TABLET TECHNOLOGY WITH V-SOFT

  

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By Jim Vesterman & Tonya Kerr - 6/25/2012

The use of tablets in schools is increasing fast. At the end of 2011, Apple announced that over 1.5 million iPads were already in use in the education market. As demand rises and costs come down, schools across the nation are relying more and more heavily on tablet technologies. 

Sales for the entire tablet market in 2012 are expected to nearly double worldwide to more than 118 million devices, according to analysts at Gartner. And they predict more than 665 million tablets in people’s hands by the year 2016, with more than a third of them using tablets on the job. 

Raptor is integrating tablet technology into its V-Soft system to offer schools and businesses a host of new capabilities through real-time and interactive mobile applications. 

Most school resource officers and administrators will tell you that countless hours are wasted every day across school districts collecting and inputting data for infractions like student tardies and misbehavior. There has to be a better way…and there is. 

A hall monitor armed with a tablet computer and a mobile printer can easily scan a student identification card or do a quick search; wirelessly and securely connect to the V-Soft database in the front office; input the infraction; and print out a ticket on the spot.

Mobile devices can also make visitor management more efficient. Most schools have experience with those long lines bottlenecking visitors at special events like a Valentine’s Day party or an awards assembly. Why work all year long to screen visitors and protect students when anyone can enter your campus during heavily attended events?

With mobile visitor management devices, one person can walk down the line and quickly and efficiently check parents and visitors through Raptor’s VSoft system using their tablet and a mobile printer right on their hip.

Integrating mobile technology with Raptor’s V-Soft visitor management and monitoring system is coming to a school near you. Parents and students will be more effectively served, while schools save time and integration costs. More than 7,000 schools in 42 states already depend on Raptor Technologies and its V-soft system. Over the last decade, Raptor has identified and alerted officials to more than 15,000 sex offenders entering campuses where children were present. The system has also been credited with the arrests of numerous absconded offenders who have crossed state lines.

Raptor can be deployed quickly and easily at both single schools and school districts. Beyond visitor management, Raptor’s V-Soft system includes additional modules that can track and screen volunteers, manage student tardies as well as early checkouts, and even track faculty by building. Raptor is at the forefront of developing tablet applications and other integrated systems as mobile computers grow in popularity and scope. Raptor’s software is web-based, which allows the software to be instantly updated over the Internet with the latest features and functionality. This web-based platform also allows administrators to work offsite and not be tied to a single front office computer.

Raptor Technologies is excited about what the future holds. As they pioneer this evolution into mobile capabilities, Raptor looks forward to helping schools work smarter and more efficiently as they address school security and visitor management.

Please call (713) 880-8902 or toll free at (877) 7-RAPTOR to learn more. You can also visit www.raptorware.com for more information.