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1 integrated education solutions Integrated Education Solutions Best of Class Best of breed technoligies Services Solutions Modern technology DRS CRBS Cunninghams BioStore Softlink

2 Contents 03 Integrated Education Solutions 05 Building Schools for the Future 06 DRS - Electronic Registration 07 Access Control 10 Impact - Cashless Catering Solution 11 CRB - Cashless Catering Developer 11 Cunninghams - Cashless Catering Provider 13 BioStore - Biometric Systems 14 Softlink - Library and Information Management Software Page 2

3 Integrated Education Solutions Integrated Education Solutions Integrated Education Solutions for schools, colleges and learning establishments Best of Class partnerships offering the best technologies, services and solutions to meet the demands of the BSF programme A proven one-stop-shop Page 3

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5 Building Schools for the Future Building Schools for the Future Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is the biggest ever national school buildings investment programme. The aim is to rebuild or renew nearly every secondary school in England, including the integration of EPoS equipment, electronic registration and catering facilities. This ambitious Government driven reform programme is set to raise educational standards with school buildings playing a crucial part. DRS and its partners have a proven track record for successfully managing and delivering high profile, mission critical projects on a national and international scale. We consider the BSF programme to be of similar value which we are fully committed to delivering successfully. We provide the best of class, and most flexible, integrated multi-application solution for a modern school environment. We understand that in a modern school the requirement for multiple applications to be coordinated and integrated is essential. Our strategy enables a best-of-class approach and we have collaborated over the past three years to provide a fully integrated solution whilst allowing complete flexibility. Page 5

6 DRS Electronic Registration DRS Electronic Registration DRS IntelliReg offers complex lesson attendance reporting and real-time query abilities, helping to improve standards within the education system. DRS biometric scanners are specially designed readers which identify the unique points of each fingertip and use an algorithm to convert it into a mathematical template, thus omitting the need for an actual fingerprint image to be stored. As an electronic registration solution designed to record the presence, absence and lateness of students in real-time, students simply place their fingertip on the reader (or pod), or enter a PIN or pass their card in front of the reader and their attendance is registered automatically. Powerful reporting features allow a learning establishment to take control over the monitoring of attendance of individual or groups of students. Integration of DRS IntelliReg with core Information Management Systems such as SIMS, CMIS and EBS for AM PM and lesson registration saves the time-consuming task of populating the school or college MIS with attendance data and allows real-time update of data for accurate attendance monitoring. With a range of solutions to suit any teaching environment, including desk-top, portable and wall-mounted registration offerings, IntelliReg is capable of simultaneously capturing up to three fingertips and/or one PIN. Registration units are usually installed inside classrooms for lesson-by-lesson student registration. fast multiple biometric registration integrates with schools and colleges existing network infrastructure powered by POE+ or optional mains power adaptor battery backup to allow orderly shutdown in case of power failure allows one of three registration methods per user: finger only, PIN only and finger & PIN no fingerprint images are stored stylish, compact, wall-mounted units user-friendly touch-screen interface multiple units installed throughout the building, typically one in each teaching room access control with management reports. Page 6

7 DRS IntelliReg - Access Control DRS IntelliReg - Access Control IntelliReg Access Control electronically records the transactions of users permitted to use the system. Permitted users use their card, fingertip or even a PIN to register their transaction. Each transaction contains the date, time, reader and card ID to determine the location and ID number. Network based protocol with local zone controllers enables fast and reliable access for users. IntelliReg Access Control can also produce a number of management reports which are based upon individual movements, door access history and event history. Using the auto-mode, time zone and security group functionality the access organisation can be forged to reflect the user access policy based upon door, time, date and permission providing a virtually unlimited number of entry combinations. DRS can provide a fully managed Access Control system including software and hardware. Organisations can choose between a wide variety of card, biometric and PIN readers. IntelliReg Access Control is adaptable and can grow to meet any changing requirements. DRS can offer a variety of solutions: from a one-door stand alone system to a comprehensive solution with hundreds of doors and thousands of employees combined with CCTV, links to fire reporting, and turnstiles. Page 7

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10 Impact Cashless Catering Solution Impact Cashless Catering Solution Impact is the premier cashless system supplied by Cunninghams & CRB Solutions across the UK. Designed and developed specifically for the Education sector providing state of the art functionality and complete flexibility to our clients. Impact is now installed in around 2000 sites across the UK representing approximately 2 million users. The relationship between Cunninghams and CRB was formed many years ago and the Impact system quickly established itself as the market leader. Both Cunninghams and CRB offer an end to end solution in terms of development, installation and support. Their joint approach offers significant benefits to their customers, with offices in Edinburgh, Inverness, Glasgow, Northern Ireland, Birmingham, Bristol and London they have considerable resource to draw on. Impact has tailored solutions for the Primary, Secondary and Further Education markets. Impact offers solutions to suit single sites through to multi site wide area systems offering the latest technology to include PIN, proximity card and the latest high performance biometric recognition. reduces incidence of pupils leaving school premises during lunch break increases take up of school meals (c.20% on average) facilitates Healthy Eating Promotions by allocation of Points to healthy options automates all back office functions including collation, storage and reporting of all data eg. sales data, eating habits etc. reduces bullying by removing cash from the playground alleviates stigma sometimes associated with free school meals automated cash collection and conciliation full suite of management reports overdue. Page 10

