic Games” collections, “the newly launched “Science of NHL Hockey” series, as well as “Changing Planet” and “Chemistry Now.” For more on NBC Learn, visit www.nbclearn.com.
About NBC Learn
NBC Learn is the educational arm of NBC News dedicated to providing resources for students, teachers, and lifelong learners. The online resources NBC Learn has created for the education community leverages nearly 80 years of historic news coverage, documentary materials, and current news broadcasts. “NBC LEARN K-12″ gives students and teachers access to thousands of video clips from the NBC News archives, including great historic moments – from the Great Depression to the Space Race to the latest political coverage. NBC Learn also offers primary source materials, lesson plans and classroom planning resources, and additional text and image resources from our content partners.

About k12itc
k12itc, Inc. is a Kansas City based technology services company focused exclusively on K-12 school districts. k12itc provides access to a comprehensive range of flagship solutions including CloudRack, CloudWatch, and Managed Blackboard Hosting. Learning facilities also gain customized consulting and comprehensive managed services to meet a complete range of IT needs. With access to a full suite of technology solutions and services, school districts are better able to advance learning objectives and control cost. It is the mission of the organization to provide advanced technology solutions through efficiencies, leadership, and partnerships, thus elevating K-12 organizations beyond traditional technology capacities.

k12itc, a cloud computing company focused exclusively on K-12 education, has announced plans to expand its operations in Kansas City, Mo. “We needed a home that would support our progressive business model and creative company culture,” said Brad Sandt, k12itc president and CEO.

As a technology management leader and cloud provider, k12itc offers a variety of products and solutions to K-12 organizations. From hosting to back-up to comprehensive managed services, k12itc brings a fresh and innovative approach for managing school technology.

k12itc has hired 15 new employees with plans to hire eight additional staff members over the next four years. The state of Missouri authorized an economic incentive package through the Missouri Quality Jobs Program to assist k12itc with its expansion plans.

k12itc will open a new office at 5904 NW 63rd Terrace in Kansas City North. As part of this expansion, k12itc will invest nearly $940,000 into its office and operations. “I feel that our employees are our number one asset. Therefore, it is critical for us to develop a culture that fosters innovation, creativity and collaboration,” said Sandt. “A large part of this investment is geared towards enhancing our culture.”

From game rooms to creative spaces to an innovation lab, the k12itc office is far from traditional. “Our open and relaxed environment produces greater productivity which in turn provides greater service to our customers,” said Sandt.

With the creative office space, flexible environment and other benefits such as free gym memberships and a full kitchen, k12itc has brought Silicon Valley to Kansas City.

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Krista Sandt
Sales & Marketing Manager
k12itc, Inc.
Krista.Sandt@k12itc.com
816.382.4815
www.k12itc.com

Beginning July 1, 2012, Brookfield R-III School District will make the move to the cloud in order to increase efficiencies and leverage new capabilities with virtualization.  The district selected k12itc’s K12 CloudRack and managed technology services to provide technology infrastructure.  K12 CloudRacks include industry-leading networking, servers and storage to deliver a reliable virtualization environment and an aggressive price.

In addition to cloud-based backup services, k12itc will host and maintain critical software components such as the district’s student information system, financial system, and web filter.  To tie everything together, k12itc will transition Brookfield R-III School District from a Novell-based network to a Microsoft Active Directory network.  Utilizing products such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 and Citrix XenDesktop, k12itc will provide network capabilities in an efficient, virtual computing environment.  With k12itc, Brookfield R-III School District will significant enhance technology service to all stakeholders.

For more information on k12itc services, contact us or visit our website.

Earlier this month, Pathway Academy signed a multi-year agreement for managed technology services to improve infrastructure and onsite support services.  As part of the service offering, k12itc will entirely migrate Pathway Academy to the cloud in order to significantly improve access to technology resources and resolve existing technology concerns.

In addition to providing more efficient technology operations, k12itc will also assist with the development of a long-term budget and technology life-cycle plan.  Pathway Academy believes it is essential for the success of both students and schools to effectively leverage technology.  As the leading K-12 cloud provider, k12itc will improve support and enhance 21^st century learning for Pathway Academy.

KANSAS CITY, MO—May 16, 2012—Last week, Kansas City-based technology company k12itc landed a five-year service agreement with Unified School District No. 232 of Johnson County, KS (De Soto), over three local and national vendors.

De Soto USD 232 found a challenge in finding and retaining qualified personnel to lead its technology department.  The district was also determined to maximize existing resources and find a more instructional basis for technology decision making.  In order to fulfill these needs, the district explored the possibility of outsourcing its technology management efforts and ultimately decided on k12itc to provide these services.

As a technology management leader and cloud provider for USD 232, k12itc will not only eliminate concerns related to technology staff turnover and access talent and expertise, but will also increase student and teacher resources, improve service response time and shift the district to an instructional focus, rather than a hardware/infrastructure focus.

“Based on months of research, consideration of multiple internal and external solutions and a comprehensive assessment of all proposals, we believe k12itc will not only deliver reliable services, but will respond to and guide the instructional and technological growth of our school district,” said Dr. Jessica Dain, Director of Professional and Program Development.

According to the district, k12itc identified collaboration, professional development and an enthusiasm for co-creating a vision for the district’s future as critical elements to its management plan.  In addition, the district was impressed with the company’s ability to provide customized IT services by leveraging a specialized mix of cloud computing technologies, localized resources, virtualization and education-specific competencies.

When compared to other local and national bidding vendors including Dell, k12itc was the only one that created a strategic plan for cost savings.  The technology company’s services reduced a number of network resources and provided the district with estimated cost savings of nearly $1.2 million over five years.

“We look forward to providing USD 232 with cloud hosting for all of its resources,” said Brad Sandt, president of k12itc.  “This is revolutionary for a school district to do this. They are taking advantage of the cloud at an even greater level than they could internally.  It’s extremely progressive.”

About k12itc

k12itc delivers innovative, anytime/anywhere technology solutions tailored specifically for K-12 organizations.  k12itc is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.  To learn more, visit http://www.k12itc.com.

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