Lightspeed Systems' K-12 Filtering/Monitoring Solution Relay Released For Mac OS And Windows

Education technology company Lightspeed Systems announces the availability of its patent-pending Smart Agents for Mac and Windows, with iOS support on the way.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) - Today, Lightspeed Systems announced the release of its Smart Agents for Mac OS and Windows, bringing multi-OS support to its K-12 school filtering/monitoring solution, Relay. These revolutionary, patent-pending agents — which provide seamless mobile and SSL filtering to student devices — are available in beta to Relay customers and will be released for iOS in subsequent weeks.

K-12 schools are implementing one-to-one programs in record numbers, and school IT departments are responsible for the daunting tasks of filtering students’ internet access on these devices as well as identifying suspicious online activity, locating lost devices and more. Complicating matters is the wide array of devices in individual schools and districts: tablets, laptops, desktops and smartphones, often on a variety of operating systems.

The cloud-based Relay eliminates the need for multiple systems to filter, monitor and manage all those devices with features for granular user activity reporting; content filtering, including social media and SSL sites, with flexible policies; real-time suspicious activity alerts; and geolocation for lost and stolen devices. And all of these tools are available in a single, streamlined UI.

Relay’s innovative design gives the ability to filter and monitor any device OS by deploying Lightspeed Systems Smart Agents. Relay also includes such features as:

• Simple SSL filtering — filter SSL sites like Google and YouTube without having to use proxies, PAC files or trust certificates
• Parent Report Generator — upload a simple CSV file of parent email addresses to automate the delivery of student device activity reports to their parents’ inboxes
• Lockouts — lock students out of internet access if they attempt to access too many blocked sites in succession
• Smart Play — the game-changing YouTube management feature that allows students to access nearly 100 million educational videos (and none of the bad stuff)

To learn more about Lightspeed Systems Relay, visit http://www.lightspeedsystems.com/relay.

About Lightspeed Systems
Lightspeed Systems partners with schools to make learning safe, mobile and easily managed. Partnered with 6,500 districts in the United States and 25,000 schools around the world, Lightspeed Systems offers integrated solutions for smarter K-12 school networks: Relay, Web Filter, Mobile Manager, and Classroom. To learn more, visit http://www.lightspeedsystems.com.