11 CRBS & Cunninghams Solutions CRB Solutions In 1993 CRB Solutions started to support the schools sector when it was invited to provide a solution to the stigma sometimes associated with the free school meal coupons in cash based school restaurants. This solution was an online cashless catering system which removed cash transactions from the point of sale (PoS) and enabled free school meal allowances to be allocated automatically and in privacy. Today, there are over 1500 schools and over a million users across the UK using CRBS cashless catering technologies. CRB designs, builds, installs and supports the Impact system and with its 30 year strong partnership with Birmingham based Cunninghams, who service the UK from the northern counties down the country, together they are able to service the entire length and breadth of the United Kingdom. Cunninghams Providing more methods of Cashless Electronic Point of Sale (EPoS) solutions than any other EPoS company, Cunninghams EPoS solutions work closely with education authorities providing them with successful systems capable of multiple solutions to the cashless catering environment. Cunninghams Cashless catering EPoS solutions has been a growing industry which strives for alternative methods of payments from the more traditional monetary solution. Cunninghams have developed such solutions for education authorities, which provide them with hugely successful systems capable of multiple options to the cashless catering situation. Page 11

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13 BioStore - Biometric Systems BioStore Biometric Systems Modern schools provide an increasingly complex array of services for their students and staff. They rely on technology to manage and run applications ranging from cashless catering and library management to door access control, print queue management and electronic registration. The BioStore Identification Management Solution integrates these applications and provides a simple way of managing users across all the systems run within a school. A single enrolment is required for each person, irrespective of the number of applications the person will be using. BioStore can accommodate any combination of biometrics, smartcards, PIN codes and passwords, and there is only ever one central database of identification data to maintain. BioStore allows each of the best of class solutions to be integrated seamlessly with each other, with a Management Information Solution (MIS) and with other applications in use within an organisation. By streamlining and automating the flow of data in this way, data integrity is improved, control over sensitive data is increased and the amount of administration time required to manage the users in each of the systems is greatly reduced. a choice of applications independence allows schools the freedom to change their applications schools can choose to use multiple identification methods, retaining existing methods if preferred central management of identification data reduces administration time and costs and improves data integrity BioStore is fast, secure and reliable. Page 13

14 Softlink Softlink Library and Information Management Software Softlink has been dedicated to the development and support of library and information management solutions, across the world, for the past 25 years. With offices in the UK, Australia, USA and New Zealand and over 10,000 customers in more than 108 countries, Softlink provides a range of software products, technical support and professional services. Oliver. A complete, web-based information management solution for schools, delivering a multimedia resource catalogue, library circulation desk and reporting facilities. It provides easy access to learning resources including books, electronic files, databases and web resources for all users. Throughout the day, Oliver displays real-time updates to the status of the library s processes, borrower and resource records. Built to facilitate integration with all information sources and services commonly used across schools, Oliver makes the school library central to a dynamic learning environment. A suite of Web Services allows seamless links to MIS, VLE and identity management systems, such as BioStore. Each student and teacher has their own personal account space in Oliver, containing live updates to their information. This is viewable from the Oliver OPAC or from the VLE, with access via the school Intranet or the Internet. Liberty. A web-based knowledge management solution, designed for Corporate, Special and Further Education libraries. It is both flexible and cost effective and has been designed to adapt to changing needs of small and large clients. Liberty is scalable, with the ability to link sites, offices and campuses worldwide. Built on industry standard technology, favoured by IT professionals, Liberty can be installed locally or remotely hosted as a full ASP solution. Liberty offers 24/7 access from anywhere to everything. There is enhanced security profiling, full-text indexing of electronic files, SSO and the ability to alter the layout of any page. Easy to use, with clear and concise interfaces for both librarians and OPAC users, operations are intuitive and do not require lengthy training. Self service features such as selfissue and returns, using SIP2 protocol, personal portal with self renewal, reservations, bookings, saved searches, current awareness, messages, bibliographies etc. also helps cut down on library staff workload. Page 14

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16 DRS is committed to providing the very best of breed technologies to help reduce the administrative burden on teaching staff, and is proud to head up the Integrated Education Solutions Best of Class partnership. Offering the very best technologies, services and solutions for the entire electronic registration, access control and cashless school environment, our Best of Class Partners have a proven track record in providing reliable, robust, secure and technologically advanced solutions. Together we can offer a complete Integrated Education Solution to meet the challenging needs of the BSF programme. DRS Data Services Limited 1 Danbury Court, Linford Wood Milton Keynes, MK14 6LR, England Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) enquiries@drs.co.uk Cunninghams DRS Data Services Limited 1 Danbury Court, Linford Wood Milton Keynes MK14 6LR England Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) enquiries@drs.co.uk Units Dryden Road Bilston Glen Loanhead Midlothian EH20 9LZ Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) info@crbsolutions.co.uk Headley Technology Park Middle Lane Wythall Birmingham B38 0DS Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) enquiries@cunninghams.co.uk Mallan House Bridge End Industrial Estate Hexham Northumberland NE46 4DQ Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) sales@biostore.co.uk Oak Court North Leigh Business Park North Leigh Oxfordshire OX29 6SW Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) sales@softlink.co.uk v1209