SchoolDude

In 1984, Kent Hudson became intrigued with the issues and challenges associated with educational operations. He recognized the issues of aging infrastructures with high deferred maintenance, tight budgets that were getting tighter, resource limitations and the constant threat of privatization - all coupled with increasing demands and expectations for a better classroom environment. He also understood that if educational operations professionals were to overcome these obstacles, they would have to use technology as aggressively as the private sector.

To assist educational administrators in meeting this challenge, Kent founded Applied Computer Technologies, or "ACT", and offered CMMS (computerized maintenance management systems) to America's schools, colleges and universities. ACT focused exclusively on the unique requirements of educational operations professionals and grew to serve nearly 30% of the nation's school population during both the DOS and Windows technology eras.

But even with that level of success, Kent realized that desktop and client/server technology could not be leveraged well enough to adequately address the unprecedented challenges and demands for best in class facilities and infrastructure faced by educational operations professionals. And while new construction, renovation and IT spending were booming, staffing levels for educational technology, facility and business operations were not matching that rate increase.

The resulting explosive growth in both IT and facility assets required for modernization caused financial pressure that further limited staffing. With too few people to manage the ever growing number of assets, deferred maintenance rose to unprecedented levels, and limited staffs were asked to spread themselves too thin.

Kent Hudson and Lee Prevost founded SchoolDude.com in 1999 to help educational institutions both large and small overcome these challenges by leveraging the power of the Internet to streamline their technology, facility and business operations. Together, they assembled the most highly experienced executive team in the education software industry to plan, develop and deliver the first complete suite of purely on-demand operations management applications for educational institutions. And the SchoolDude executives brought together a large team of experienced professionals with innumerable years of collective experience working one-on-one with clients at educational organizations nationwide. All to provide next-generation technology designed for the unique needs of educational operations professionals.

Just as the worldwide technology platform shifted from DOS to Windows in the early nineties, the software industry has now migrated from client-server platforms to on-demand Internet design and software as a service (SaaS) - a change SchoolDude adopted at its inception! Where desktop and client/server solutions are very limited in how much they can assist educational operations professionals, SchoolDude is using Internet technology to help educational institutions nationwide save money and improve operations with cost-effective solutions that increase efficiency.

But how?

SchoolDude's software as a service (SaaS) approach provides measurable benefits to meet the unique challenges faced by educational organizations. Because there is no software to install, our on-demand applications are easy to implement - allowing you get started in hours or days, rather than the weeks or months required for installed software. And while installed solutions are encumbered with large, upfront and ongoing fees - such as set up, software upgrades, servers, licenses and data backup - SchoolDude's SaaS applications cost 60-90% less to own and operate. Additionally, you save valuable dollars and time because you receive software updates automatically while SchoolDude handles the data backup and software maintenance.

Still not sure? SaaS has now been adopted by companies such as Microsoft and Oracle for some of their new products and is expected to command more than 30% of the new business software market by 2012, according to research published by Saugatuck Technology.

With more than 10,000 management applications in use worldwide, SchoolDude is the education market leader and proudly serves more than 3,300 clients in all 50 states and eight countries. And our clients educate more than 20% of the nation's school and college population, serving more than 15 million students.

Adding more than 600 new clients in 2007 alone, SchoolDude has achieved more than twenty times the educational market share of our nearest competitor by providing easy to use, on-demand technology designed exclusively for education operations professionals. SchoolDude has further demonstrated our commitment to the education market through our support of more than 180 state, regional and national educational operations organizations.

But SchoolDude's success is due to our commitment to your success, as well as our recognition that educational professionals expect and value excellent service. So our Client Services team backs SchoolDude's on-demand solutions with the industry's only Legendary Service Program and constantly strives to improve our 97% client satisfaction rating.

SchoolDude ensures your success by helping you harness the power of the Internet to revolutionize the business of managing educational operations. Our technology solutions will change your job - and maybe even your life. Now you have the power of the Internet and a market leader behind you.

Now you have a home on the Internet - SchoolDude.com.